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further breeding with the "Ponderosa/' the size is increased, a 

 long fruit of much merit may be expected. 



At 6 is a combination of the "King Humbert" with "Fortune," 

 the former being shown at 4 while the "Fortune" is a good apple- 

 shaped sort. The cross shows a fruit that is not unlike the one 

 previously mentioned but averages somewhat longer and larger. 



The fruit at 7 is one of a compound cross, in which the "Pon- 

 derosa" figures twice, the "Magnus" twice and the "Globe" once, 

 and is represented by the following fraction: 75/103//103- 

 ///194/75. Here again, the "Ponderosa" (103) is used from 

 its good qualities of flesh with minimum seediness, while both 

 the "Mag-nus" (75) and the "Globe" (194) are employed to 

 elongate the fruit slowly, at the same time retaining an interior 

 that is of merit. It is not known what the ancestry of the "Mag- 

 nus" and "Globe" may be, but presumably there is "blood," in one 

 or both, of a so-called long type. 



From another direction, a set of plants was obtained bearing 

 fruits of the form shown at 8 ; it is not unlike the last but much 

 earlier in its time of fruiting, a point that must not be overlooked 

 in the production of any type of fruit. In the cross, the male 

 parent is "Earliana" and its mate the "Jewel' For forcing, when 

 in midwinter medium-sized fruits are acceptable (if not pre- 

 ferred), this cross may prove desirable, for along with the fine 

 shape and contents, it is quick maturing and productive. 



The fruit at 9 is the result of a cross between the "Globe" and 

 the "Ponderosa" and in many points is already a most desirable 

 type of tomato, thick-walled, few-seeded, rich, and pink-fleshed; 

 it gives much promise. 



One of the nearest approaches to the "goose-egg" is a case 

 in which none of the long sorts (so-called) played any direct part, 

 for it is the derivative cross between "Magnus" and "Ponder- 

 osa," expressed by the fraction, 75/103//103 — and, therefore, 

 the large-fruited "Ponderosa"^ is very largely represented. At 

 10 is shown an average sample of the fruits of the combination 

 in which the egg-shape is well seen, but in a fruit with several 

 locules and a flesh that is solid and most desirable in texture and 

 uniform color. 



