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and producer." "Large size, some weighing a pound each. 

 Plants thrifty growers." "Tomatoes from this seed were highly- 

 satisfactory. Good shape, no core or hard part, color and size 

 good." "Very productive and bore good, firm tomatoes of 

 medium size." "All plants were thrifty. Some gave us very 

 large plants and fruit; very solid and perfectly smooth and of 

 extra fine eating quality." "Healthy foliage, prolific bearer, 

 having two kinds of fruit — a large red on most plants and a 

 small pink on a few others. Quality very good." 



Reports from Testers for "Crimson Cushion-Marvel" Tomato. 



"An excellent table variety." "This tomato cross will no 

 doubt be a fine tomato. Its vines are fairly vigorous, fruits, 

 in cluster three to five, good size, shape and uniform." "Plants 

 large, vigorous, very shapely, productive, fruit medium in size, 

 very meaty, deep pink in color." "A fine variety, large, vigorous 

 growth, very productive. Fruit, medium to large and solid, very 

 uniform, rich red." "Vines vigorous, good shape." "This is a 

 gem ; about the finest tomato I ever grew. Very vigorous, long 

 prolific bearer of good-sized, unusually smooth, solid fruits. It 

 will be hard to beat." "Vines healthy looking." "Part of plants 

 potato leaf, and part regular tomato foliage. Plants with regular 

 tomato foliage, large and vigorous. Plants with potato leaf a 

 rank grower, but not as large and more upright. Fruit medium 

 in size, very solid, nearly round and perfectly smooth, with but 

 very little acid ; the sweetest I ever tasted ; all of same shape 

 and size." "Vines very thrifty, fruit fair size." "Plants vig- 

 orous growers, foliage healthy." "Large, vigorous plants, and 

 fruits round, uniform and of a fine scarlet in color." "Fruits 

 smooth, uniform, medium size, good quality, resembling 'Crim- 

 son Cushion' tomato, good bearer, an excellent general purpose 

 tomato." "The tomatoes were large and the bushes were very 

 productive." "Fair sized plant; some fruits were large, color red, 

 extraordinarily prolific." "Bore well and fairly good quality." 



The Interior of the Tomato. 



The interior of a tomato fruit as here considered embraces all 

 within the skin and may be divided into (i) the flesh, (2) pulp, 

 and (3) seeds. Under the first heading is included (a) the rind, 

 or covering outside of the seed cavities (locules), (b) the par- 



