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good producer of round, smooth and very good tasting fruit. Fruit is very 

 good for canning." (23) "This variety is vigorous and productive." (24) 

 "This tomato was the tinest I ever saw, the plant was of medium height with 

 spreading branches. The fruit which was set thick was of even size and 

 ripened up to stem end. The flavor was the best of any tomato I ever ate. 

 Better than its parent, the 'Earhana.' " (25) "This variety is very vigorous 

 and productive, with fruit Hke the 'Earliana' but larger." (26) "The plants 

 were large, vigorous and heavily set with fruit." (2-) "This variety is one 

 of the earliest and most productive. The vines were spreading and vigorous 

 and the quality of the fruit was good." 



REPORTS FROM TESTERS OF THE "OLIGOSPERM" TOMATO. 



(i) "The plants show a luxuriant growth, having reached a height of 

 about four feet in fertile soil." (2) "The plants are strong and vigorous and 

 very thrifty. The fruit is very uniform in shape and size." (3) "This plant 

 made vigorous growth in the green house. The stem is thick and strong, the 

 leaves large and very dark green. The flowers were few, small and feeble 

 but perfect." (4) "The size of these tomatoes was large, inany weighing ten 

 to twelve ounces. The plant was very vigorous and productive and the fruit 

 was very uniform. The seed spaces are small and few seeded." (5) "These 

 tomatoes are fine, large, perfectly smooth and with very few seeds. When 

 sliced, they are meaty and firm." (6) "We are more than pleased with the 

 tomato. A prolific yielder of fine large yellow tomatoes. Fruit is solid, with 

 few seeds, and of delicious flavor. We are saving seeds to plant next year." 

 (7) "These tomatoes are very fine, plants are large and well set with toma- 

 toes." (8) "The plants are large and very spreading; fruits are solid and 

 meaty. The color is a rich yellow throughout. The fruit is of 

 round shape and uniform size." (9) "This tomato has but few seeds ; I 

 could hardly get enough for planting next season. They are fine ' when 

 spiced.'" (i) "The plant is strong and healthy." (11) "Rather acid fruit 

 but otherwise satisfactory. Thin-skinned and firm in pulp." (12) "The 

 plants grew to a large size.'" (13) "The plants grew finely." (14) "The 

 plant is large, the tomato about two inches in diameter with few seeds. The 

 quality is good." (15) "The yellow tomatoes were of very nice flavor." 

 (16) "These tomatoes grew about three feet high, with a large quantity of 

 fruit, yellow in color, round in shape and with very few seeds." (17) "The 

 fruits were round as a ball and the plants were very productive. We con- 

 sider them very good." (18) "The plants were vigorous and strong." (19) 

 "The fruits were pulpy and few-seeded, with a more delicate flavor than the 

 ordinary tomato. A decided addition to the list of tomatoes." (20) "A 

 bright yellow tomato of fine flavor." (21) "The plants were very vigorous 

 and strong growers." (22) "We found the fruits of this variety to be as 

 large as and quite like the shape of a large apple. On cutting open, they 

 were found to be very solid and with but few seeds. The flavor was fine." 



SPECIAL CROSSES. 



"Acme-ArcadiarCurrant-Pondcrosa (1/5//177/103) Bahy 

 Ponderosa." This odd and interesting novelty, obtained in 

 1907, has bred true to a flat, pink-fruited type, giving plants 

 much earlier in season than the "Ponderosa." The fruits have a 

 peculiarly mild flavor which suggests the "Currant" parent. This 

 novelty is shown at 10 in Plate IX. 



"Aristocrat-Princess" (149/109). The standard, fine-leaved 

 plants all gave the characteristic yellow foliage but they were not 



