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frcslilj jiicked tomato clnsters may be serTed from the vines in the 

 fruit disli and there need be no trouble in discarding the seeds as 

 is the case with gi'apes. The above cross points the waj to a greatly 

 enlarged field of usefulness for the tomato. For groAving in the 

 greenhouse to be served whole, singly upon lettuce or otherwise, 

 the tomato in question may well attract the attention of the grower 

 and consumer, and this method of its use combined with its very 

 attractive appearance suggests the name that has been given in the 

 heading. 



Ei'om. the breeder's point of view it is possibly a regret that the 

 way in which the original plant came into being is unknoiwn. As 

 plants of the commercial "peach" were in the field a stray pollen 

 grain from them may have given the initiative ; this seems a more 

 rational explanation than that it was a mutant, but whatever view 

 is held the result is^ a worthy acquisition among tomatoes. 



A COARSE-LEAVED PLUM TOMATO. 



In filling ont the una scheme the task was the making of a, sort, 

 the fruit of which should be small, oval and borne by a plant with 

 the leaves of the coarse or "potato" gToup. Nothing is here said 

 as to the color of the fi'uit nor whether the plant shall be standard 

 or dwarf ; these items are for later consideration. 



Theoretically at least one of the' parents must be a coarse-leaved 

 sort, and if it is possible to have both of that type the matter of 

 foliage is settled at the outset. The fruit of the coarse-leaved par- 

 ent needs to be as near toi the desired form as' is possible — it should 

 not be a flat and ribbed fruit. 



The otheir parent must be selected for the desired fruit char- 

 acter in particular, and as size and shape (usually) in tomatoes 

 are sympathetic instead of antagonistic una, those two qualities 

 need to be such that when blended with those of the fruit of the 

 other parent the desired end may be reached. For example, the 

 breeding of a "cherry" with an "applet is apt to bring a "plum" 

 by selection and inbreeding, the "cherry" having a great power in 

 reducing the size; that is, the cross Avill be far closer to the small 

 than the large fruit. In the making of the coarse-leaved "plum" 

 the qualities of foliage behave quite differently from those of the 

 fruit ; in other words, should the choice of parents be with one 



