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that. year. The two phints were remarkahle for tlieir good qualities, 

 .and breeding them together has resulted in a type of plant resembling 

 t\u- "Dwarf Champion,"' or orginal mother plant, l)ut with a fruit 

 that is yellow, like the male parent, or "Golden Sunrise." 



J'late Y. shows this new tomato, called "Station Yellow," in the 

 middle row of the picture, while the male parent vai-iety, the "Golden 

 Sunrise," is upon the left, and the female parent, the "Dwarf Giiam- 

 23ion," is to the right of the cross. It should be said, in justice to 

 all three sorts, that the s])ecimens for the photographs were taken 

 at the close of the season — about the middle of October — and when 

 there was no opportunity to make any selection of the best fruits. 

 The upper portion of the picture shows the general contour of the 

 tomatoes looking from the blossom end, while the corresponding 

 view upon the stem end is shown in the three fruits in the middle 

 row below, which are given interior views of the same three varieties 

 of fruits. The first and second row from the left are 3^ellow fruits 

 of nearly the same character, the "Station Yellow" being somewhat 

 more firm or "solid," and therefore less polygonal or "angled" in 

 general outline. The latter variety has a tendency to develop a 

 blush upon the maturing fruit, perhaps due to the cross with the 

 red "Dwarf Champion." The character that makes the variety dis- 

 tinct is in the vine, which is of the upright habit of its red mother, 

 and does not have the prostrate or sprawling method of growth of 

 the "Golden Sunrise." The nature of the foliage of the three varieties 

 is indicated by the spray of each that are shown in the upper part 

 of the plate. To those who know the bushy habit of the "Dwarf 

 Champion," with its thickly-set leaves upon a plant of under size, 

 and the nearly opposite characteristics of the "Golden Sunrise," 

 will expect what is obtained in the cross, namely, a larger plant 

 than that of the female parent, and one with something of the 

 great vigor of the male parent. To say that it is a yellow "Dwarf 

 Cliampion" is not telling the whole truth, because the differences 

 are more than color of fruit. The plants and the fruit are both 

 somewhat larger than the "Dwarf Champion," and the foliage is not 

 so much infolded or "curled," or "potato-like," as some are pleased 

 to call it. 



On account of the tendency to blush that is develo])ed in the "Sta- 

 tion Yellow," it has })een selected as a sort with which to breed 

 . further with red varieties, in the hope of establishing a kind with 

 the l)iu^h fullv developed. 



