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or three weeks. The foliage is also yellowish, and the color of 

 the ripened fruit is not attractive. "Fortune" produced espe- 

 cially vigorous plants, which were fairly productive, but the fruit, 

 while of good size, was rather soft and thin walled. 



The varieties producing "large" fruits were "Enormous" (43, 

 44), "Crimson Cushion" (26) and "Santa Rosa" (117). The 

 first was the best of these, producing a large number of well- 

 shaped fruits all through the latter part of the season. "Santa 

 Rosa" is a new sort which with us produced large ill-shaped 

 fruits. 



In many markets a purple ("pink") tomato is preferred. 

 Varieties of this color are not as numerous as the red ones, but 

 there are enough to permit a wide choice. They are divided 

 into three classes, according to the size of the fruit. The five 

 "small" sorts are all medium early in season, and are usually 

 too small for profitable marketing. "Acme" (i, 2) is the best 

 known of these, and ix)ssibly the small size of the fruits with us 

 may have been partly due to an unfavorable location. The 

 medium-sized sorts are separated according to season, into 

 "medium early," "medium" and "late." None of the "medium 

 early" sorts made especially good records with us. "Pink" ( 102) 

 is a strain grown by C. C. Hulsart, of ]\Iataw^an. It is of fine 

 appearance, but lacked productiveness. Among the "medium" 

 varieties is "Beauty" (8, 9), which is perhaps the best known of 

 the purple sorts, being handsome, vigorous and productive. The 

 "Imperial" (63) has a solid fruit, of good appearance. "Mel- 

 rose" (84) probably belongs here, though only three jjlants were 

 of this type, two others being red, and the sixth yellow-fruited, 

 all from seed of the same packet. Somewhat later in season are 

 "Buckeye State" (17, 18), "Grandus" (58) and "Trucker's 

 Favorite" (49). The first is a variety worthy of attention, 

 being of good size and productive. "Grandus" is called a "pur- 

 ple-fruited Honor Bright." It resembles that variety in its color 

 changes and yellowish foliage. One of the plants in this set was 

 "potato-leaved." ""^erra Cotta" (130) is evidently a cross of 

 some garden sort with the "peach" tomato, it being larger than 

 the "peach" but having the same peculiar "bloom." The third 

 class of "large" purple tomatoes contains fonr varieties. The 

 "Duke of York" (32) made the best showing with us, being 

 productive and with a large proportion of the fruit smooth 

 enough for market. The "Giant" (56) and the "Giant Climb- 

 ing"" is?) were distinct sorts of the old rough tomato, and of but 

 little value commercially. "Ponderosa" (103), the best known 



