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The block of transferred plants looked fully as well, in all respects, 

 as those from seeds grown in adjoining plots. An opportunity was 

 offered to make a comparison of the size and structure of the fruits 

 grown upon the same plants in the greenhouse and in the open, and the 

 conclusion is that the su^jerior conditions the Gardens afforded resulted 

 in larger vines and fruits. There was practically no change in the 

 general shape or internal structure of the fruits. The greenhouse 

 fruits are smaller and less irregular than those upon the same plants 

 in the open. In other words, a fruit that is medium large in the open 

 may be expected to be medium in the greenhouse, and one that runs a 

 good, fair size out of doors may possibly be under size under glass. 

 However, a smaller fruit will sell better in the forcing season than 

 when the garden crop is marketed. 



Narro'nr-Leaved Tomato Plants. 



Among the three hundred and more crossed plants grown in the 

 greenhouse last winter there was one that, during its later stages of 

 growth, showed leaves with their expansions reduced to long, narrow 

 threads, and not much wider than the midribs. During the past season 

 several of the field plants have shown the same reduction in the foliage, 

 thus giving a peculiar appearance, resembling somewhat that of 

 certain ferns. Such plants are not usually as vigorous as the normal 

 type of the cross in which the slender-leaved form appears. It is not 

 confined to any group of tomatoes, but was met with in both "dwarfs" 

 and "standards," and the "fine" and "coarse-leaved" sorts. As in the 

 single case met with in the greenhouse, the slender form (filiform) 

 does not appear until one or more of the normal leaves have developed. 

 By the time blossoms appear the filiform foliage is in evidence and 

 continues until the close of the season. Crosses with the "Currant" 

 and other small-fruited sorts seem to show more of this abnormality 

 or unusual form than elsewhere. The plants are not fruitful, but 

 close-bred tomatoes were secured to test the stability of this type of 

 foliage in succeeding generations. It may be one of the mutants, 

 that, while interesting as such, does not seem to possess a desirable 

 form of leafage. 



