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while indistinguishable when ven- small from the ordinary kinds, 

 soon lose the green, as in the foliage, and become whitish, and with 

 some yellow mixed with it remain without much color until full sized, 

 and then run through the color changes to the '"red," in "Honor 

 Bright," for example, or the "pink" in "Grandus" and "Princess." 



The "'peach" is not so green as the first two types when the fruit is 

 quite small, and all through there is a mottled appearance, that, to- 

 gether with the fuzz, makes it difficult to record the color value. When 

 mature the "peach'" is practically a "red,'' "pink" or "yellow," as the 

 case may be, the hairy surface modifying the appearance somewhat. 



The yellow group, as might be expected, loses the green in the fruit 

 early in its growth, and, in short, has the color strongly yellow when 

 the size of a cherry. The plain light yellow, unmixed with other color, 

 holds until nearing maturity, when a distinct orange comes in. The 

 amount of this orange varies with the variety and the situation. Some 

 sorts are a lighter yellow than others, while exposure to sun seems to 

 increase the orange — that is, fruits that are thoroughly shaded are a 

 pale yellow, while others upon same plant and fully exposed may be 

 quite orange-colored. In like manner there is a tendency in the 

 yellow-fruited sorts to the development of a red when the fruits have 

 become fully matured in the open sunshine. As with peaches, the side 

 of the yellow fruit that is most exposed is the most highly colored. 

 When the fruit is a "red" or "pink" this difference due to sunshine is 

 not so apparent. 



The last group to be mentioned is a small one, represented by such 

 sorts as "Ivory Ball" and "White Apple," which seem to be deficient 

 in the ordinary color pigments, and, starting with a small amount of 

 green, quickly lose it and remain of a pale white until mature. 



The following are the running notes upon a lot of "Magnus-Pon- 

 derosa" tomatoes of the same age: 



^larch 31st. — Changed from lighter yellowish green (11.5 YG/LL) 

 to darker yellowish green (101 YYG/DD) on April 1st and until 

 the 5th inst., when the color was changed one point by becoming less 

 dark (102 YYG/D). Upon the 8th orange appeared with the score 

 T2 ( YO/D), and upon the 9th the orange was much increased, namely, 

 62 ( OYO/D). Upon the 14tli the fruits were dead ripe and the score 

 was -32 (EEO/D). In other words, the green was succeeded by yellow 

 and the vellow bv orange, and last, red was added to the orange. 



