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small plantings of which should be made to determine 

 whether they are really superior to the variety which is 

 being grown on a large scale. 



There are two general classes of tomatoes the Eng- 

 lish and the American grown in the greenhouses of this 

 country. The English varieties are typical forcing to- 

 matoes, used wholly for forcing purposes in England, 

 where climatic conditions are unsuitable for growing the 

 crop out of doors. The leaves of English varieties are 

 smaller than the leaves of American sorts. English 

 varieties also differ from our common sorts in setting a 

 larger number of fruits to the cluster, and the fruits are 

 smaller and generally more uniform in size, especially if 

 the clusters are thinned. The size of certain English 

 varieties, grown in this country, has been materially in- 

 creased by selection. 



The following varieties are the best known among 

 American growers of greenhouse tomatoes : 



Beauty. An American tomato that is largely grown 

 as a spring crop in Ohio. The Ohio station has found 

 this to be a most excellent forcing variety. The plants 

 are vigorous and prolific. The fruit is pink, large, solid 

 and of excellent quality. 



Best of All. An English variety the fruits of which 

 are somewhat larger than ordinary strains of Comet, but 

 it is not so productive. 



Bonny Best (Fig. 86) is probably the most generally 

 and the most extensively grown of the American class. 

 It is universally popular for fall and spring culture, and 

 is often grown at midwinter. The fruits are larger than 

 Comet, though not as bright scarlet in color. The plants 

 are vigorous and prolific. Fruits solid, roundish, oblate 

 in shape and very good in quality. The earliness of 

 Bonny Best is one of the most commendable points. 



Carter's Sunrise is a small, red, English variety that 

 ripens several weeks earlier than Comet. The clusters 



