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The color also is somewhat deeper, and it ripens nearly two 

 weeks earlier. 



The Improved Apple-tomato is remarkable for its uniform 

 size and smoothness, and must be classed as being decidedly 

 one of the best. Recommended for general cultivation. 



Large Red Fruit sometimes smooth, often irregular. 



Tomato. 



flattened, more or less ribbed ; size large, but 



varied much by soil and cultivation, well-grown specimens 

 are from three to four inches in diameter, two inches and a 



half in depth, and weigh from 

 eight to twelve ounces ; skin 

 smooth, glossy, and, when ripe, 

 of a fine red color ; flesh pale 

 red, or rose color, the interi- 

 or of the fruit being compara- 

 tively well filled ; flavor good. 

 Not earlv, but one of the most 



Large Red Tomato. 



productive of all the varieties ; 



the plants, when properly treated, producing from twelve to 

 fifteen pounds each. 



From the time of the introduction of the Tomato to its 

 general use in this country, the Large Red was almost the 

 only kind cultivated, or even commonly known. The nu- 

 merous excellent sorts now almost everywhere disseminated, 

 including the Large Red Oval, Fejee, Seedless, Giant, and 

 Lester's Perfected, are but improved sub-varieties, obtained 

 from the Common Large Red by cultivation and selection. 



Large Bed A sub-variety of the Large Red. Fruit oval, 

 Oval-fruited , . -, 



Tomato. flattened, much less ribbed, more symmetrical, 



and more uniform in size, than the last named ; 

 well-grown specimens measure about four inches in one di- 

 rection, three inches in the opposite, and two inches in depth ; 



