TOMATO CULTURE 



ground, with one on each second to sixth succeeding 

 one. The flowers (Fig. 2) are small, consisting of a 

 yellow, deeply five-cleft, wheel-shaped corolla, with a 

 very short tube and broadly lanceolate, recurving pet- 

 als. The calyx consists of five long linear or lanceo- 



FIG. 2 TOMATO FLOWERS ENLARGED ABOUT 2^ TIMES. SECTION 

 OF FLOWER SHOWN AT RIGHT 



(Drawn from a photograph by courtesy of Prof. L. C. Corbett) 



late sepals, which are shorter than the petals at first, 

 but are persistent, and increase in size as the fruits 

 mature. The stamens, five in number, are borne on 

 the throat of the corolla, and consist of long, large 

 anthers, borne on short filaments, loosely joined into 

 a tube and opening by a longitudinal slit on the in- 

 side, and this is the chief botanical distinction between 



