IV.] 



THE UPRIGHT TOMATO. 



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common parent as any one of the wild species differs 

 from any other species; and everyone knows that these 

 characters come true from seed. The Upright type 

 differs from all other tomatoes in its stiff and self- 

 sustaining habit of growth, a character which belongs 



E. Spray of Upright tomato. 



to Solanum rather than to Lycopersicum ; and this 

 habit is so marked that persons unfamiliar with the 

 variety usually think the plants potatoes rather than 

 tomatoes, when the fruit is not seen. The entii'e foliage 

 of the plant is so distinct that the most casual botanist 

 could draw botanical characters from it to separate the 



