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THE SURVIVAL OP THE UNLIKE. 



[IV. 



plant specifically from any other species of Lycopersicum 



which is yet described. The 

 leaflets are reduced in number, 

 and are greatly modified in 

 shape. Even the inflorescence 

 shares in the transformation, 

 for the flowers, instead of being 

 six or more, as they are in its 

 known ancestors, are reduced to 

 two or three. If De Varigny 

 were to experiment for centu- 



F. Old-time and new-time 

 forms of tomato fruit. 



ries, he could scarcely ex- 

 pect to produce any "new 

 species ' ' which should 

 have better characters than 

 this singular race of to- 

 matoes, the origin of which 

 is so well known that we 

 have the record 

 year in which it 



of the 

 origina- 

 ted, and 

 the very 



G. Pear-like type of tomato. 



man who sowed the seed from which 

 it sprung. This curious race came 

 in suddenly, without any premoni- 

 tion, so far as we know, of its ap- 

 pearing, and the same thing has 

 probably not originated a second 

 time. 



The other type to which I refer- 

 red, the large-leaved or Mikado race 

 (variety grandifolinm) , gave evi- 



H. Augmentation of size , j> -j. • mi_ • j. • 



in the pear form tomato. dCUCC of itS COmiUg. IhlS type Ua^ 



