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THE SURVIVAL OP THE UNLIKE. 



[iv. 



to which I have already alluded. The curled leaves 

 and the cornered, flattened fruit are conspicuous. The 



plane or flat -leaved 

 type of tomato, 

 which is the usual 

 form in cultivation 

 to-day, is shown 

 inB. The curious, 

 large - leaved or 

 grandifoliura type 

 which has sprung 

 from this plane - 

 leaved form — with 

 its few and large 

 and nearly entire 

 leaflets, and the 

 absence of the 

 rudimentary leaf- 

 lets on the rachis — 

 is well shown in C, 

 and a single leaf 

 at D. With these 

 should be con - 

 trasted the remark - 

 able foliage and 

 habit of the Up- 

 right tomato, at E. 

 The old-time form 

 of fruit is shown 

 in the inner dia- 

 gram in F, and 

 the new -form or 



p. Lycopersicum Peruvianum. Peru. apple like type is 



