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§§A. Vulgare. — Plant weak, requiring support; 

 leaves ordinary. 



Group 1. Angular tomatoes. Fruit 

 medium or below in size, mostly very 

 flat, plane on top, more or less cornered, 

 the lobes most conspicuous on the bot- 

 tom and sides. (Figs. A and F, pp. 

 112, 116.) Developments directly from 

 the Cherry tomato, through the type 

 of Improved Large Yellow, etc. Tom 

 Thumb may be taken as the type of 

 the group. 



Group 2. Apple -shaped tomatoes. Fruit 

 normally more or less rounded on top, 

 most of the irregularities being due to 

 the interposition of adventitious cells in 

 the centre of the fruit. (Fig. F, p. 116.) 

 Direct developments from the Cherry 

 tomato, through its rounder and more 

 regular forms. The * 'ringed " or " lined ' ' 

 character of the apex of the fruit is 

 oftenest seen in this group. The Para- 

 gon may be taken as a type of the group. 



Group 3. Oblong tomatoes. Fruit usu- 

 ally as long or longer than broad, the 

 sides very firm. Developments from the 

 pear-shaped variation. Criterion, in its 

 normal forms, may be considered the type. 

 §§B. OrandifoUum . — Habit the same as in sub- 

 section A ; leaves very large ; leaflets 

 fewer (about two pairs), large (the blade 

 three to four inches long and an inch 

 and a half wide), entire, the lower side 



