482 THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNLIKE. [XXX. 



"Class 3. — Early selected fruit of perfect 

 form and ripeness, weighing twelve ounces or over. 

 "Class 4. — Early selected fruit of perfect form 

 and ripeness, weighing eight to twelve ounces. 



"These two classes will be the Standard Seed for the use 

 of amateurs and careful gardeners. 



"Class 5. — General crop of 1871. 

 ' ' This seed was grown from the very best of the selected early 

 fruit of 1870, and is exceptionable for general use. 



"Class 6.— Crop of 1870— from selected fruit of 

 that year, weighing eight ounces or over, and of 

 perfect form and ripeness. 



"This seed was sold last season for twenty -five cents per 

 packet, and is undoubtedly as good now as it was 

 then. It has the advantage over the crop of 1871 of 

 having been raised in a more favorable season. 



The prices of these seeds will be as follows : 



Price per Per Per Per 



Size of Packet. Packet. Doz. 100. 1,000. 



Class 1 10 seeds. $1 00 



"2 20 " 50 $4 00 $25 00 



"3 100 " (about) 35 3 00 17 50 $125 00 



" 4 100 " " 25 2 50 12 50 100 00 



" 5 100 " " 10 1 00 5 00 40 00 



" 6 100 " " 15 1 50 7 50 50 00 



Not less than six sold at dozen price ; fifty at 

 hundred price; and five hundred at thousand price." 

 The reader now wants to know the origin of this 

 epoch-making tomato. It was the result of a long 

 series of selections. The history of it illustrates the 

 great plasticity of the tomato, and how quickly it 

 responds to good or bad or modified treatment ; and 

 this fact is still further illustrated by the passing 

 out of the variety in recent years by variation into 



