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smooth, regular in form and ripening evenly ; bright scar- 

 let ; continuous bearing. 



Dwarf Champion : low growing, upright ; fruit medium, 

 pink to purplish red, according to locality ; popular in the 

 interior heat, especially at the south and in the foothills 

 of central California. 



Stone : tall and fruitful ; fruit large, smooth, uniform, 

 bright red, solid; widely popular in southern California 

 for market and shipping. A Dwarf Stone, resembling 

 Dwarf Champion in growth is also a good shipping variety 

 at the south. 



Boulder: resembling Stone, but much larger fruit: 

 popular in the coast district of southern California. 



Ponderosa: a strong growing vine; fruit very large, 

 somewhat irregular and variable in color, usually light 

 red ; flesh thick but not always firm ; chiefly grown in So- 

 noma county for canning and market. 



Trophy : vigorous and productive ; fruit deep red, some- 

 what irregular, solid and firm in the true' type, with ring- 

 mark at apex; chiefly grown for canning in Alameda 

 county, displacing Stone. 



There is an opinion current among California growers 

 that even the best of the Eastern improved tomatoes are 

 still farther improved by California growing conditions if 

 constant selection is practiced to preserve the best types. 

 For instance the "Trophy" is very largely grown as a 

 late tomato for canners' use, and planters insist upon se- 

 curing California grown seed, but careless seed saving has 

 given us Trophies widely different from the true type and 

 very inferior. 



