TOMATO, OR LOVE-APPLE 



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USES. Every Jyear Tomatoes are becoming more used for 

 cooking and as the best of salads. The manufacture of Tomato 

 preserves and Tomato 

 sauce forms a very ex- 

 tensive branch of industry 

 in the south of France. 



Large Red Tomato 

 (English synonyms: Large 

 Red Italian, Orangefield, 

 Mammoth, or Fiji Island 

 Tomato). Plant vigorous 

 growing ; leaves rather 

 broad, dark green ; leaflets 

 somewhat puckered and 

 folded at the edges ; fruit 

 in bunches of from two to 

 four, very large, flattened 

 at the ends, irregularly 

 ribbed, 3 to 4 in. wide, 

 2 in. or less deep, and a 



finp ripen scarlet A verv Early Large Red ' or Powell ' s Ear] y> Tomato 

 nne deep SCanei. S\ very ^ natural size ; detached fruit, * natural size). 



productive variety, and the 



most extensively grown in the south of France, whence the fruit is 

 sent to all the markets, while a considerable quantity is made into 

 preserves. The fruit ripens rather late to suit the climate of Paris. 

 Early Large Red, or Powell's Early, Tomato. Plant rather 



slender, with leaves 

 almost always curled, 

 and leaflets folded back 

 on the upper surface, 

 giving to the plant a 

 half -faded appearance ; 

 fruit very numerous, in 

 bunches of from three to 

 six, ribbed like those of 

 the preceding kind, but 

 seldom exceeding 2\ to 

 3-5- in. in diameter, and 

 li to if in. in depth. 

 It ripens a fortnight or 

 three weeks earlier than 

 the preceding kind, and 

 is well adapted for 



Early Dwarf Red Tomato. 



climates similar to that 



of Paris, This variety is one of those which are most extensively 

 grown. 



