TOMATO, OR LOVE-APPLE 



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until the new crop is ready. The English variety named Nisbetfs 



Victoria should be referred to the Pear-shaped section, although it 



is a rather distinct form 



of it. This Tomato is 



more of a long egg shape, 



and broader at the lower 



end than a true pear 



shape. The fruit are 



borne in bunches of from 



four to eight, and the 



plant, which is tall, stout, 



and half-late, is remark- 

 able for the luxuriance of 



its foliage. 



Cherry Tomato. 



Plant comparatively 



hardy, very productive, 



and vigorous; stem about 



4 ft. high, thick and 



stout, very branching, and 



bearing an abundance of 



very green, flat leaves. 



The flowers commence to 



appear a week later than 



those of the Large Early 



Red Tomato. Fruit spherical or slightly flattened, scarlet, about 



i in. in diameter, and growing in bunches of from eight to twelve. 



A well-grown plant may be allowed to carry more than twenty 



bunches, especially if the fruit are gathered as they ripen. This 



is a mid-season variety, and is very productive, notwithstanding 



the small size of the fruit. 



The Red Currant 

 Tomato {Solanuni racemi- 

 forum, Dun.) is sometimes 

 grown for table use, but 

 more frequently as an 

 ornamental plant. Fruit 

 rounded, small, and scarlet, 

 produced in long clusters 

 of twelve, fifteen, or even 

 more, containing an acid 

 pulp. 



Amongst the numerous 



King Humbert Tomato. 



Pear-shaped, or Fig, Tomato (branch, 

 natural size). 



which we have 

 mentioned : 



not described, the 



varieties 

 following 



of Tomatoes 

 deserve to be 



