

Dixville, which bears the name of a famous White Mountain notch, 

 is a large-fruited, extra-early variety. 



cause it was thought that it might 

 have vahie as an ornamental fruit- 

 producing plant for Christmas deco- 

 ration, competing with the Jerusalem 

 Cherry. 



When it is planted in the field, 

 Tiny Tim makes a plant 12 to 24 

 inches across and bears quantities of 

 cherry-sized, red fruits which may be 

 used whole for salad purposes, if de- 

 sired. 



The plants are small and the crown 

 set is heavy. If they are raised com- 

 mercially, they should be spaced two 

 feet apart in a row with three feet 

 between the rows. In common with 

 other early, determinate sorts, Dix- 

 ville responds to a high level of soil 

 fertility. In 1949, this variety showed 

 much less sun-scald on the fruit than 

 long-vined, early varieties such as 

 Earliana and Bonnie Best. 



DIXVILLE 



Dixville is the latest member of 

 the early tomato family. Of a de- 

 terminate plant type similar to Chat- 

 ham, it reaches maturity slightly 

 earlier. The fruits which are flat in 

 shape are about twice the size of 

 Chatham. Its ancestry goes back to 

 the same general sources as Chatham 

 crossed with a very early, determi- 

 nate, small-fruited tomato known as 

 BV5. 



Dixville was produced in response 

 to a need in northern New Hamp- 

 shire for a large-fruited variety 

 which would still ripen a satisfactory 

 crop. It may be ripened satisfactorily 

 in southern New Hampshire from 

 seeds sown directly in the field. 



HIGH C 



High C is the first-named produc- 

 tion from ten years' breeding work 

 which began with a cross made in 

 1938 between Michigan State forcing 

 tomato and Peruvian wild tomato, 

 P. I. 126946. The Peruvian tomato 

 (Ly coper sicon peruvianum) is dis- 

 tinguished by having extremely 

 small, greenish-white fruits, each 

 about one inch in diameter, which 

 are sweet when ripe. These tiny 

 fruits are not marketable. Their out- 

 standing characteristic is their vita- 

 min C content which is about four 

 times as great as that of common to- 

 matoes. 



Only one seed out of several hund- 

 red fruits set was secured from the 



