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TOMATOES LATE PURPLE SORTS 



'THHOUGH not quite up to the standard of Globe de- 

 *- scribed on preceding page, the title of best purple 

 main crop sort cannot be denied Livingston s Beauty (il- 

 lustrated above). Introduced thirty years ago, it is still 

 the standard in many sections because of its great adap- 

 tability to different soils and climates. It matures in 

 115-120 days, fruits are flat but deep through, smooth, 

 solid, and of uniformly good quality. 



Trucker s Favorite is considered the Purple Stone by 

 many in the East. It is a slightly later sort, compared 

 with Beauty, and is at the height of its yielding season 

 when Beauty declines. The fruits average alike. 



Henderson s Ponderosa is the largest but also the latest 

 in this class. It yields truly enormous fruits of remark- 

 able solidity. But since many of them are either rough or 

 heavily ribbed, the waste in connection with this sort is 

 often quite large. However, late clusters often bear 

 fruits of great size and beauty. 



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