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TOMATOES FOR PRESERVING 



CINCE it is conceivable, perhaps, that all tomatoes 

 ^ at one time were very small, it is not strange that 

 among the preserving kinds we find all the variations in 

 color, shape, and type, encountered among the large- 

 fruited sorts. Thus, in the Currant Tomato we have 

 immense clusters of twenty to thirty fruits, red and small 

 like a currant, with plenty of seeds, little meat, and a 

 strong skin. 



Red and Yellow Cherry Tomatoes, Red and Yellow Plum 

 and Pear-shaped sorts prove also very useful for preserv- 

 ing. Finally, in Livingston's Large Rose Peach we have a 

 sort that most nearly approaches some of the modern 

 globe-shaped sorts in shape, but not quite in size or quality. 

 It looks very much like a peach. 



The dwarf type of tomato with very heavy foliage and 

 of compact growth is represented among the small sorts 

 by Burbank's Preserving, which is of the size of a cherry, 

 very solid, and of pronounced flavor. 



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