NOTES ON VARIETIES 21 



21. Ignotum. — Large, smooth, solid, sour, productive, and 

 well-known variety ; tendency to rot. 



22. Red Peach. — Good for its kind, — useful only for private 

 gardens. 



23. Earliest of All. — Slender vines, bearing a good crop of 

 a most inferior, rough, ribbed fruit, with one side ripe and one 

 green. Ripens in quantity early in season, which is all that 

 can be said for it. 



24. Thorburn'' s Neiv Torker. — A medium tomato in all 

 respects ; hexagonal in shape, red and purple, considerable rot 

 at blossom end. Tendency to crack before ripe. 



25. The WaldorJ. — Very good ; medium to late, smooth, 

 productive, and firm ; desirable shape and size. 



26. Autocrat. — Fair, not as uniform in size as Beauty, 

 Champion, etc., but of good average, desirable firmness and 

 shape, mild flavor, prolific. 



27. Democrat. — Larger and not as smooth as 26, but much 

 like it. 



28. Conference. — Smooth, medium size, good quality, firm 

 and productive. 



29. Faultless Early. — A good, smooth tomato, uniform in 

 size, color, and shape ; not particularly early, but preferable to 



23- 



30. Bright and Early. — Large and irregular ; does not 



ripen uniformly. Of no use. 



31. President Cleveland. — Not uniform in size, color, or 

 shape; good quality, fairly firm, prolific. 



32. Criiuson Cushion. — Uniformly large, irregular, quite 

 badly cracked and spotted with green ; productive. 



33. Ponderosa. — Ripens slowly ; huge, irregular, double 

 and single fruits; not suitable for table use. 



34. Belmont. — Scarlet, round, smooth, solid, early, very 

 productive, and of good quality ; ripens very uniformly 

 throughout the season. 



3^. Acme. — A dark red, meilium-sized, smooth, solid, and 

 well-known, reliable variety. 



36. Early Leader. — Very similar to 23, very little better ; 

 of no use. 



