224 Boston-HIarkct Tomato. 



of the most salable and best, of all the sorts extensively grown for city 

 markets. 



The fruit is of full medium size, generally smooth and regular, of a deep 

 rich scarlet or red color, almost destitute of rind, fleshy, and nearly solid 

 to the centre, with few seeds. 



Though in the process of ripening it colors less promptly and perhaps 

 less perfectly about the stem than the General Grant, and does not, per- 

 haps, possess the solid, meaty character of the Maupay, still the yield is so 

 generous, the fruit suffers so little from transportation, and it is withal of 

 so good quality, that it must be classed among the few really valuable sorts 

 now in cultivation. 



Compared with the Boston-Market, some growers pronounce the General 

 Grant essentially the earlier ; but this does not quite accord with our own 

 experience. Cultivated under precisely similar conditions, the difference 

 in the time of ripening was not important. 



