8 TOMATO CULTURE 



broad, flat, with a distinct bluish-green color noticeable, 

 even in the cotyledons. Fruit abundant, borne in short 

 branched or straight clusters of five to ten fruits. It 

 is perfectly smooth, without sutures, and of the shape 

 of a long, slender-necked pear, not over an inch in 

 transverse by i l /z inches in longitudinal diameter. 

 When the stock is pure the fruit retains this form very 

 persistently. The production of egg-shaped or other 



FIG. 7 PEAR-SHAPED TOMATO 



forms is a sure indication of impure stock. They are 

 bright red, dark yellow, or light yellowish white in 

 color, two-celled, with very distinct central placenta 

 and comparatively few and large seeds. The fruit is 

 inclined to ripen unevenly, the neck remaining green 

 when the rest of the fruit is quite ripe. It is less juicy 

 than that of most of our garden sorts but of a mild 

 and pleasant flavor. This is considered, by many, to 



