HISTORY 15 



3. Purple red, described by D'el Obel in 1570. 



4. White-fleshed, described by Dodoens in 1586. 



5. Red cherry, described by Bauhin in 1620. 



6. Yellow cherry, described by Bauhin in 1620. 



7. Ochre yellow, described by Bauhin in 1651. 



8. Striped, blotched or visi-colored, described by 



Bauhin in 1651. 



9. Pale red, described by Tournefort in 1700. 



10. Large smooth, or ribless red, described by 



Tournefort in 1700. 



11. Bronzed-leaved, described by Blacknell in 1750. 



12. Deep orange, described by Bryant in 1783. 



13. Pear-shaped, described by Dunal in 1805. 



14. Tree tomato, described by Vilmorin in 1855. 



15. Broad-leaved, introduced about 1860. 



The special description of No. 10 by Tournefort in 

 1700 would indicate that large smooth sorts, like Liv- 

 ingston's Stone, were in existence fully 200 years ago, 

 instead of being modern improvements, as is some- 

 times claimed; and a careful study of old descriptions 

 and cuts and comparing them with the best examples 

 of modern varieties led Doctor Sturtevant in 1889 to 

 express the opinion that they had fruit as large and 

 smooth as those we now grow, before the tomato came 

 into general use in America, and possibly before the 

 fruit was generally known to Europeans. Even the 

 production of fine fruit under glass is not so modern 

 as many suppose. In transactions of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society for 1820, John Wilmot is reported 

 to have cultivated under glass in 1818 some 600 

 plants and gathered from his entire plantings under 



