246 EGG-PLANT, PEPPER, AND TOMATO. 



The Improved Apple-tomato is remarkable for its uni- 

 form size and smoothness, and must be classed as being 

 decidedly one of the best. Recommended for general culti- 

 vation. 



Large Bed Fruit sometimes smooth, often irregular, 



flattened, more or less ribbed ; size large, but 

 varied much by soil and cultivation, well-grown speci- 

 mens are from three to four inches in diameter, two inches 

 and a half in depth, and weigh from eight to twelve ounces ; 



skin smooth, glossy, and, when 

 ripe, of a fine red color ; flesh 

 pale red, or rose color, the 

 interior of the fruit being com- 

 paratively well filled ; flavor 

 good. 



Not early, but one of the 

 most productive of all the 



Large Red Tomato. varieties ; the plants, when 



grown in rich soil, and prop- 

 erly treated, producing from twelve to fifteen pounds 

 each. 



From the time of the introduction of the Tomato to its 

 general use in this country, the Large Red was almost the 

 only kind cultivated, or even commonly known. The nu- 

 merous excellent sorts now almost everywhere disseminated, 

 including the Fejee, Seedless, Giant, and Lester's Per- 

 fected, are but improved sub-varieties, obtained from the 

 Common Large Red by cultivation and selection. 



Large Yellow. Plant, in its general character, not dis- 

 tinguishable from the Large Red. The 

 fruit also is quite similar in form and size, the principal 

 mark of distinction being its color, which is a fine, clear, 

 semi-transparent yellow. Flesh yellow, well filling the 

 centre, and perhaps a little sweeter or milder than the Red, 



