l^ABIATION IN LEAVES 



127 



aid him. Notice the small and curled involute 

 foliage in Fig. 123, which may be found in some 

 of the old-fashioned cornered or "rough" tomatoes 

 like General Grant and Tom Thumb ; the large 

 and plane foliage of Fig. 124, which is that of 

 the commonest va- 

 rieties ; the very 

 large foliage, with 

 fewer and nearly en- 

 tire leaflets, of the 

 Mikado and Potato- 

 leaf varieties (Fig. 

 125 ; also, shown 

 in Fig. 90); and 

 the short, stiff and 

 curly foliage of the 

 French Upright to- 

 mato (Fig. 126) . 

 These types of foli- 

 age are characteris- 

 tic of certain types 

 or varieties of to- 

 matoes, just as the 

 forms of leaves are characteristic of the apple 

 tree and the pear tree ; but, as a matter of history, 

 all these varieties are known to have come from 

 one type of tomato within a hundred years. Thus 

 we have another proof that the forms and sizes 



Fig. 125. 

 Foliage of Mikado tomato. 



