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J^JSSSONS WITH PLANTS 



LVII. TOMATOES AND ORANGES 



357. The tomato was originally a 2-lociiled 

 fruit. Something very like the aboriginal type 

 may be seen at the present day in the little 

 Cherry tomato of the gardens. 



358. Cultivation is high feeding. We supply 

 the plant with more food by making the land 



Fig. 308. 

 Sections of tomatoes. 



richer and giving the plant more room; and we 

 keep its enemies away. The plant must change. 

 This change may be mere increase in bulk, or 

 it may be that, plus other variation. 



359. The tomato plant is much bigger than it 

 used to be. The fruit is also bigger. Does the 



