TOMATO 267 
small plantings of which should be made to determine 
whether they are really superior to the variety which is 
being grown on a large scale. 
There are two general classes of tomatoes—the Eng- 
lish and the American—grown in the greenhouses of this 
country. The English varieties are typical forcing to- 
matoes, used wholly for forcing purposes in England, 
where climatic conditions are unsuitable for growing the 
crop out of doors. The leaves of English varieties are 
smaller than the leaves of American sorts. English 
varieties also differ from our common sorts in setting a 
larger number of fruits to the cluster, and the fruits are 
smaller and generally more uniform in size, especially if 
the clusters are thinned. The size of certain English 
varieties, grown in this country, has been materially in- 
creased by selection. 
The following varieties are the best known among 
American growers of greenhouse tomatoes: 
Beauty——An American tomato that is largely grown 
as a spring crop in Ohio. The Ohio station has found 
this to be a most excellent forcing variety. The plants 
are vigorous and prolific. The fruit is pink, large, solid 
and of excellent quality. 
Best of All—An English variety the fruits of which 
are somewhat larger than ordinary strains of Comet, but 
it is not so productive. 
Bonny Best (Fig. 86) is probably the most generally 
and the most extensively grown of the American class. 
It is universally popular for fall and spring culture, and 
is often grown at midwinter. The fruits are larger than 
Comet, though not as bright scarlet in color. The plants 
are vigorous and prolific. Fruits solid, roundish, oblate 
in shape and very good in quality. The earliness of 
Bonny Best is one of the most commendable points. 
Carter’s Sunrise is a small, red, English variety that 
ripens several weeks earlier than Comet. The clusters 
