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1891.] The History of Garden Vegetables. 801 
THE HISTORY OF GARDEN VEGETABLES 

BY E. L. STURTEVANT. 
(Continued from page 706, Vol. XXV., 1891.) 
Lycopersicum humboldtii Dun. 
This is very like the preceding, but the racemes of the flowers 
smaller, the calycine segments being never the length of the 
corolla, and the berries one-half smaller, red, and, when culti- 
vated, not less angular than those of L. esculentum? It was 
noticed by Humboldt? as under cultivation at La Victoria, 
Neuva Valencia, and everywhere in the valleys of Aragua, in 
South America, and is described by Kunth* in 1823, and by 
Willdenow, about 1806, from plants in the Berlin garden from 
seeds received from Humboldt. The fruit, although small, has a 
fine flavor. I suspect the Turban, Turk’s Cap, or Turk’s Turban 
of our seedsmen, a novelty of 1881, to be referable here, although 
this cultivated variety is probably a monstrous form. 
Lycopersicum pyriforme Dun. 
This, which is to be classed as one of the fancy varieties under 
cultivation, occurs with both yellow, red, and pale yellow or 
whitish fruit. It was described by Dunal in 1813, andin Persoon’s 
synopsis in 1805. It is mentioned in England in 1819, and 
both the colors in the United States by Salisbury in 1848. It 
is liked by some for garnishing and pickling. The common 
names are pear-shaped and fig. 
Lycopersicum pimpinellifolium Dun. 
The currant tomato bears its red fruit, somewhat longer than a 
common currant, or as large as a very large currant, in two- 
1 Don. Gard. and Bot. Dict., IV., 443. 
? Humboldt. Trav., Bohn. Ed., II., 20. 
3 Kunth. Syn., "e EL, 187 
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5 Salisbury. Trans: x Y. Ag. Soc., 1848, 371. 
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