802 The American Naturalist. [September, 
ranked racemes, which are frequently quite large and abundantly ; l 4 
filled. It grows wild in Peru and Brazil, and is figured by 
Feuille® in 1725, but not asa cultivated plant, and is described 
by Linnzus’ in 1763. The grape or cluster tomato is recorded 
in American gardens by Burr® in 1863, and as the red currant 
tomato by Vilmorin?’ in 1883 and 1885. It is an exceedingly 
vigorous and hardy variety, with delicate foliage, and fruits most 
abundantly. The berries make excellent pickles. 
According to the test of cross-fertilization, few, if any, of the 
above are true species. Two only of the above named—the 
cherry and the currant tomato—do I find recorded in a truly 
wild condition. The tomato has, however, been under cultiva- 
tion from a remote period by the Nahua and other Central 
American nations, and reached European and American culture, 
as all the evidence implies, in an improved condition. If there 
is any evidence that any of our so-called types arose spontaneously 
from the influences of culture, I have failed to note it. We may 
well ask, Why did not other forms appear during the interval 
from 1558 to 1623, when but one sort, and that figured as little 
able,vari received the notice of the early botanists ? 
The modern names of the tomato, or love apple, are in France, 
tomate, pomme d'amour, pomme d'or, pomme du Perou ; in Ger- 
many, tomate, liebesapfel ; in Flanders and Holland, tomaat; in 
Italy, pomo d'oro; in Spain and Portugal, tomate; in P 
kjoerlighedsaeble 
In Arabic, dydingan toumaten;™ in Burma, kha-yan-myae- 
phung ;” in Ceylon, maha-rata-tamattie ; in the Deccan, wall- 
wangee; in Egypt, dydingan toumaten; in Malaya, tomatte ; 
in Tagalo, tomates, camatis ; ® in Tamil, seemie-takalie-pullam ; ® 
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6 Feuille. Per., 1725, 37, t. 25. 
T Linnzeus. Sp., 1763, 265. — 
8 Burr. Field and yri Veg., 1863, 646. : 
+» 554- 

9 Vilmorin. Les Pl. 
10 Schubeler. CO. gl. 
n Delile. Fl. Æg. Ill. 
12 Pickering. Ch. Hist., 
13 Birdwood. Veg. a a Bomb., 173. 


