264 



Solanaceous Fruits 



is still in the catalogues, it does not follow that the variety 

 itself, as originall}' known, can still be identified. The 

 round regular (" smooth ") tomatoes are now almost every- 

 where grown (Fig. 147), in contrast to the angular 

 wrinkled kinds of many years ago. Leading names at 

 present are Stone, Ponderosa, Earliana, Acme. Crimson 



T34. Large-leaved tomato (X 1/5). 155- Upright tomato (X 1/6). 



Cushion, Beauty, Matchless, Dwarf Champion, Golden 

 Queen. For preserving, the smaller kinds are grown, as 

 Pear, Peach, Plum, Cherry tomatoes (Figs. 148, 149). 

 Attention is now given to the breeding of disease-resistant 

 varieties. 



The Tomato Plant 

 Lycopersicon. SokuiacecT. A dozen or so weak branching 

 herbs, perennial and perhaps some of them annual, of South 



