TOMATO, OR LOVE-APPLE 



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Early Large Red, or Powell's Early, Tomato 

 (3;^ natural size ; detached fruit, ^ natural size). 



Uses. — Every ^year Tomatoes are becoming more used for 

 cooking and as the best of salads. The manufacture of Tomato 

 preserves and Tomato 

 sauce forms a very ex- 

 tensive branch of industry 

 in the south of France. 



Large Red Tomato 

 (English synonyms: Large 

 Red Italian, Orangefield, 

 Mammoth, or Fiji Island 

 Tomato). — Plant vigorous 

 growing ; leaves rather 

 broad, dark green ; leaflets 

 somewhat puckered and 

 folded at the edges ; fruit 

 in bunches of from two to 

 four, very large, flattened 

 at the ends, irregularly 

 ribbed, 3 to 4 in. wide, 

 2 in. or less deep, and a 

 fine deep scarlet. A very 

 productive variety, and the 

 most extensively grown in the south of France, whence the fruit is 

 sent to all the markets, while a considerable quantity is made into 

 preserves. The fruit ripens rather late to suit the climate of Paris. 

 Early Large Red, or Powell's Early, Tomato. — Plant rather 



slender, with leaves 

 almost always curled, 

 and leaflets folded back 

 on the upper surface, 

 giving to the plant a 

 half- faded appearance ; 

 fruit very numerous, in 

 bunches of from three to 

 six, ribbed like those of 

 the preceding kind, but 

 seldom exceeding 2^ to 

 3^ in. in diameter, and 

 li to if in. in depth. 

 It ripens a fortnight or 

 three weeks earlier than 

 the preceding kind, and 

 IT 1 ^ is well adapted for 



Early Dwarf Red Tomato. • -i . 1 ^ 



cimiates similar to that 

 of Paris. This variety is one of those which are most extensively 

 grown. 



