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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Atlantic Prize Tomato. — The best open-air Tomato for pro- 

 ducing large crops ; it is vigorous, and as early as a heavy cropper 

 can be. The fruit are numerous, rounded, slightly flattened at the 

 lower end, fleshy, and of excellent quality, quite smooth, and 

 dark scarlet-red. The leaves are curled like those of the Large 

 Early Red Tomato. 



Marvel of the Market Tomato.— A vigorous bushy plant, 

 3 to 4 J ft. in height ; leaves large, dark green ; leaflets rather large, 

 rounded, reticulated ; fruit round or slightly flattened, a little over 



Laxton's Open-air Tomato. Atlantic Prize Tomato. 



3 in. in diameter, smooth, bright scarlet, in large bunches ; flesh 

 pink. A very productive and vigorous variety, not liable to disease. 

 The fruit are medium-sized, keep and travel well without splitting 

 or deteriorating, and especially suited for market supply and 

 export. 



Chemin Red Early Tomato. — An excellent variety raised 

 near Paris ; a tall, vigorous, early-flowering plant ; the foliage is 

 slightly crimped at the base of the stem, but entire and rather 

 curled towards the top. The fruit, which set readily, are some- 

 limes produced in bunches of seven or eight, but they attain 

 to better size when only three or four on a bunch ; they are 



