TOMATO, OR LOVE-APPLE 721 



Trophy Tomato. — Plant large, tall, and vigorous, like that of 

 the Large Red Tomato, but still later than that variety ; fruit 

 flattened at both ends, regularly rounded or faintly sinuated, from 

 about 2 J to 4 in. in diameter, and from if to nearly 2 J in. in 

 depth. It is difficult to keep this variety absolutely pure, the fruit 

 always having a tendency to revert to the ribbed shape, and the 

 same plant will often be found bearing fruit which are smooth and 

 others with ribs more or less distinctly marked. 



The Stamford Tomato, raised by Mr. Laxton, the well-known 



Perfection Tomato. 



English grower, comes very near this variety. It has rather smaller 

 fruit, but more regular in shape than those of the Trophy Tomato, 

 and the flesh is thicker. It is intermediate between the Trophy and 

 Hathaway's Excelsior Tomato. 



There has been grown in the neighbourhood of Paris, under the 

 name of Inornate Rouge Gross e Lisse a Feuilles Crisp ees (Smooth 

 Red Curled Tomato), a variety with very smooth fruit, much 

 flattened at the lower end ; owing to their depressed shape they 

 lack thickness and consequently weight ; and besides, they ripen 

 very late, a serious drawback where, as happens too often, only one 

 lialf of the Tomatoes ever attains complete maturity. The early 



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