TOMATO, OR LOVE-APPLE 



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Apple-shaped Purple, or Acme, Tomato.— A very handsome, 

 productive, and rather late variety, bearing some resemblance to 

 the preceding kind in the shape of the fruit, but differing from it 

 in being larger, and a darker, almost violet, tint when ripe. The 

 bunches usually do not contain more than from two to four fruit 



Round Yellow Tomato. 



each, and these, although very round, are somewhat broader 

 than deep. 



The American variety Criterion, which is almost of the same 

 colour as the preceding kind, differs from it in being of a slightly 

 elongated-ovoid shape. Its fruit is about 2 in. long and if in. in 

 transverse diameter. 



King Humbert Tomato. — A very distinct kind, the fruit being 

 of a shape unknown in Tomatoes so far. It is tall, vigorous, and 

 prolonged in growth, with flowers in numerous bunches. Fruit 



