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oblong, square rather than round, often in long clusters of ten to 

 twelve, very fleshy, ripening regularly in succession as long as the 

 temperature allows. Under glass it produces abundantly and 

 long. 



Pear-shaped, or Fig", Tomato. — A very vigorous and rather early 

 variety. Stem 4 ft. to 4 ft. 3 in. high ; leaves numerous, not curled, 

 rather broad, and deep green ; fruit numerous, scarlet, pear-shaped, 

 more or less narrow at the base, about 2 in. long and ij in. broad 



Apple-shaped Red Tomato. 



in the thickest part, borne in bunches of from six to ten A well- 

 grown plant may be allowed to carry from twenty to twenty-five 

 bunches. In the south of Europe, especially near Naples, a great 

 number of Pear-shaped varieties of Tomatoes are grown, among 

 which this strain appears to us most worthy of note for earliness 

 and productiveness. The Pear-shaped kinds are considered to 

 keep better than any others. At Naples the plants are pulled 

 with their fruit, and hung under cover, in the autumn ; the fruit 

 are then picked as they are wanted during the winter, or even 



