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TOMATOES. 
Scarlet Cross Tomato— ;See page 49.) 
Purple Cross 95 Days.— Second in precocity of the cross-bred sorts, ripening in about 
95 days from germination. Color fixed as a velvety maroon Form one inch more in depth 
between stem end and blossom end than Beauty, and a large fruit which is very solid and 20 
days earlier than Beauty. Fruit borne in clusters, as many as 17 big fruit being taken from 
one cluster. A wonderful producer. {See illu.stratiou below.) 
Mixed Red. and Purple Cross 100 Days — The third in order of ripening of the 
cross-breeds, maturing for the table in about 100 days from seed germination. Colors not 
fixed, ranging from red to purple, mostly purple. Form of fruit very deep or egg-shaped, 
large as Beauty and of exceeding productiveness. Fruit containing 4 to 5 cells, . ' 
Large Bed Olive Cross 105 Days.— Not fixed to the prevailing color, which is red, 
a small proportion comiusj purple. Shape varying from that of a baseball to a goose egg. 
Very solid, heavy and productive. Foliage dark and strong. Ripening ahead of Stone, or in 
about 105 days. 
liarge Purple Olive Cross 105 Days.— Color not fixed, but nearly all purple. 
Deeper in coloi-, thicker or deeper in fruit, earlier and more productive than Beauty. Ripens 
in about 105 days, Beauty in 105 to 110 days. 
Tht-ee-Oelled Cross 110 Days,— Form that of a goose egg or something like the 
Chemung, but perfectly solid, which the Chemung is not. Color maroon or purple. A perfect 
ripener. A distinct strain, as it varies from 2 to 3 cells, all other Tomatoes except the Two- 
celled Cross and the Currant varieties, having 5 to 7 cells. This, like the Two-Celled Cross, 
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