16 BULLETIN 1015, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
Fruit medium large, oblate, bright red, with occasional shallow cracks either 
encircling or radiating from the stem; stem-end cavity shallow, smooth; 
blossom-end basin small ; stylar scar small, circular ; skin thin ; vertical section 
medium long, oval ; cross section round, smooth ; walls thick, firm, juicy, evenly 
colored ; cells many, small, irregular, well filled : seeds fairly numerous, small ; 
pulp medium thick; core not defined; flavor sprightly acid. 
The Arlington 8 and Columbia varieties are selections from the 
Greater Baltimore. As they are similar in fruit characters, the 
illustration for the Arlington (PI. IX, fig. 2) will serve for both) 
varieties. 
Like their parent variety, the Arlington and Columbia produce a. 
heavy crop of large, smooth, deep-red fruit, which ripens uniformly; 
in fact, it is practically free from green tissue around the stem by 
the time the blossom end is ripe, but it ripens so fast that it can not 
be held long. Although they are similar in many respects, the 
Arlington produces a little larger vine than the Columbia and seems 
to possess a little more resistance to wilt. There is very little dif- 
ference, however, in their yield. 
They are medium-late tomatoes of the canning type and should 
h>e tried wherever the Greater Baltimore is used, as they are adapted 
to the same environmental conditions and produce the same quality 
of canned fruit. 
Variety very productive, late, highly resistant to tomato wilt (Fusarium 
lycopersici) , somewhat resistant to leaf-spot (Septoria lycopersici) . 
Plant large, erect, vigorous ; branches many, long, stout, internodes long. 
Foliage type, standard ; leaves large, deeply divided, smooth, yellowish green, 
shading the fruit. 
Flowers large ; fruit clusters small, many, scattered. 
Fruit large, oblate, dark red, very seldom cracked ; stem-end cavity medium 
deep, ribbed ; blossom-end basin small, fairly deep ; stylar scar small, irregular : 
skin medium thick : vertical section short, oval : cross section round, smooth 
except near stem ; walls thick, firm, juicy, evenly colored ; cells many, small, 
irregular, well filled ; seeds fairly numerous, medium large ; pulp medium thick : 
core not defined; flavor pleasantly acid. 
The Xorton is -a selection from the Stone, which has been dis- 
tributed both as F 20 and as Norton by the Office of Cotton. Truck, 
and Forage Crop Disease Investigations and as Wilt-Resistant Stone 
by Prof. C. E. Temple in Maryland. The original fruit from which 
it descended was selected by Mr. J. B. S. Norton, of the University of 
Maryland, and with several other seed samples was given to the writer 
for trial in the spring of 1915. The fruit produced by this selection 
was exceptionally good for the conditions under which it was grown. 
The plants, though with one exception badly infected, showed some 
resistance to wilt. One plant contained only a mere trace of infec- 
• As some of the seed of this variety which was distributed in 1919 and 1920 was 
found to be impure, having given several different off types of tomatoes, a result, it is 
believed, of accidental crossing in the seed-production fields, the seed has been withdrawn 
until it can be fully purified. 
