REPORT ON TOMATOS GROWN AT CHISWICK IN 1877 . 
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VIII. Report on Tomatos Grown for Trial at the Society’s 
Gardens, Chiswick, 1877. Ry A. E. Barron. 
Of this now extremely popular and esteemed vegetable a 
collection of fifty-two reputedly distinct varieties was received 
from Messrs. Carter, Yeitch, Minier, Yilmorin (Paris), Senary 
(Erfurt), Bliss (New York), Earley, Yick, Wheeler. 
These represented almost every name to he found in commerce, 
hut since then others have appeared. In America, where Toma¬ 
tos are most cultivated, a number of new varieties are sent out 
almost every year, the result being a great multiplicity of names 
having but slight distinctions of character. The entire collection 
was grown in pots under glass—two plants of- each sort—and also 
in the open ground, trained to stakes. Those in pots ripened an 
excellent crop of fruit, and afforded a good opportunity of noting 
their characteristic merits. Those growing in the open ground, 
although they grew well and produced much fruit, yet—excepting 
for the earlier varieties—the season proved too cold to properly 
ripen them. This, however, proved their suitability or unsuita¬ 
bility for open-air cultivation. 
The typical forms or varieties are described. Those given as 
synonyms, if not exactly so, are so very similar as scarcely to be 
distinguishable. 
Those marked *** have received Eirst-class Certificates. 
1. Eruit Red. 
1. Red Currant. 
Eruit small, round, bright red, of the size of red currants, borne 
on slender racemes from 6 to 12 inches in length. Ripens early. 
Plant of slender growth, profusely branching, and very productive. 
Leaves small, deep green. A very ornamental plant when covered 
with the ripe fruit, which last for a long time. They are very sweet 
and pleasant to the taste, but too small for any general use. 
2. Red Cherry. 
Fruit round, red, of the size of ordinary cherries, borne on 
short racemes very profusely. Ripens freely. Plant of free growth, 
branching. Leaves of small size, even, deeply toothed, of deep green 
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