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garden May 2. The plants were set three feet apart in rows seven 
feet apart. The following data were noted: 
Tomato—A Test oF VARIETIES. 




NAME. Seeds from | First bloom. | first ripe 
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DeEscripTiIvE Nortss. 
Dwarf Champion. Plant vigorous, dwarf in habit, branches 
reclining on the ground; foliage deep green, with broad, very © 
thick, much blistered, waved, coarsely-toothed leaves; fruits 
numerous, rich purplish red, oblate, very regular and entirely 
smooth, average samples about 3 inches in diameter, 2 inches 
through the axis; cells 4 or 5; flesh very firm, tender at the center, 
flavor mild and pleasant. 
I regard this as a distinct and valuable new variety which 
seems worthy of general introduction. 
Eley’s King of the Earlies. Plant rather dwarf, spreading ; leaf- 
lets rather narrow, somewhat rolled; fruits scarlet, exceedingly 
numerous, but often quite irregular and corrugated, oblate, 2 to 3 
inches in diameter, cells 6 to many; flesh soft and inferior in 
quality. 
Ignotum. The fruit of this variety was somewhat variable, 
particularly in size. Some plants bore fruit perfect in form, of 
large size and of the finest quality; others bore smaller and less 
desirable fruit. . 
Morning Star. Closely resembles Mikado, described in our 
