Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and green house, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc . - and in great quantity onlong racemes like those of the currant, though theyare often branched. The\ continue to elongate andblossom until the fruit at the upper end is fully small, less than y^ inch in diameter, spherical,smooth and of a particularly bright, beautiful redcolor which contrasts well with the br
Tomato culture; a practical treatise on the tomato, its history, characteristics, planting, fertilization, cultivation in field, garden, and green house, harvesting, packing, storing, marketing, insect enemies and diseases, with methods of control and remedies, etc., etc . - and in great quantity onlong racemes like those of the currant, though theyare often branched. The\ continue to elongate andblossom until the fruit at the upper end is fully small, less than y^ inch in diameter, spherical,smooth and of a particularly bright, beautiful redcolor which contrasts well with the bright green leaves,and this abundance of beautifully colored and grace- 150TANV OF THE KJMATO 5 fully poised fruit makes the plant worthy of moregeneral cultivation as an ornament, though the fruitis of little value for culinary use. This species, when. FIG. 5—CURRANT AND CH.\RACTERISTIC CLUSTERS pure, has not varied under cultivation, but it readilycrosses with other species and with our garden varie-ties, and many of these owe their bright red color tothe influence of crosses with the above species. Cherry tomato IL. ccrasiforme) (Fig. 6).—Plantvigorous, with stout branches which are distinctly trail-ing in habit. Leaves Hat or but slightly curled. i^>uit
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