. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Fig. 42.—WoNiiER of Italy. sub-varieties, which differ little from each other. For pickling and preserving, the Cherry, the Pear and the Plum to- matoes are commended. One of the varieties of the latter group, known as " Wonder of Italy," is shown in our engraving. For ordinary cooking and table use, the apple-shaped varieties are the best, as Advance or Hatha- way's Excelsior for early, and almost any in the group of Cardinal, Para, gon or Perfection groups for main crop. Of these latter, the Ignotum. of
. The Canadian horticulturist [monthly], 1889. Gardening; Canadian periodicals. Fig. 42.—WoNiiER of Italy. sub-varieties, which differ little from each other. For pickling and preserving, the Cherry, the Pear and the Plum to- matoes are commended. One of the varieties of the latter group, known as " Wonder of Italy," is shown in our engraving. For ordinary cooking and table use, the apple-shaped varieties are the best, as Advance or Hatha- way's Excelsior for early, and almost any in the group of Cardinal, Para, gon or Perfection groups for main crop. Of these latter, the Ignotum. of tlie I'aragon group, is especially commended in the following terms : Among the older varieties the Ig- notum deserves special mention. This tomato was obtained as a sport from Eiformitre Dnuer. This year it exhibited some tendency to revert, but it furnished us the largest and finest fruits we had. They were thick, solid and quite smooth. One of the earliest to ripen, the plants remained vigorous throughout the season notwithstanding the dry wea- ther, and still bore a number of. green fruits when killed by the frost. The variety was tested by quite a number of specialists, and without exception they spoke favorabl}- of it. Prof. Goff, of the New York Experi- ment Station, writes: "Although the fruits were not very uniform, some were as fine as anything in the shape of a tomato I have ever seen ; of good size, remarkably solid and perfectly smooth. With a few sea- sons' selection it will tloubtless be ; The Mikado is described as quite early, and averaging the largest of any tomato grown : the Acme is of thin skin, making it too tender for distant Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original St. Catharines, E. S. Leavenworth
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