es in the opposite, and two inches in depth; skin fine, deep-red,
smooth and shining; flesh paler, the interior of the fruit well filled
with pulp, and, when cooked, yielding a large product in proportion to
the bulk. Prolific and well flavored, but not early; ripening at the
time of the Large Red.

The variety is exceedingly liable to degenerate, constantly tending
towards the Large Red; and can only be maintained in its purity by
exclusive cultivation, and a continued use of seeds selected from the
fairest, smoothest, best ripened tomatoes, having the peculiar oval form
by which the variety is distinguished.

LARGE YELLOW.

Plant, in its general character, not distinguishable from the Large Red.
The fruit also is quite similar in form and size; the principal mark of
distinction being its color, which is a fine, clear, semi-transparent
yellow. Flesh yellow, well filling the centre, and perhaps a little
sweeter or milder than the Red; though generally not distinguishable
when stewed or otherwise prepared for the table.

The variety is hardy, yields abundantly, and comes to perfection with
the Large Red. It is, however, not generally cultivated; the Red
descriptions being more commonly used, and consequently better adapted
for cultivation for the market.

MEXICAN.

Fruit large, comparatively smooth, frequently of an oval form,
bright-red, often tinted with rose or bright-pink; flesh pink, solid,
filling the fruit to the centre.

It is similar to, if not identical with, the Perfected.

PERFECTED.

Lester's Perfected. Pomo d'Oro Lesteriano.

A recently introduced and comparatively distinct variety. Plant
remarkably healthy and vigorous, often attaining a height or length of
six or eight feet, and, in strong soil, of more than ten feet; fruit
pinkish-red, or rose-red, of large size, comparatively smooth and
regular, flattened, remarkably solid and well filled to the centre, and,
when cooked, yielding a large return in proportion to its bulk; flesh
firm, well flavored, with comparatively few seeds intermixed. In this
last respect, not unlike the Seedless.

When started at the same time, it ripens two weeks after the early
varieties, and continues to yield in great abundance until the plants
are destroyed by frost. It is considered one of the best sorts for
cultivation for the market, and by many is preferred to all others for
the garden.

On the authority of a recent writer, the variety has already, to