1st. Pear-shaped form. 2nd. Oblong form.
 Fruit large, angular or apple-shaped, purple, red, striped,
yellow or white; foliage abundant; leaves of several leaflets,
stems stocky. Var. vulgare.
 1st. Augular form. 2nd. Apple-shaped form.
 Fruit large, purple, red or yellow; leaves very large, of
young plants entire; leaflets few, very large. Var. grandifolium.
 Fruit medium, branches standing upright, tree-like.
 Var. validum.
 cf. Cornell, B. 32; Mich. B. 48; Md. 2d Ann. Rep.




 Scale of Ideal Tomato.

 Since the cultivation of the tomato began there has been a
constant increase in the size of the fruit and in the weight of the
herbage. The increase in size of fruit has probably gone beyond
the profitable point in some kinds, as those bearing the largest
fruits are not the most prolific bearers, nor do they give the
largest crop. Then, again, the size of the fruit is increased at the
expense of the constitution of the plant, or the power to resist dis-
eases.
 The following is the scale of an ideal tomato for Florida:

 Vigor of plant.................................20
 Productiveness.....................................15
 Shipping qualities................................15
 Earliness ......................................... 10
 Color.................................. .......... 10
 Shape .............................................. 10
 Size..................................... ......10
 Flavor ............................................ 5
 Cooking qualities............................... 5

 By referring to the scale of the ideal tomato for Florida, it
will be seen that great stress is laid on the vigor of the plant
This point should be carefully guarded, because diseases of the
plants have caused more loss than all other causes combined. It
is easier to cultivate a field of healthy, vigorous plants than a
field of sickly ones.