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A. W. Livingston &
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Third Party Reference
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The following citations are
references to Livingston or Livingston tomatoes from third party sources.
" . . . Livingston's
Favourite Tomato, which is one of the handsomest smooth kinds in
existence. In shape and size it bears a great resemblance to the
Apple-shaped Purple Tomato, but its colour is a deep scarlet without any tinge
of violet."
Source: pg. 570, The
Vegetable Garden, MM. Vilmorin-Andrieux, 1885
"We have all sorts in
which the vine is relatively strong growing with few branches, upright, with
long nodes and small fruit clusters well scattered over the vine. They are
usually very productive through a long season but generally late in
maturing. Stocks of this type are sometimes sold, I think improperly, as
giant climbing, or Tree tomato. The Buckeye State
is a good type of these
sorts.
Other varieties make a stout
and vigorous but shorter growth, with more and heavier branches, shorter nodes
and many small medium-sized clusters of fruit well distributed over the plant
and which mature through a fairly long season. These sorts are usually
very productive and our most popular varieties generally belong to this type, of
which Stone is a good representative of the more compact an the Beauty of the
more open growing."
Source: pgs.
97-98, Tomato Culture, Will W. Tracy, Orange Judd Company, 1919
" . . . the tomato De
Laye, often called Tree tomato. This originated about 1862 in a garden at
Chateau de Laye, France. In this the plant rarely exceeds 18 inches in
height, is single-stemmed or with few very short branches, the nodes very short,
the fruit clusters few and small. From this, by crossing with other types,
there has been developed a distinct class of dwarf tomatoes which are of
intermediate form and character and are well represented by
Dwarf Champion.
Source: pg. 100, Tomato
Culture, Will W. Tracy, Orange Judd Company, 1919
" . . . the
Magnus, or
potato-leaved, . . . the margin of the leaflet is entire."
Source: pg. 102, Tomato
Culture, Will W. Tracy, Orange Judd Company, 1919
"The Atlantic Prize is
an illustration of a scanty foliaged sorts, and the Royal Red and
Buckeye State
of those in which it is more abundant. As to color, the foliage varies
from the dark blue-green of Buckeye State to the light, distinctly
yellowish-green of Honor Bright."
Source: pg. 102,
Tomato
Culture, Will W. Tracy, Orange Judd Company, 1919
" . . .
Honor Bright,
which requires as much time to ripen, and when ripe is firm-fleshed and will
remain usable as long as a peach . . . "
Source: pg. 107,
Tomato
Culture, Will W. Tracy, Orange Judd Company, 1919
"The work of A.
W. Livingston, of Columbus, Ohio, and his associates and successors in
the Livingston Seed Co. has resulted in the introduction of more new
varieties than that of any other private group. Most of the
varieties introduced by the Livingstons were of their own finding or
origination, but some were obtained from other growers.
Paragon,
from a chance seedling, was their first introduction (1870).
The famous old
variety Acme was developed by A. W. Livingston from a single superior
plant found in a field of mixed stock and introduced in 1875. Like the
Trophy, this variety was the source or served as one parent of many
subsequently introduced varieties. In 1880 Perfection, a chance
variant in Acme, was introduced. Livingston next brought out
Golden Queen in 1882, Favorite in 1883,
Beauty in 1886, Potato Leaf in
1887, Stone in 1889, and Royal Red in 1892. This last was developed from
seven similar plants found in a field of Dwarf Champion by M. M. Miesse.
The others just named were chance seedlings occurring in varieties the
names of which are not known. These were followed by
Aristocrat
and Buckeye State in 1893,
Honor Bright in 1897, and
Magnus in 1900, as
chance seedlings in varieties not recorded. In 1903
Dwarf Stone
was introduced; it was a chance seedling found in Stone.
Globe is
from a cross between Stone and Ponderosa made about 1899 by Robert
Livingston and was introduced in 1905. Hummer, another
introduction, was selected out of Paragon.
Of this impressive
list introduced by the Livingstons, Stone and Globe are among the most
important varieties grown today. Acme, Beauty, Buckeye State,
Dwarf Stone, Golden Queen, and Perfection are still listed by some seed
producers although they are not extensively grown."
"With all due credit to
the important contributions of other growers, seedsmen, and investigators, it is
not out of place to call attention again to the great contribution of the
Livingston Seed Co. to tomato improvement. Of about 40 varieties that had
attained a distinct status prior to 1910, a third were productions or
introductions by the Livingston company. If we add those varieties derived
directly from Livingston productions and introductions, it appears that half of
the major varieties were due to the abilities of the Livingstons to evaluate and
perpetuate superior material in the tomato."
Source: pgs. 179-181,
"Improvements and Genetics of Tomatoes, Peppers, and Eggplant", Victor
R. Boswell, Yearbook of
Agriculture 1937, The United States Department of Agriculture
Dwarf Champion (Tree) 70 days.
Unique "stakeless" or thick-stemmed tomato. Very short, stiff stem, 18
to 24 inches tall; grows perfectly erect without any support. Dwarf
indeterminate habit. Rose-pink fruit; weighs 5 ounces; low in acid. Curled,
blackish-green leaves. First raised in the gardens of the Count de Fleurieu at
the Château de Laye, near Villefranche, France, about 1865. BURR, VILMORIN;
K71, M1
Source: Cornucopia II: A Source
Book of Edible Plants, Steve Facciola, December 1998.
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