I have for several years been growing the best and newer varieties of tomatoes. I grow for market, and therefore have a good chance of knowing the most profitable and best selling kinds. The earliest tomato I have this season, of smooth shape and suitable for market purposes, is Hathaway's Excelsior. It is early, productive, smooth, and bright red in color. Canada Victor is early, but is too wrinkled for my growing. Acme and Paragon are the most perfect tomatoes I know of. The Acme will sometimes rot, but it is very fine in shape and quality. Some people object to the color, but this is only with those not used to it. The Paragon is almost perfect. It is smooth, large, and good color, but not quite so productive with me as the Trophy, which is fine when it ripens perfectly to the stem, but it will keep green around the stem when the other part is perfectly ripe. Some people are under the impression to get early tomatoes the ground has to be poor, but I do not believe it. With me I get the earliest ones on well-exposed, well-drained, rich soil, having an eastern or southern exposure.