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They mature early, are a splendid shipper and good keeper, making this variety one 

 of the best for home or market use. 



Belmont, received from Gregory, was not a very vigorous grower. The vines were 

 spreading, with small, smooth foliage. The fruit was bright red in color and fairly 

 smooth, although somewhat irregular in shape. It matures early, the flesh is pulpy 

 and of fair quality. 



Brinton's Best is a promising variety received from Holmes. The vines are good 

 growers and of spreading habit, having a luxuriant, small, smooth foliage, insuring 

 uniformity in development. The fruit is of a red color, smooth and solid, and although 

 not of the largest size is of such quality as to make this variety desirable. 



Landreth's Earliest, from Landreth, much resembles Vaughan's Earliest. The 

 vines are of vigorous spreading habit. Fruit is red, flat, rough, and somewhat larger 

 than Vaughan's, firm and solid, but too rough to be desirable. 



Early Dwarf Prolific, received from Burpee. The vines are upright in habit, have 

 large, rough leaves and are good bearers. The fruit is small, red in color, round and 

 smooth. It has four cells and A^ery little pulp, making it a firm, solid tomato. 



Early Michigan, received from Ferry. The vines are of medium vigor and hardi- 

 ness and are quite productive. Fruit is of a bright red surface on an indistinct yellow 

 ground. Has a medium amount of pulp, four sections, and is very smooth and nearly 

 round. 



Early Minnesota, received from Northrup, King & Co., has vines of spreading habit 

 and medium vigor. The fruit is of considerable abundance and quite early, purple 

 in color, of medium size, solid, smooth, and of good qualitj'. Kesetobles Advance closely 

 except for color of fruit. 



Early Richmond, received from Landreth, did not prove to be very desirable. Vines 

 are of medium vigor. Fruit is of medium size, red, rough and irregular. It has 

 many cells, is quite thin and pulpy, and matures about mid-season. 



Excelsior Purple, from Barteldes, has good vines and habit, but the fruit is thin 

 and pulpy, making it soft and hard to handle. 



First Early, from Wood & Son, has good vines of A'igorous, upright habit. The 

 fruit matures early, is of a purplish red color, smooth, round and regular in form. 

 The meat is a little soft and pulpy with broken cells. 



Fordhook Fancy, from Burpee, showed some merit. The vines lacked in vigor, 

 but had large, healthy foliage. Fruit was of medium size and matured in good season, 

 was round, smooth and regular, with four cells containing but a little pulji, making 

 a firm, solid tomato easy to handle. 



Kansas Standard, received from Barteldes. This is a promising new variety, having 

 vines of the upright type, strong and vigorous, with large, rough leaves. The fruit is 

 somewhat late, but of a good, red color, is a little ribbed, smooth at the apex, and has 

 firm, solid flesh. 



Longkeeper, received from Thorburn, has vigorous, spreading vines with good foliage. 

 Fruit is red, smooth, round and generally regular. Of good size and appearance. The 

 meat is solid and firm, there being four thick cells with but little pulp. 



Magnus, a purple variety received from Vaughan, is of good size and quite pro- 

 ductive. Vines are spreading, with large, rough foliage. The fruit is smooth, solid, 

 somewhat lobed and of very good quality. 



New Climbing No. 9, from Mills, as the name signifies, is a climbing variety, the 

 vines attaining a considerable length and having a spreading habit. The fruit is 

 somewhat below medium size, of a dull russet color, conical and smooth. The flesh 

 and pulp are blood red. Has two cells and a large amount of pulp, making it some- 

 what soft. 



Optimus, received from Ferry, although rather small, has some m.erit. It is a round, 

 smooth, solid tomato of a good red color. Has five cells which are thick and firm, 

 with but little pulp. 



Purple Peach, from Buekbee, is a small purple variety. It has vines of medium 

 merit, but the fruit is small, thin-cellod, soft and pulpy. In shape it is round conical, 

 has four cells and flesh which is blood red. 



Quarter Century, from Burpee, has vigorous vines of the upright habit of growth. 

 The fruit is round and flattened, a little irregular and ribbed. It has three cells, 

 Avhich are rather pulpy, making it soft. 



Rosalind, a purple variety' received from Thorburn, is an attractive grower, with 

 vigorous, spreading vines. The fruit is large, bright purple and somewhat ribbed. 

 The cell-walls are thick, making it solid, although it is also pulpy. 



