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VEGETABLE NOVELTIES FOR 1893. 



HE first of these specialties which is worthy of our attention, is the 

 Buckeye State Tomato. It surpasses all others in size, solidity and 

 quality, has a smooth surface, and is of a deeper red than the 

 average tomato. It being so large a fruit would naturally lead one 

 to believe that it is a shy bearer. This, however, is not true, as the 

 fruit is even more abundant than on the standard varieties now in 

 cultivation, and we would urge all who are interested in the growing 

 of this fruit, to give the Buckeye state a trial. 



Then we also have Livingston's Dwarf Tomato, which very much resembles 

 the champion dwarf in both size and color, but excels it by far in flavor, pro- 

 ductiveness and quality. It is very desirable for forcing under glass and grow- 

 ing outside for early marketing. 



The Tip Top Melon, which after a thorough test has been pronounced the 

 best muskmelon ever introduced, was first found by a gentleman in the east, 

 who discovered it growing in a patch of variety melons. He cultivated it-for a 

 number of years, and when later he came to Ohio, he brought with him some of 

 the valuable seed. For several years it has been grown exclusively for a fancy 

 vegetable house, and has always been sold for twice the price of other melons ; 

 but we have been fortunate enough to secure some of this seed, so that every 

 gardener may now have a corner of this most excellent melon. While its out- 

 side appearance is not as attractive as that of most others, yet it excels all in 

 flavor and quality, and is eatable to the very outside coating. 



Livingston's Xew Silver Coin Sweet Corn, is fully as early as Stowel's 

 Evergreen, and is the most profitable corn the canner can grow. Its kernels 

 are broad, deep and of a pearly white, the ears being larger than the ordinary 

 corn, and growing two or three on a stalk. Those who like to eat corn without 

 gnawing the cob, will hail the New Silver Coin with delight. 



The Edible Podded Melting Sugar Pea is ahead of all other peas, not only 

 in the size of pod and prolific bearing, but also in its delicious flavor. It grows 

 five feet high, bears large, broad, light green pods, which are so brittle that they 

 snap without any strings. Last season we were compelled to return many 

 orders for this splendid pea, but we now have a fine stock in store with which 

 we will be able to supply all orders intrusted to us. 



Bush Lima Beans are something which have long been desired by growers. 

 The bushes grow from 18 to 20 inches high and are always erect, yet branching 

 so vigorously that each plant develops into a circular bush from 2 to 3 feet in 

 diameter. Each bush yields from 50 to 200 of the handsome large pods, well 

 filled with the largest of beans, which are precisely like the large Pole Limas in 

 size and flavor and are of incalculable value for the fact, that now the best Lima 



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