34 R. & J. FARQUHAR COMPANY, BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
TOMATO. 
Farquhar’s Bountiful. 
Stir ling Castle. English grown, from selected stock. 
One of the best cropping of all the round fruited varieties. Ex- 
cellent for forcing as well as for out-door culture. Fruit is of 
medium size, reddish scarlet in color, and of very delicious flavor... 
This variety sets very freely. Pkt., 25 cts.; 4 0z., 75 cts.; 0z., $2.50 
Hubert’s Marvel. This variety is a selection from Stirling 
Castle. The fruit is round, of medium size, and produced in 
very large clusters. Pkt., 25 cts.; $02., 75 cts. 
Comet. This is a splendid variety for either indoors or out. é 
It is very short-jointed, fruiting close up to the stem. The 
tomatoes are of good medium size, quite smooth, very solid and 
of a deep scarlet color. Pkt., 25 cts.; $ oz., $1.25; oz., $4.00 
Lister’s Excelsior. The clusters are borne in great profusion and 
are remarkable for the large number of fruits they carry. Fruits 
are of medium size and rich scarlet color. Original Packet, 25 cts. 
Tomatoes, Yellow Plum. 
Currant or Grape. 
Tomates, (Sp.) 
Culture. Sow thinly about the first week 
in March in a hot-bed, greenhouse, win- 
dow, or sitting room, where the tem- 
perature is never below 60 degrees. 
When two inches high set out the plants 
in boxes about four inches apart, or 
pot singly. About the first of June they - 
may be transferred to the open ground. 
Set them deeply, four feet apart, and a 
shovelful of rotted manure skould be 
mixed in the earth of each hill. If the 
vines are trained on trellis, the fruit will 
be finer and larger. One ounce of seed 
produces about 1500 plants; 4% lb., for 
an acre. 
Farquhar’s Bountiful. 4 new 
forcing Tomato of superior flavor, per- 
fect in shape, of good size, and setting 
freely. The fruits are bright red in 
color, very solid, and grow in clusters of 
7 to 9.. Pkt., 25 cts.; + oz., 75 cts. 
Bide’s Recruit. A very prolific English Tomato suit- 
able for growing under glass or in the open ground. 
The fruits are of medium size, bright red in color and 
of excellent quality. Pkt., 25 cts., + 0z., $1.50 
Farquhar’s Victory. A handsome, free-setting Tomato, 
yielding many large clusters. Fruits, smooth, of good 
form and size; very solid and containing very few seeds. 
Pkt., 25 cts. 
Matehless. A very productive variety bearing large fruits of a 
rich cardinal-red color, smooth, solid and of superior flavor. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 50 cts.; $1b., $1.59 
An extra-early, scarlet, round fruited variety; 
Pkt., 10.cts.; 
Bonny Best. 
very uniform in size; smooth and a heavy cropper. 
oz., 50 cts.; % Ib., $1.50. 
Spark’s Earliana. Very early and of large size. Color a beauti- 
ful red, handsome, uniform, remarkably solid and productive. 
Pkt.. 10 ets.; oz., 40 cts.; + Ib., $1.25 
Golden Queen. 
