R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
TOMATO. Tomates, (Sp.) Liebes Apfel, (GER.) 
Farquhar’s Bountiful. 
Stirling Castle. English grown, from selected stock. 
One of the best cropping of all the round fruited varieties. 
Excellent 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.; $ 02., .75; 02., $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. Pkts, 253) Oz) 205 
Comet. This is a splendid variety for either indoors or out. 
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; 3 oz., $1.25; oz., $4.00 
Bache’s Abundance. A new variety for forcing or open ground 
culture. The fruits are bright red in color, very solid and of 
fine flavor. A heavy cropper. . Pkt., .25 
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Tomatoes, Yellow Plum. 
Currant or Grape. 
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 inehes 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 should 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; ~ 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). 9s Ekta) 20s eOzemlezos 
Holmes’ Supreme. Imported seed. Avery 
prolific English Tomato suitable 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. | 
Lister’s Prolific. 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. | 
Prince Borghese. A new Italian variety growing in large | 
clusters which if picked before they are fully ripe may be hung 
up and kept for several months. The fruits are bright scarlet 
and of a plum shape, tapering to a point at the end. Pkt., .25 
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Golden Queen, 
