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time and is of excellent quality, but not esteemed here, as most people 

 consider the Southern grown Cashaw Pumpkin superior to any "Winter 

 Squash. 



TOMATO. 

 Tomate, (Ft.) Liebesapfel, (Ger.) Tomate, (Sp.) 



Trophy, (selected.) 

 Large Yellow. 

 Acme, (new.) 



Extra Early Dwarf Eed, (new.) 



Early Large Smooth Red. 



Feejee Island. 



Tilden. 



Seed should be sown in January in hot beds, or in boxes which 



must be placed in a sheltered spot, or near windows. In March they 



can be sown in the open ground. Tomatoes are generally sown too thick, 



and become too crowded when two to three inches high, \*tfiich makes 



the plants too thin and spindly. If they are transplanted when two or 



three inches high, about three inches apart each way, they will become 



short and sturdy, and will not suffer when planted out into the open 



ground. Plant them from three to four feet apart. Some varieties 



can be planted closer; for instance for the Extra Early, which is of very 



dwarfish habit, two and a 



half feet apart is enough. 



They should be supported 



by stakes, when allowed to 



grow up wild ; the fruit 



which touches the ground 



will rot. For a late or fall 



crop the seed should be 



sown towards the latter end 

 of May and during June. 



Extra Early Dwarf, 



(New.) This is the earliest 

 in cultivation. It is dwarf- 

 ish in habit; fruit larger 

 than the following kind, 

 and more flat, bright scar- 

 let in color and very pro- 

 ductive. For an early mar- Extra Early Dwarf. (New.) 



ket variety it can not 

 be surpassed. 



Early Large 

 Smooth ISed. One 

 of the earliest; me- 

 dium size ; skin light 

 scarlet, smooth and 

 productive. 



Feejee Island. 

 A large variety, very 

 solid, and of pinkish 

 color. Good for a 

 late variety. 



Tilden. This is 



the standard variety 



Selected Trophy. for family garden as 



A 



