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Gallagher's Mammoth is a variety of this, of larger size, 

 having few seeds, and of good flavor. 



Large Yellow resembles Large Red in form, but is of a 

 somewhat different flavor and is a good sort for preserves. 



Large Smooth Red is a new variety of the Large Red, 

 equally well flavored, and a favorite in the kitchen, as it 

 grows regular and free from knobs. 



Fcjee Island^ a rather later variety with more solid flesh, 

 said to be a new kind from the Fejee Islands, came to this 

 place from Naples twenty years ago and is a good sort. 



Cherry is excellent for pickling. It is named from its 

 size and shape. 



Pear-Shaped is of a pink color, firm flesh, and few seeds. 

 Much used for pickling, and excellent for the table. 



Early Red is a new French subvariety of Large Red, 

 at least ten days earlier. 



The tomato likes a light, loamy soil, of moderate fertility, 

 as in a soil too rich it runs to vine, and the fruit ripens 

 late. For the early crop, sow at the first indications of 

 spring, some six weeks before corn planting time (early in 

 February here and at the North in March) in a hot bed, or 

 in boxes in the house. 



Sow in drills eight inches apart, and when the plants 

 come up, thin to two or three inches, and transplant into 

 the open ground when the frosts are over. While in the 

 seed bed give air at all times when there is no danger of 

 frost. It is better to sow quite early and transplant when 

 ready into small pots, and a couple of weeks after, when 

 these are full of roots, shift them into five-inch pots, in 

 which they may be kept until they blossom, if a late 

 spring or apprehension of frost renders it necessary. 

 Transfer them with the ball to the hill in the open ground 

 in a cloudy, damp time, in fresh-dug soil. If the weather 

 is dry they may be planted, the fresh soil pressed closely 

 about the ball, a plentiful watering given, finishing with a 

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