COLE'S CHOICE NOVELTIES. 



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rORDH(JOK nUST TOMATO 



tough skin, of medium size, ct-lor of a beautiful crimson, tinted with ijurple. 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts., 25 cts., ^4 oz. 30 cts., oz. 50 cts., 14 lb. $1.50. 



PORDHOOK FIRST TOMIITO. 



This new variety is realh' the only Smootll Early 

 Tomato introduced so far, as early as the earliest, 

 solid, and extra good quality. We were so well 

 pleased with it in our trial grounds that we had a 

 colored plate made of it, which is shown on back of 

 cover, and it is nearly true to nature. The introducer 

 says: Notwithstanding the frequent production of 

 new Tomatoes, it is five years since we have found one 

 really worthy of intrc^duction. This new Tomato, 

 Fordhook First, ^^ ill fill a long-felt want, for while 

 it is, as shown in our illustration, a perfectly smooth, 

 solid Tomato of first-class appearance, it is also 

 Extremely Early, ready to market as soon as the 

 rough, unshapely fruits of poor quality of the old 

 Early Richmond type, as we considered their quality 

 and form too poor for either market or home use. It 

 ripens up evenly about the stem, is heavy, with a 



Umn STATE TOMATO 



The new Buckeye State is the largest and 

 heaviest of the Livingston Tomatoes. It is claim- 

 ed to be the heaviest cropper known. The Toma- 

 toes art; borne in immense clusters of four to eight 

 fruits. In solidity and meatiness it has no equal, 

 while in lu.'»cious quality none surpass it. The 

 color is similar to Livingston's Beauty, but some- 

 what darker and richer. Many mammoth sort,>- 

 have been introduced of late, but on first trial 

 the Markt t Gardener rejects them as unfitted 

 for his business on account of their rough- 

 ness. We are pleased to state that in addition 

 to its very large size, the Buckeye State is also 

 smooth and uniform, like all the other cele- 

 brated sorts bearing the Livingston name. In 

 our trial grounds we found this the smoothest 

 of all the large Tomatoes that we have ever tested and can highly recommend it to be what is claimed for it. 

 Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., \i lb. $1.00 



BLCKli-YJi bTATE TOMATO. 



CRIMSON CUSHION TOMATO. 



Crimson Cushion Tomato, 



Of this large, solid, new variety the introducer 

 says: The Crimson Cushion is not so long as the 

 Ponderosa, but is much thicker through from 

 stem to "blossom end,'" in fact, so marked is this 

 characteristic that it is frequently almost round. 

 Ihe color is brilliant scarlet crimson, untinged 

 with purple, and ripens up almost completely to 

 the stem. The Crimson Cushion, like the Pon- 

 derosa, is almost seedless, requiring from ten to 

 twelve bushels of ripe fruit to produce one pound 

 of seed, whereas a pound of seed is realized from 

 three bushels of ordinary Tomatoes. These figures 

 tell better than any description the "seedless"' 

 character of this grand variety. The flesh is 

 .firm and "meaty," and of superb quality. It is 

 enormously prolific and wonderfully early for so 

 large a Tomato. 



Price per pkt. 10 cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts. 



