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The Hubbard. This is a winter Squash 

 highly esteemed in the East. If planted 

 here can be kept from one season to another, 

 and is superior in flavor to the other kinds. 



Long Green, or Summer Crook-Neck. 

 This is a strong grower, and continues in 



It 



bearing longer than the first named kind 

 is of good quality. 



Boston Marrow. Cultivated to a large 

 extent North and East for winter use, where 

 it is used for custards, etc. It keeps for a 

 long time and is of excellent quality. 



Early Bush or Patty Pan. 



Long Green or Summer 

 Crook Neck. 



The Hubbard. 



TOMATO. 



ToMATE (Fr.), LiEBESAPFEL (Ger.), ToMATE (Sp.)» PoMO D'Oro (Ital.) 



King of the Earlies. 

 Extra Early Dwarf. 

 Dwarf Champion. 

 Early Large Smooth Red. 

 Selected Trophy. 

 Large Yellow. 

 Livingston s Favorite. 

 Livingston s Beauty. 

 Livingston s Acme. 



Livingston s Paragon. 

 Livingstones Perfection. 

 Tree Tomato. 

 Ponderosa. 

 New Early Freedom. 

 Cleveland' s Extra. 

 Livingston s Stone. 

 New Purple Cluster. 



CULTURE. — 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 open ground. 

 Tomatoes are generally sown too thick and become too crowded when two or three inches 

 high, which makes the plants 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 into the open ground. Plant them from three to four feet apart. 

 Some varieties can be planted closer; for instance, the Extra Early, which is of ver}-^ 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 toward the latter part of May and during June. 



King of the Earlies. This variety was 

 introduced here by the late Richard Frotscher. 

 It is very early and productive; color bright 

 red, of good size and quite solid. The vine 

 is medium, stout and branching. The buds 

 appear soon, blossoms as a rule adhere and 

 produce fruit. It is so much earlier than the 

 Livingston varieties, that it should be planted 

 for the first. The latter kind are so handsome 



in shape that they \vill sell better than any 

 other, when the market is once well sup- 

 plied. 



Extra Early Dwarf. This is the earliest 

 in cultivation. It is dwarfish in habit, fruit 

 larger than the following kind and more 

 flat; bright scarlet in color and verj^ produc- 

 tive. For an early market variety it cannot 

 be surpassed. 



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