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D. M. FERRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. 



TOMATO -Continued 



Improved Trophy 



/Acme 



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The Trophy was the first 

 of the modern improved 

 sorts, aud it had quaUties 

 of color, size and solidity which entitled it to hold a place 

 against the much lauded new kinds; though all admitted 

 it lacked in smoothness and regularity. By most careful 

 breeding and selection, there has been produced a strain in 

 which all the original good qualities are retained and even 

 more highly developed, yet it compares favorably with any 

 in smoothness, regularity and symmetry of the fruit. Wei 

 offer our Improved Trophy as a sort whose large, strong 

 growing, vigorous and productive vine, very large, very 

 solid, smooth, fine flavored and beautiful, deep, rich red 

 fruit will satisfy the most exacting. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 25c; 

 2 Oz. 40c; H Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 



We have given a 

 good deal of atten- 

 tion to the improve- 

 ment of this variety, and think we 

 have succeeded in making it one of 

 the smoothest and most uniform, 

 medium sized, early, purple fruited 

 sorts. Vine large, hardy and produc- 

 tive, ripening its first fruit almost as 

 early as any, and continuing to bear 

 abundantly until cut off by frost. 

 Fruit in clusters of four or five, in- 

 variably round, smooth and of good 

 size, free from cracks and stands 

 shipment i-emarkably well; flesh solid 

 and of excellent flavor. For market 

 gardeners who want an early, purple 

 fruited tomato, either for home 

 market or to ship, also for private 

 gardens or for canners, it is one of the 

 best. This variety is used for plant- 

 ing under glass. Ptt. 6c; Oz. 25c; 

 2 0z. 40c; %Lb. 75c; Lb. 2.25 



Very simi- 

 lar to the 

 Acme; fruit dark purple, always 

 smooth and handsome; in quality it is 

 with the best. Will certainly give satisfaction. 

 Pkt. 6c; Oz.25c; 20z.40c; %Lb.75c; Lb.$2.25 



We have been selecting 

 this to a larger, smoother 

 _ fruit than the original 

 stock, and think we have made it one of the smoothest and 

 best of the large, purple sorts. Vines large, vigorous and 

 heavy bearers; fruit lai'ge, uniform in si;ze, very smooth; 

 color of skin purplish-pink; flesh light pink and of excellent 

 flavor. While we think the color weak for canning, it is 

 used considerably for this purpose. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 25o; 

 2 Oz. 40c; % Lb. 75c; Lb. $2.50 



This is a purple fruited va- 

 riety which forms very 

 stout, strong plants about 

 two feet high. The branches are short, making a bushy 

 plant that stands quite erect. This sort is often sold as Tree 

 Tomato. Fruit smooth, medium sized, color purplish-pink, 

 fairly solid, but has no hard core, and is of good flavor. 

 About as early as any purple fruited tomato, and is quite 



Sopular in some localities, particularly for home use. The 

 warf habit of the vines makes it very desirable for forcing, 



PPrf <*rtifln '^^^^ ^^ one of the handsomest tomatoes grown, 

 I VI iWilUII and all who have tried its invariably large, 

 round, smooth, handsome, red fruit pronounce it of the high- 

 est quality. It lias been used very satisfactorily for forcing 

 under glass. Pkt.Sc; Oz.25c; 2 0z.40c; ?^Lb.76c; Lb.$2.25 

 Rlirl/PVP ^tatP ^ ^*te, purple fruited variety, and we 

 UUyj1\Xjyx> OiaiC think one of the best late sorts. The 

 vine is exceptionally strong growing and vigorous. It 



should be given more 



room than most. Fruit 



very large, round, 



smooth and of good 



[uality. Pkt. 6c; 



)z. 26; 2 Oz. 40c; 



H Lb. 76c; Lb. $2.60 



Essex Early Hybrid 



Beauty 



Dwarf Champion 



earlier. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 26c 



tlonor Bright 



Beauty 

 Tomato. 



as it can be planted closer to the glass, and more closely on 

 the bench than the tall growing kinds. Our stock is a very 

 superior strain with larger, smoother fruit than the original. 

 Pkt. 5c; Oz. 35c; 2 Oz. 60c; ^ Lb. $1.00; Lb. $3.60 

 HI SI ft 11 II <» A variety of recent introduction, producing 

 "***55 ■'***• purple fruit of the largest size; much 

 smoother than most of the large fruited sorts and matures 

 earlier. Pkt. 6c; Oz. 26c; 2 Oz. 40c; !Si Lb. 76c; Lb. $2.50 

 The best sort to grow for distant 

 markets and the best for late crop. 

 We know of no variety of recent 

 introduction that has more real and distinctive merit than 

 this. Unfortunately the yellowish-green foliage, giving the 

 vine an unhealthy appearance, and the slow ripening of the 

 fruit, tend to prejudice i)eople against the sort, but in spite 

 of its appearance the vine can be depended upon to give a 

 large crop of uniformly good, large fruit. This, when 

 allowed to ripen on the vine, is of 

 excellent quahty, and when ripened 

 off the vine, while in transit to 

 some distant market or on shelves 

 in the house after frost has killed 

 the vines, is of better quality than 

 that of most varieties so handled. 

 We know of no kind so well suited 

 to growing in the south for 

 shipment north. The prop- 

 er method is to pick when 

 just passing out of the 

 white stage, wrap in paper 

 and pack in boxes. It can 

 be sent 2,000 miles and will 

 arrive firm, ripe and of 

 brilliant red color. It 

 should be set out earlier 

 than most sorts because of 

 its slow maturing. In the 

 north the vines may be 

 pulled at the approach of 

 frost and hung in a moist 

 place, safe from freezing. 

 They will then give market- 

 able fruit for a month. Or 

 the full grown fruit may 

 be ripened on the shelves 

 in a cellar. Pkt. 6c ; 

 u^M^o Oz. 25c; 2 Oz. 40c; 



^^°^°« %Lb. 76c; 



B"'«"^ Lb $2.60 



Tomato. «>*.«" 



