DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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plant cane seed before the weather is warm in spring. 

 Three or four pounds are required per acre. 



SUNFLOWER. 



"Large Russian— He/zant/ttts.— The Sunflower, dur- 

 ing the past few years, has attracted considerable atten- 

 tion as a profitable field crop. It is claimed that it pro- 

 duces a larger return in f( nirf^ t* n linost any other 



Large Russian. 

 crop ; the lea\*es being the parts used for stock. The 

 seed has also a commercial value, being used for manu- 

 facturing oil. It is also being planted in low, swampy 

 ground, as an absorbent of the miasma of those sec- 

 tions, and with highly gratifying results. 



TOBACCO. 



All the species of Tobacco are annual plants, and can 

 be grown in more or less perfection wherever there is a 

 summer. In the short, hot, dry summers of the north 

 the plant attains a 

 smaller size than in the 

 long, warm , moist sum- 

 mers of the south, 

 though the quality and 

 flavor are thought to 

 be better. 



Culture. — The seed 

 should be sown very 

 early in the spring, as 

 early as possible after 

 the danger of frost is 

 over. A good plan is 

 to burn a quantity of 

 brush and rubbish in 

 the spring, on the 

 ground intended for 

 the seed bed, then dig 

 and thorc jghly pul- 

 verize the earth, and 

 mix with the ashes, 

 after which the seed 

 may be sown and covered very lightly. When the plants 

 are about six inches high, transplant into rows six feet 

 apart each way, and cultivate thoroughly with plow and 

 hoe. 



Connecticut Seed Leaf.— Best adapted to the cli- 

 mate of thf- Middle and Northern States, as it is more 

 hardy, and endures the cold better than the tender vari- 

 eties grown south. In many of the Northern States, 

 and in Canada, this variety is a staple crop. 



Yellow Oronoko. — This variety has smaller leaves 

 than the preceding, and is intermediate in size and vigor. 



Conn Seed Leaf. 



Silky Pryor. — Used very largely in the manufacture 

 of bright wrappers, for which purpose this variety and 

 the preceding are unexcelled. 



White Burley. — Especially desirable for the manu- 

 facture of cigars, as the leaf of this kind readily absorbs 

 a large quantity of manufacturing material, 



Havana. — Pure Cuban grown seed, raised in the 

 famous district of Vuelta de Abajo. When grown in 

 this country commands a high price for cigar stock. 



Maryland Broad Leaf.— A well known standard 

 sort, valuable for cigar wrappers. 



Virginia. — Used in the south in the manufacture of 

 the finer grades of smoking. 



TOMATO. 



Fr. Pomme d' Amour. — Ger. Liehesapfel. 



This vegetable is too well known to need any descrip- 

 tion. There has been a great improvement in it during 

 the last few years, and the varieties now offered are 

 greatly superior to those known a few years ago. 



Culture. — Tomatoes do best on light, warm, not over 

 rich soil, and success depends upon securing a rapid, 

 vigorous, unchecked growth during the early part of 

 the season. Sow in hot-beds during March, or from six 

 to eight weeks before they can be set out of doors ; 

 when the plants have four leaves, transplant into shal- 

 low boxes, setting them four or five inches apart ; give 

 plenty of air, and endeavor to secure a vigorous, but 

 steady and healthy growth, so that at the tim.e of set- 

 ting in the open ground they will be strong and stocky, 

 about as broad as high. A slight check while the plants 

 are small, will materially diminish their productiveness. 

 Set out of doors as soon as danger from severe frosts is- 

 over, but before doing so, ha.rden off the plants by grad- 

 ually exposing them to the night air and the withdrawal 

 of water until the wood becomes hard and the leaves 

 thick and of dark green color. Transplant carefully, 

 and cultivate well as long as the vines will permit. The 

 fruit is improved in quality if the vines are tied to a. 

 trellis or to stakes. 



Little Gem. — The earliest variety. Vine vigorous^, 

 spreading, productive. Fruit in clusters of six or eight:, 

 bright, clear red, round, smooth, and about one. and one- 

 half inches in diameter. It is very uniform and hand- 

 some, but of second rate quality, and only valuable on 

 account of its earliness. 



Hundred Day. — Nearly as early as the last ; larger 

 and of better quality. The best very early variety. 

 Vine vigorous, productive, and well covered with large 

 leaves. Fruit of medium size, of distinct bright scarlet- 

 vermilion color; flat, with broad, shallow corrugations 

 at the stem, but perfectly smooth and of a regular wavy- 

 outline at center. Quality very good. 



Early Conqueror. — Not only one of the earliest, but 



Early Conqueror. 



