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its ffuit. It is productive and 

 keeps long in bearing. Well 

 adapted for shipping. 



I/ivingston's Perfection. 



Very similar to the foregoing in 

 .shape and color. 



Tree Tomato. A variety 

 which grows like a tree, bearing 

 large, plump red fruit. It is very 

 productive, and quality excellent. 

 A fine Tomato for the home gar- 

 den. 



Ponderosa. Although not new 

 still we consider it worth men- 

 tioning, as a good many of our 

 customers are looking for quan- 

 tity as well as quality, and they 

 are combined in the Ponderosa 

 Tomato. The vines are strong and 

 vigorous, fruit smooth and free 

 from ridges and skin firm. Its 

 color is a rich crimson. The fruit 

 varies in weight from two to three 

 pounds. It is a splendid variety 

 for home use. 



Livingston's Stone. An ex- 

 cellent variety, introduced about 

 three years ago, and found to be 

 one of the best and most desirable 

 for our truck farmers. In Florida, 

 where Tomatoes for shipping are 

 grown more extensively than in 

 Louisiana, and where tough skin- 

 ed varieties of good quality with 

 full solid and tender flesh 

 are the most desirable, the Stone 

 has been selected as one of their 



Livingston's Stone Tomato. 



Acme Tomato. 



principal varieties. Thousands of 

 bushel boxes are annually shipped 

 from there to Southern and North- 

 ern markets, and no variety has 

 given better satisfaction than this. 

 The Favorite and Beauty are ex- 

 cellent, and the Perfection holds 

 its place, but the Stone is not only 

 their equal but in some points 

 their superior, For shipping it 

 cannot be surpassed. The fruit is 

 of the handsomest brightest scarlet; 

 more globular in shape than the 

 Beauty or Favorite, and perfectly 

 smooth and glossy. One of the 

 best varieties for our climate and 

 will without donbt in the course 

 of but a short time take the place 

 of either Beauty, Favorite or Per- 

 fection. 



