DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



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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, v.arm, moist sum- 

 mers of the South, 

 though the quality and 

 flavor is thought to be 

 better. The seed should 

 be sown very early in 

 the spring, as earlj- as 

 possible after the dan- 

 ger of frost is over. A 

 good plan is to bum a 

 quantity of brush and 

 rubbish in the spring, 

 on the ground intended 

 for the seed-bed, then 

 dig and thoroughly pul- 

 verize the earth, and 

 mix with the ashes, 

 after which the seed 

 may be sown and cov- 

 ered verj' lightly. When 



Conn. Seed Leaf. 



the plants are abor.l 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 the 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. 



Silky Pryor, — Used verj- 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 

 iamous district of Vuelta de Abajo. When grown in 

 this countrj- 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. Poinvte d'' Ainour. — Ger. Liebesap/el.. 



Since its introduction to the use of the table, and the 

 ■discover^' of its exceedingly wholesome properties, the 

 Tomato has been rapidly gaining in favor, and is now 

 one of the most common of all culinary- vegetables. It 

 is extensively grown near the large markets, where its 

 high price early in the season is a great inducement to 

 market gardeners to undertake to produce an early crop. 



Little Gem. — The earliest toTnato knoTVJt, affording 

 several pickings of ripe fruit a week or ten days earlier 

 than any other variety. The fruit is produced in clus- 

 ters, eight or ten in a bunch, each tomato four or six 

 inches around, of a bright, glossy red color, uniform in 

 size and shape, and beautiful in appearance. 



Hubbard's Early Curled Leaf. — One of the earli- 

 est varieties : medium size, irregular in form, bright 

 red, of excellent flavor, and very productive. The plant 

 is quite dwarf, and the leaves are crimped and curled, 

 and look as though they were suffering from excessive 

 lieat. Good for first crop. 



Ferry's Improved Eaily Large Smooth Red. 



Ferry's Improved Early Large Smooth Red. — 

 A valuable variety ; medium size, oval form, fair skin, 

 deep crimson, very productive, and of excellent flavor. 

 This is one of the earliest varieties knoivn, and comes 

 into market ten days be/ore the Large Red : is per- 

 fectly smooth on its surface^ solid, and of uniforjn 

 size^ and is particularly recommended to market 

 gardeners for general crop. 



Early Conqueror. 

 Early Conqueror. — The product oi one acre of this 

 ■variety, fotir years ago, "was over one thottsattd bush- 

 els of tomatoes, all put into market before most other 

 sorts had begun to ripen. After fully testing its good 

 qualities, we unhesitatingly place it in the front rank of 

 all the early varieties, and we do not think it has been 

 surpassed, if indeed equaled, for a large-producing, well- 

 formed, smooth, handsome, early tomato for market or 

 family use. 



Canada Victor. 



Canada Victor.— Verj' early, thin skin, solid, few 

 seeds, round and tolerably smooth, and ripens and colors 

 to the stem. It yields well, and we think will give entire 

 satisfaction to the market gardener. 



Paragon. — A large, round tomato, ripening perfectly 



