DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



time after being gathered, and bears 

 carriage well. Mr. Tilden claims 

 to . have produced five hundred 

 bushels on an acre. 



Arlington. — We have grown 

 a limited amount of this variety, 

 and find it large and :olid, yielding 

 prodigiously, but rather late. With 

 hot-bed to start the seed, or farther 

 south where the season is longer, it 

 would undoubtedly be a great ac- 

 quisition. 



Large Bed. — A standard 

 variety ; fruit, somewhat flattened, TOISATO— General Grant, 



inclining to globular in its general outline ; large size ; skin, deep crimson ; flesh, 

 bright pink or rose color. 



Lai^e Bed Fegee. — Fruit, large, bright pink, sometimes ribbed, but 

 often smooth ; is well filled, and cuts hard and solid, like an apple. A profita- 

 ble variety for market, and not excelled for making catsup. 



Large Yellow. — About the size and shape of the Large Red, but a little 

 more flattened ; color, bright yellow ; flesh, firm ; used more particularly for 

 preserving. 



Culture. — The Tomato is raised from seeds, which should be sown in a 

 hot-bed in March, or in pots in a warm window. They should be started as 

 early, and forwarded as rapidly as possible, whether by hot-bed or open air cul- 

 ture. When about two inches high, they should be transplanted, in single plants, 

 to warm, light, rich soil. Water freely at the time of transplanting, and shelter 

 from the sun a few days, or until well established. Train upon trellis work, or 

 support by driving sticks in the ground, and tying to them. 



NICOTIANA TABACUM. 



Connecticnt Seed Leaf. — The Tobacco is a plant too well known in its 

 uses to require much description. The Connecticut Seed Leaf is the variety 

 best adapted to the climate of the Middle and Northern States, as it is more 

 hardy, and endures the cold better than the tender varieties grown South. The 

 seed should be sown very early in the Spring, as early 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 

 pulverize the earth, and mix with the ashes, after which, the seed may be sown 

 and covered very lightly. W^hen the plants are about six inches high, transplant 

 into rows, six feet apart each way, and cultivate thoroughly with plow and hoe. 



