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D. M. FERRY & COS DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 



CANADA VICTOR — Very early. Vines large, spread- 

 ing, productive. Fruit of light scarlet color, round, smooth, 

 of medium size, solid and ripening up well. A very popular 

 variety. 



EARLY RED APPLE.-We have by careful and 

 judicious selection established a strain of this variety so dis- 

 tinctly superior to the ordinary stock, as to be far more 

 worthy of a new name than three-fourths of the novelties 

 yearly introduced. It is not only an extremely smooth and 

 perfectly shaped tomato, but it is also very early, ripening 

 its first fruits almost as early as any sort in cultivation. 



Early Red Apple. 



Vines large, with large, dark green leaves; vigorous and 

 wonderfully productive, being, we think, under high culture, 

 one of the heaviest croppers of any ; fruit medium size to 

 large, and unlike most varieties growing larger as the 

 season advances, perfectly smooth, solid, but without any 

 core, deep, rich red color, and of excellent flavor. We 

 think there is no better tomato for general use. 



RED VARIETIES FOR GENERAL CROP. 



D. M. FERRY & CO'S OPTIMUS.— A variety intro- 

 duced by us, and, we believe, the best table tomato in 

 existence. Vine medium sized, but vigorous, healthy and 

 productive, bearing its fruit in clusters of five. Although 

 not presented as a first early sort, many of our customers 

 report that they have obtained ripe fruit from this as early 

 as from any variety. Fruit medium sized, oval, very smooth 

 and of exceedingly bright, rich crimson-scarlet color; very 

 free from cracks and rotting little. The flesh is of a crimson- 

 scarlet color quite distinct from, and more beautiful than, 

 that of any other sort, and it is also the best in flavor and 

 entirely free from the hard spots found in other large sorts. 

 The Optimus is not only the best for home use and for 

 market, but it is the best canning tomato in cultivation. 

 We think that anyone who plants this sort either in a garden 

 or for market will be satisfied that it is the most productive, 

 the handsomest and best tomato in existence. 



LIVINGSTON'S FAVORITE. — Vine medium, with 

 large, dark green leaves, having numerous clusters of from 

 three to seven large tomatoes, which are a rich dark red 

 color, of oval outline, exceedingly smooth, flesh very firm, 

 but without green spots. This is a favorite variety, on 

 account of its smooth, handsome fruit. 



TROPHY.— Well known as one of the best. Vines of 

 medium size, but producing compact clusters of fruit in 



Trophy. 



immense quantities; fruit large, smooth, of bright red color, 

 solid and of good flavor. We have expended a great deal of 

 labor on the improvement of this old sort, and think that the 

 seed we offer is as good as can be grown. 



PARAGON.— Vine very large, vigorous and productive, 

 and continuing so until killed by frost. Fruit large, round, 



of a dark, rich crimson-scarlet color, with occasionally a 

 a purplish tinge. It ripens up evenly, and the flesh is thick 

 and fine flavored. 



LIVINGSTON'S PERFECTION. — A new variety, 

 similar to the last, but an improvement upon it. being a 



Livingston's Perfection. 



little earlier, and invariably smooth and handsome. It is 

 one of the handsomest tomatoes grown, and all who have 

 tried it pronounce it of the highest quality. 



PURPLE FRUITED SORTS. 



ACME.— We have given a great deal of attention to the 

 improvement of this variety, and think we have succeeded 

 in making it the smoothest, the evenest in size, and the 

 earliest of the purple fruited sorts. Vines large, extremely 



Acme. 



hardy and productive, ripening its first fruits almost as 

 early as any and continuing to bear abundantly until cut off 

 by frost. Fruit in clusters of four or five, invariably round, 

 smooth and of good size, free from cracks and stands ship- 

 ping remarkably well; flesh solid and of excellent flavor. 

 For market gardeners who want an early purple fruited 

 tomato, either for a home market or to ship, for private 

 gardens or for canners, it stands without a peer among its 

 class. 



ESSEX EARLY HYBRID.— Very similar to the Acme, 

 fruit slightly darker purple, always smooth and handsome: 

 quality among the best. Will certainly give satisfaction 

 wherever the Acme does. 



Turner's Hybrid, or 



