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D veer's Garden Calendar. — Supplement. 



LIVINGSTON S PERFECTION TOMATO. 



SPINACH, Dreer's Round- Seeded Savoy. 



The best, large, thick, fleshy, curled-leaved 

 variety ; equally good for spring or fall sowing. 

 The most profitable variety for either family or 

 market, Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 10 cts. ; lb., 75 cts. 

 TOMATO, Early Acme. This new early 

 variety is one of the best for the family or mar- 

 ket; ripens evenly, of medium uniform size, 

 round, very solid, and of a pinkish color, produc- 

 tive, bearing until killed by frost ; it has no 

 green core, excellent for canning. Pkt., 10 cts. ; 

 oz., 40 cts.; lb., $4.00. 

 TOMATO, Early Paragon. A new early 

 variety of great merit, producing until the vines 

 are killed by frost; ripens evenly, very solid, of 

 a dark-red color, and delicious flavor; heavy 

 foliage, therefore it does not sunburn, and must 

 become a favorite market variety; excellent for 

 canning. Pkt., 10 cts. ; oz., 50 cts. ; lb., $4.00. 

 TOMATO, Livingston's Perfection. This 

 variety which is offered for the first time to the 

 public is as the originator has named it " Perfec- 

 tion." _ The success of the Acme and Paragon 

 varieties is well known to the Horticulturist, 

 Market Gardener and Canner, and the merits of 

 this introduction so far eclipses these sorts that we take pleasure in giving the originator's 

 description, viz. :— For a good many years I have made the Tomato my specialty, with what 

 success let the Acme and Paragon testify. The favor with which they were received by the 

 public has induced me to still further experiment, with the view of producing something 

 better than either, and I am happy to say my labors have been entirely successful. It is 

 shaped like the Acme, somewhat larger, the same flavor, fully as early, perfectly smooth, 

 blood-red in color, with more flesh and fewer seeds. A heavy cropper and produces more 

 and larger fruit at the close of the season. It is entirely free from black rot at the blossom 

 end which sometimes occurs in the Acme. In fact I considered it a perfect Tomato. Pkt 

 of 30 seeds, 25 cts., 5 pkts. for $1.00. 

 TOMATO, Queen. This new variety is in- 

 creasing in favor with the canner and mar- 

 ket gardener. It somewhat resembles the 

 Trophy in appearance, but possesses superior 

 qualities. Pkt., 10 cts. ; oz., 40 cts. ; lb., $4.00. 

 TOMATO, Turk's Turban. This new 

 scarlet variety is shaped like a Turk's Tur- 

 ban; very early and prolific, producing in 

 clusters of 10 to 15, containing few seeds ; 

 they are too small for marketing ; the plants 

 are showy and the fruit can be used for 

 decorative purposes. Pkt, 10 cts. 

 REANA LUXURIANS— (Teosinte). This 

 gigantic grammsea of Central America some- 

 what resembles Indian Corn, but the leaves 

 are much longer and broader, the stalk con- 

 tains sweeter sap, which is likely to prove 

 valuable for sugar production. In its per- 

 fection it produces a great number of shoots, 

 growing 12 feet high, very thickly covered 

 with leaves, yielding such an abundance of 

 forage that one plant is estimated to be suf- 

 ficient to feed a pair of cattle for 24 hours. 

 In the extreme South, Teosinte is a peren- 

 nial. In the North a single seed will make 

 from 12 to 16 stalks, when planted in the 

 open ground, and from 25 to 30 if first started 

 in a hot-bed. In the South it surpasses 

 either Corn or Sorghum as a soiling or fod- 

 der plant. Eighty-five stalks have been 

 grown from one seed attaining a height of 11 

 feet. On our trial grounds the past sum- 

 mer, seed that was planted on July 3d pro- 

 duced from one seed 23 stalks and attained a height of 7 feet by September 10th, making 

 a luxuriant growth of leaves which the horses and cattle ate as freely as young sugar corn. 

 The seeds were planted 3 feet apart, and by autumn had covered the ground, with only or- 

 dinary culture. All appearances indicate that this is the coming forage plant for this and 

 the South, and should be tried by all desiring a better forage plant than anything yet in- 

 troduced. Per oz., 40 cts.; lb., $4.00. 



Ilemit for postage 16 cts. per pound, or 25 cts. per quart, or fraction thereof, when ordered to be sent by mail. 



REANA LUXURIANS (TEOSINTE 



