J. M. THORBURtf & Co.'s Catalogue of Seeds. 



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Pea, 11 Exonian." 



An extra early new wrinkled marrow pea, now offered for the first time. It is not a selection from 

 existing variety, but an entirely new 

 sort. The pods, which are produced 

 in great abundance, contain six to 

 eight and many of them nine good- 

 sized peas of a capital dark green 

 color, and of excellent flavor. The 

 Royal Horticultural Society, of Eng- 

 land, recognized its merits by award- 

 ing it a first-class certificate after 

 testing it against many other va- 

 rieties. Per pt., 60 cts. 



Pepper, Elephant's Trunk. 



This new variety is distinguished 

 for its unusually long, glossy, scarlet 

 fruits. They are described as grow- 

 ing from S to 11 inches in length and 

 2 to 2% inches in breadth, and re- 

 sembling in shape the trunk of an 

 elephant! They afford the greatest 

 possible contrast to the diminutive 

 variety described on the precediug 

 page. Of mild flavor and valuable 

 for use in the green state. Per 

 pkt., 25 cts. 



Tomato, Ponderosa. 



This is undoubtedly the largest To- 

 mato in cultivation. Single speci- 

 mens weighing nearly four pounds 

 have been grown, and specimens 

 weighing two and three pounds are 

 of frequent occurrence. Consider- 

 ing its enormous size it is very free 

 from corrugations. It is of a rich 

 crimson color and the skin is exceed- 

 ingly firm and smooth. Per packet 

 of about 150 seeds, 10 cts.; % oz., 

 50 cts.; 3^oz.,75 cts. ; },{ oz., $1; per 



OZ.. $1.50. EXONIAN PEA. 



THREE SUPERB NEW TOMATOES. 



The Th«rburn Set. (See colored plate.) 



After fourteen years of systematic crossing of the best varieties of Tomatoes, scientifically conducted by 

 Mr. E. S. Carman, the distinguished editor of The Rural New-Yorker, we are now in a position to offer to the 

 public the three most remarkable Tomatoes ever produced. Mr. Carman assumed that careful and persistent efforts 

 of this kind might show that the improvement of the Tomato was still in its infancy, and these wonderful re- 

 sults of selection and hybridization show that he was right. 



THORBURN'S LEMON- BLUSH TOMATO.— This is the nearest approa:h to a perfect Tomato that 

 has been produced up to this time. The skin and flesh are a bright lemon-yellow, with a faint rose blush or 

 light crimson tint diffused over a part of the surface opposite the stem. Its average size is larger than the 

 "Acme," and in shape somewhat broader than deep — absolutely free of seams, lobes or irregularities. The 

 seeds are notably small and few, the cell walls thick, tender, crystalline and melting — the quality being less 

 acid than that of the red varieties, yet without the insipidity which characterises the yellow kinds in gen- 

 eral. The plant is a vigorous grower, ripening its fruit abundantly in mid-season. Per packet of 20 

 seeds, 25 cts. 



THORBURN'S TERRA-COTTA TOMATO.— This unique cross-bred variety might well be mis- 

 taken for a distinct species of Tomato, owing to its peculiarities of color, form, skin, flesh and quality. 

 Its history in brief, is this: In beginning his experiments, the "Peach" was one kind selected by Mr. 

 Carman as the female parent, while the favorites of the day were chosen as the males. Not one of the 

 plants grown from this seed bore Tomatoes which resembled the "Peach" mother; not one developed its 

 characteristic downy skin. The best of these cross-breds were chosen as the female parents the next year, 

 and were crossed with "Ponderosa," " Ignotum," " Stone," etc., and " Terra-Cotta " is oneof the results. 

 The color is a pure terra-cotta— quite unlike anything ever seen in a Tomato before. The skin is lustreless 

 and slightly downy, like that of the "Peach. ' In form it is also unique. It is rarely acutely or deeply 

 lobed or seamed. The surface is slightly wavy and the undulations gradual or obscure. The flesh, too, is 

 peculiarly arranged. Just underneath the flesh of the skin are the pulp cells in which all the seeds are im- 

 bedded. The central portion is solid flesh of a mealy, tender consistency and of a mild flavor, peculiarly 

 agreeable to those who prefer raw Tomatoes. The vines are marvels of productiveness, beginning to 

 bear early, and continuing to ripen fruit until frost. Per packet of 20 seeds, 25 cts. r 



THORBURN'S LONG- -KEEPER TOMATO.— This variety is the result of probabb the most 

 careful selection ever undertaken. Mr. Carman began with the leading sorts popular at that time, putting 

 the most perfect specimens into a dark room, and from the last to decay selecting the seed for next year's 

 sowing. This process he continued for thirteen years, with the result that we now have a Tomato distin- 

 guished for perfection of shape, uniformity of size, earliness in ripening, richness of color, with solid flesh 

 of agreeable flavor, and possessing long keeping qualities possessed by no other variety. Per pkt.. 10 cts. ; 

 per oz.,40 cts.; per % lb., 81.25; per lb., 84. 



