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TOMATO 
CULTURE. — Plant seed in boxes or hotbeds, from 6 to 8 weeks before setting 
out in the open. Transplant in pots or into another bed when danger from frost is 
past plant in open ground setting 3 to 5 feet apart each way fully exposed to the sun , 
support them with brush to keep them off the ground. They should be thoroughly 
cultivated. One ounce of seed will produce about 1000 plants. 
NEW TOMATO "ALACRITY" — The earliest of all red tomatoes. 
ALACRITY produces a closer compact vine, set quite as freely with fine smooth tomatoes, which are usually ready to market 
ten days earlier than any other strain. The entire crop can be gathered generally in about three weeks from the time the first fruit 
ripens. ALACRITY is undoubtedly the very best earliest scarlet-fruited tomato. Gardeners who are seeking to have good smooth 
tomatoes "first on market" can find nothing to equal them. 
The plants are compact in growth, with short close-jointed branches, setting fruits very freely in the center. 
The tomatoes are quite uniform in size, averaging three inches in diameter and from two to two and a half inches in depth; they 
are fleshy, solid, and excellent for shipping- purposes. 
We have every confidence in offering this tomato both to small and large growers. For market growing, it is unsurpassed, whilst 
it is equally valuable for the Gentleman's Gardener or Amateur. Pkt., 15 cts.; 14 oz., 60 cts.; oz., $1.00. 
Ferguson's O.K. Tomato. Tllis var i et y has proved a marvellous bearer and an extremely early setter; there is no Tomato 
which should become as widely grown as this in private gardens or for market ; it is bound to 
give the utmost satisfaction to all. It is of perfect shape, of deepest scarlet colour; the skin is firm without being thick, and the fruit- 
fulness of the plants is perfectly astonishing. Pkt., 15 cts.; 14 oz " 75 cts.; oz., SI. 25. 
end, making the variety desirable 
for slicing, canning and shipping. 
The vines are very vigorous, blight 
resistant and productive. Pkt., 10 
cts. ; oz., 50 cts. 
Early Detroit. — This splendid vari- 
ety is the largest and best of the 
early purplish pink tomatoes. The 
vines are vigorous and very produc- 
tive. The fruits are very smooth, 
uniform in size, nearly globe-shaped, 
firm, and of excellent quality. Early 
Detroit is one of the most valuable 
shipping tomatoes yet produced. 
It is also desirable for the home 
garden and near markets. Pkt., 5 
cts. ; oz., 35 cts. ; i lb., $1.00. 
Livingston's Globe. — 
(Livingston's Specially Selected 
Stock). — Perfectly globe-shaped, 
early, large, smooth, has few seeds, 
firm fleshed, ripens evenly; rose- 
colored tinged with purple, very pro- 
ductive; an excellent keeper, flavor 
superb. A fine variety for green- 
house or for outdoor growing. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.: } lb., 
$1.75. 
Stone. — Vines vigorous and produc- 
tive; fruit large, smooth, deep red in 
color, and very heavy. The best all 
around variety where earliness is not 
important. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 35 cts .; 
Jilb., $1.00. 
Dwarf Giant Dwarf plant 
and giant 
fruit. A selection out of a cross be- 
tween Ponderosa and Dwarf Cham- 
pion, and it partakes of the nature of 
both parents. The fruit has the 
mild sweet flavor of Ponderosa, is 
also large and meaty with very little 
core. It is deep purplish-crimson in 
colour and belongs to the later-fruit- 
ing types. Pkt., 10 cts. ; oz., 50 cts. ; 
i lb., $1.50. 
Comet. The fruit is of medium 
size, and a bright red 
colour, smooth, very firm and solid. 
It is a most prolific and continuous 
cropper. For early foicing this 
variety is unequalled. Pkt., 15 cts. 
Earliana, Langdon's 
Northern Adirondack 
Strain. This strain of this first 
early sort is earlier and 
decidedly superior to much that is 
sold as Sparks' Earliana, and the 
extreme earliness of its large, smooth 
fruits makes it a very profitable 
tomato for market gardeners, as well 
as desirable for the home garden. 
The vines are small but vigorous and 
productive. The fruits are bright 
deep scarlet, medium to large, nearly 
round and exceptionally smooth for 
so early a variety. The fruits are 
borne in clusters near the base of the 
plant and the bulk of the crop ripens 
very early. Pkt., 10 cts.; 14 ° z '> 50 
cts. ; oz., 80 cts. 
Seed from Crown and 
Selected Fruit. - 
Pkt., 15cts. 
\4 oz., 75 
cts.; oz., $1.25. 
Spark's Earliana. — It is remark- 
able for its size and its earliness. 
Good form and wonderfully produc- 
tive. Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb. 
$1.00. 
Chalk's Early Jewel — 
A second or medium early sort. 
Later than Earliana. Vines vigor- 
ous and productive. Fruit solid and 
without hard core. Colour, bright 
scarlet. A sort having great merit. 
Pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 35 cts. ; \ lb., $1.00. 
Bonny Best Ripens with our 
strain of Chalk's 
Early Jewel. Vine, strong and vig- 
orous. Fruit, deep scarlet, ripening 
to stem. Flesh, firm. A produc- 
tive and very desirable early and 
main crop variety. Pkt.J 5 cts. ; oz., 
35 cts.; i lb., $1.25. 
June Pink An extra, early, 
purplish pink 
tomato similar to the popular scarlet 
fruited Earliana in growth of vine, 
shape and size of fruits and time of 
maturing. A valuable variety for 
market gardeners who want a very 
early, purplish pink tomato. Pkt., 5 cts . 
June Pink. — Langdon's Northern Adiron 
Tomato. Alacrity 
oz.,35 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 
dack Strain. — Pkt 
10 cts.; Vi oz., 
Ponderosa. — Largest of all Tomatoes. Single specimens often 
growing to weigh from one and one-half to two pounds. Good 
flavor. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 40 cts ; \ lb., $1.50. 
Crimson Cushion, or Beefsteak Tomato . — 
Fruit very large, round and regular; bright scarlet color, flesh solid 
and of best quality; cells small and few in number. The plants 
arc very productive. The fruit is of fine form and appearance, 
and will stand shipment well. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 30 cts. 
Corcless. — A very large, uniformly globe-shaped, bright scarlet, 
main crop or late tomato. The fruits are very solid, almost entir- 
ely free from green core and with little or no depression at stem 
50 cts. ; oz., 80 cts. 
Lister's Prolific, Improved The plant is of sturdy 
habit, closely joined, 
and produces enormous bunches of fruit, which is of medium size, 
round and firm, and with a beautiful glossy scarlet skin. One of 
the best for forcing. Pkt., 25 cts. 
OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES 
Pkt. oz. i lb. 
Beauty 0.05 0.35 1.00 
Dwarf Champion 0 . 05 0 . 35 l . 00 
Favorite 0 . 05 0 . 35 1 . 00 
Freedom 0.05 0.35 1.00 
Magnus 0.05 0.35 1 00 
Perfection 0.05 0.35 1 00 
Trophy 0.05 0.35 1.00 
Golden Queen 0.05 0.35 1.00 
