CHOICE COLLECTIONS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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PEA, OMEGA (LAXTON’S). — Tills, the latest of all Teas, was raised hy fertilizing, Nc Tins Ultra, 
with VcUch’s Perfection. It is remarkably prolific, the pods are very fine and closely filled, and the 
flavour and colour of the Peas uneipialled. At the Chiswick trials it received a First Class Certifi- 
cate and has been described by the authorities there as a dwarf Nc Plus Ultra, and unsurpassed as a 
late Pea. Height, 2i ft. 5s. per quart. 
PEA, SUPERLATIVE (LAXTON’S).— The largest and finest ])odded variety yet raised ; indis- 
pensable as an e.\hibition Pea ; the pods, which have been exhibited 7 inclfes in length, are much 
larger than those of the Parent Pea, Paxton’s Supreme, which for several seasons took nearly every 
First Prize when shown in competition ; colour and flavour excellent, second early ; height about 
7 feet. Has been awarded a First Class Certificate by the Koyal Horticultural Society. Price, in 
sealed half-pint packets, 2s. 
PEA, WILLIAM THE FIRST (LAXTON'S).— The finest early Pea known, combining flavour, 
earliness, and productiveness with appearance. It has long, handsome, and well-filled deep 
greenish pods ; height, 3 feet. Has been awarded a First Class Certificate by the Iloyal Horticultural 
Society. 2s. Gd. per quart. 
-SAVOY, TOM THUMB (SUTTON’S). A new and distinct variety of a very compact dwarf habit, 
much earlier than any other sort, and can be grown very close together. It has a delicious flavour, 
and is highly recommended. Is. per packet. 
TOMATO, GENERAL GRANT. — A celebrated Tomato raised in America ; the following is the 
description received from the growers Size above the medimn, 3 to 4 inches in diameter, 
growing in clusters ; form round, slightly flattened, very regular, symmetrical, and rarely ribbed 
or wrinkled ; colour, brilliant glossy crimson ; flesh unusually firm, solid. Is. jicr packet. 
TOMATO, HATHAWAY’S EXCELSIOR. — Extracted from Gardener's Chromiclc, September 21st, 
1872 .From the Society’s Garden, Chiswick, came a new Tomato, nametX Jlathccwafs M.eeclsior, 
an introduction irom America ; it is certainly the finest type of a Tomato ever seen in Enghuid, as 
round as a ball, of good size, perfectly smooth, fine in colour, excellent in flavour, a good bearer, and 
early. 1 he Committee requested that it should be grown at Chiswick again next year with others, 
though they had plenty before them to warrant a First Class Certificate, which it well deserved, 
being grouted to it on this occasion.” Is. per packet. 
TOMATO, ORANGEFIELD DWARF PROLIFIC.— Extract of Report of the Trial of Tomatos 
grown at Chiswick ; — “ The. Orangefield is the earliest of the large-fruited sorts , it is very dwarf and 
prolific, bearing fine fruit within six inches of the ground. The fruits are very large, red, corrugated 
or ribbed. It is an excellent variety, and one of the best in the collection.’’ Is. per packet. 
TOMATO, RED CURRANT (Sokaium racemigerum). — The most ornamental of all the Tomatos ; 
the foliage is smaller and more slender than the ordinary kinds, the fruits are of a bright red colour, 
and gi'ow in long drooping racemes, giving to the plant a beautiful appearance. Is. per packet. 
TOMATO, THE TROPHY. — This novelty is of American origin, and is described by tlie raiser 
as among the earliest, largest, smoothest, most fleshy, and much the best flavoured of all the 
varieties. The convolutions of the old red Tomato have been preserved inside the smooth skin ; 
and the proportions of seed and water are singularly small, which accounts for the great weight of 
the fruits, some of which weigh as much as one and a half pound. Is. per packet. 
Mr. william BULL’S 
Choice Collections of Vegetable Seeds 
FOR ONE YEAR’S SUPPLY. 
General Collections are made up at the following prices to meet the requirements 
of those who have not time or inclination to make their own selection, care being 
taken to give a proportion of the best and most useful varieties in each section 
rather than a long list of comparatively useless kinds. Each of these Collections 
will include a Selection of the best New Vegetables. 
No. 1 Collection, 
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