W. R. Strong Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
low, fine grained, very dry, sweet and rich flavored; 
keeps perfectly good throughout the winter; boils 
or bakes exeedingly dry, and is esteemed by many 
to be as good baked as the sweet potato. 
Improved American Tur- 
ban- (Essex Hybrid.) De- 
veloped by selection and cross- 
ing from the old American 
Turban, being of a richer 
color, having a hard shell and 
in its remarkable keeping 
(jualities. It is of medium 
size, and the skin is a rich 
orange red. Flesh deep, rich 
Imp. Am. Turban, color, very thick, and of ex- 
cellent quality. The earliest of the winter varieties 
Pine Apple- Vigorous and 
hardy, coming into bearing 
late in the season, and then 
producing fruit at nearly every 
joint, making it one of the 
most productive kinds grown. 
Skin creamy white; flesh very 
thick and with a peculiar flavor, 
on which account it is much 
liked for pies; it is also used Pine Apple, 
green like the summer squashes, and baked or 
stewed like the winter kinds. 
Perfect Gem- Vine com- 
ing into bearing late, but 
very productive. Fruit four 
inches in diameter, nearly 
round, ribbed white; flesh 
yellowish while and cooking 
very sweet and well flavored. 
This is the best of the in- 
termediate kinds, and many 
think it fully equal to the 
winter sorts. 
Mammoth Chili. 
Mammoth Chili. Rich orange-yellow, flesh 
thick, and of good quality for making pies. They 
grow to an enormous size, specimens frequently 
attainining the weight of 200 lbs. Valuable sort 
for feeding stock. 
Sibley. See Specialties. 
Brazil Sugar- See Specialties. 
TOMATOES. 
1 ounce for 1,500 plants; lb. (to transplant) for 
an acre. 
This vegetable is now one of the most important 
of garden and market products. The seed may 
Perfect Gem. 
be sown in a hot-bed, greenhouse, or where 
a temperature of not less than 60 degrees is 
kept. When the plants are about two inches high 
they should be set out in boxes three inches deep. 
When safe from frosts, plants may be set in the 
open ground. They are planted for early crops on 
light, sandy soil, at a distance of 4 feet apart, in 
hiljs. Water freely at the time of transplanting, 
and shelter from the sun a few daysuntil the plants 
are established. Tomatoes will always produce 
greater crops and be of better flavor when staked 
up or when trained against walls or fences. 
General Grant- A very early sort; fair sized, 
but not as smooth as the later sorts. 
Hathaway’s Excelsior Vines large and vigor- 
ous, fruit medium size, smooth, apple-shaped; dark, 
rich color when ripe; quite early; a favorite South- 
ern sort. 
Early Conqueror. A well-known standard sort, 
medium in size, irregular in shape, flattened and 
slightly corrugated; color scarlet-crimson. 
Livingston’s Perfection. Very large and early; 
blood-red; perfectly smooth; thick meat; few seeds; 
a good shipping sort; really one of the best of all 
the Livingston tomatoes of which we now have so 
many strains. 
Optimus Tomato. A variety that should be 
placed in the front rank among early Tomatoes. In 
all trials it is found remarkably early, in that 
respect being fully the equal of or superior to the 
“Mikado.” Optimus is a very smooth variety, 
uniform in size and shape, ripens evenly, and is of 
a bright red color. The flesh is scarlet crimson. 
Very solid, of good flavor and entirely free from 
core. The fruit is usually produced in clusters of 
five. 
Mayflower. Very early and 
productive; very large; splen- 
did shape; perfectly smooth; 
bright red, and ripens uni- 
formly to the stem. 
The Mikado. One of the 
earliest and of the largest size. 
Perfectly solid and of unsur- 
passed quality. The Mikado 
differs from all tomatoes in its 
The Mikado. immense size. They are pro- 
duced in great clusters and are perfectly solid, gen- 
erally smooth but occasionally irregular. The color 
is purplish red, like that of the Acme; while it has 
all the solidity that characterizes the Trophy. It 
is not unusual for single fruits to weigh from one 
pound to one and a half pounds each. Its earli- 
ness is a remarkable feature in so large a tomato, 
and adds to its value. Whether for slicing or for 
cooking purposes the quality is excellent. The 
foliage of the Mikado Tomato will show the dis- 
tinctiveness of the variety. 
Acme. Very productive; 
form round; very smooth and 
uniform; delicious in flavor; 
po.ssesses good shipping quali- 
ties. 
Paragon- Medium size; 
color dark red; ripens evenl.y; 
very solid; largely used for 
canning. 
Acme. 
Livingston's Favorite. One of the most per- 
fect shaped tomatoes grown; very smooth; darker 
