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W. K. Strong! Company, Sacramento, Cal. 
Early White Egg. Long White, or Cow Horn. 
Early Snowball. Small, solid, sweet and crisp, 
and also of remarkably quick growth. 
Early White Stone. An English garden variety; 
round in shape; firm, of quick growth, medium 
■ize; very desirable. 
Improved Purple Top Yellow Ruta Baga. The 
best variety of Swedish Turnip in cultivation; 
hardy and productive; flesh yellow, of solid tex- 
ture; sweet and well flavored; shape slightly ob- 
long, terminating abruptly, with no side or bot- 
tom roots; color; deep purple above, and bright yel- 
low under the ground; leaves small, light green, 
with little or no neck, the most perfect in form, 
the richest in flavor, and the beat in every respect, 
Lalng’s Improved. One of the large sorts; pro- 
ductive and good size, sweet, firm, very hardy; ex- 
cellent for table or stock feeding. 
Sweet German. This variety is very popular in 
many sections. It partakes largely of the nature 
of the Euta Baga, and should be sown a month 
earlier than the flat turnips. The flesh is white, 
hard, firm and sweet, and it keeps nearly as well 
as the Euta Baga. Highly recommended for win- 
ter and spring use. 
Tomatoes. 
One ounce for 1,500 plants; J lb. (to transplant) for an acre. 
This vegatable is now one of the most important of garden and market products. The seed may 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 frost, 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 hills. Water freely at 
the time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until 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 vig- 
orous, fruit medium size, smooth, apple-shaped; dark, 
rich color when ripe; quite early, a favorite Southern sort. 
Early Conqueror. A well-known standard sort, 
medium in size, irregular in shape, flattened and slight- 
ly corrugated; color soarlet-criinson. 
Livingston’s Perfection. Very large and early; 
blood-red; perfectly smooth; thick meat; tew seeds; a 
good shipping sort; realy one of the best of all the Liv- 
mgstou tomatoes of which we uow have so many strains. 
Sacramento Favorite. 
Sacramento Favorite. Is one of the very best; 
large size, smooth as au apple, firm and handsome; 
dark red and fine for market and shipping. 
Optimus Tomato. A va- 
riety 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 va- 
riety, 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 propuced in clusters of flve. 
Mayflower. Very early and 
productive; very large; splendid 
shape; perfectly smooth; bright 
red; and ripens uniformly to the 
stem. 
The Mikado. One of the 
earliest and of the largest size. 
Perfectly solid and of unsur- 
passed quality. The Mikado 
differs irom all tomatoes in its 
immense aize. They are pro- 
duced in great clusters and are Mikado, 
perfectly solid, generally smooth, but occasionally irreg- 
ular. 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 fruit to weigh from one 
pound to one and a half pounds each. Its earliness is a 
remarkable feature in so large a tomato, and adds to its 
value. Whether for slicing or for cooking purposes the 
miality is excellent. The foliage of Mikado Tomato wiU 
^ow the distinctiveness of the variety. 
Livingston’s Favorite. One of the most perfect 
shaped tomatoes grown; very smooth; darker than the 
perfection; ripene evenly and quite early; is noted for its 
shipping qualities. 
Optimus Tomato. 
