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The Unrivalled Prize Tomato. 
GENERAL GRANT. 
■We take great pleasure in announcing to the public that 
we have secured the entire stock of this justly cele¬ 
brated Tomato. It originated in the garden of an Amateur, 
who, after growing it for a number of years in connection 
with all the leading sorts, became convinced that it was fat- 
superior to any other, and that it should be widely dissemin¬ 
ated. and for this purpose it was put into our hands. In 
consideration of the many disappointments experienced in 
the introduction of new varieties, we have given it a thor¬ 
ough trial of two years, and it has far exceeded our expec¬ 
tations, ever attracting great attention wherever exhibited, 
taking the first prize above all others at the Mass. Horticul¬ 
tural Society Exhibitions the past two years. We feel the 
fullest confidence that too much cannot be said in its praise. 
We believe it the nearest approach to perfection of any¬ 
thing of the kind yet offered, combining more superior 
Qualities. Size above the medium, three to four inches in 
diameter, growing in clusters, form round, slightly flattened, 
very regular, symmetrical, and rarely ribbed or wrinkled, 
color brilliant, glossy crimson , flesh unusually firm, solid, 
and free from water, weighing from ten to twenty pounds 
more per bushel than any other variety, skin remarkably fine, 
smooth , and shining, coloring well up to the stem, a quality 
very desirable to those preparing them for the table, very 
productive, and of the,finest flavor, bears carriage well, and 
keeps in good condition a long time after being gathered, 
retaining its goodness, and free from wilting; it will be found 
to ripen uniformly, and as early, if notearlier than the other 
varieties. Our whole stock of seed lias been grown for us 
by Mr. C. N. Brackett, Chairman of the Vegetable Commit¬ 
tee of the Mass. Hort'l Society, and saved only from the 
most perfect fruit, and we are warranted in saying that it 
cannot fail to give satisfaction in every instance. 
We offer the following testimonials from practical parties, 
gentlemen whose judgment in such matters is fully,relia¬ 
ble ; for further testimonials and description see Amateur 
Cultivators' Guide. 
From Andrew S. Fuller, Author of Small Fruit Culturist. 
“We have had an opportunity of testing this tomato the past 
season, and believe it will prove to be one of the very best 
varieties in cultivation.” 
From J. F. C. Hyde, Prest. of Mass. Hort’l Society. "I have 
known the General Grant Tomato for two years, and last 
season raised a few tomatoes of this variety. I think it is 
tlie smoothest, and every way the handsomest variety I have 
ever seen. It is quite solid, equal in this respect to any 
other variety. I have regarded it as a great acquisition to 
our list of tomatoes.” 
From C. Bates,' of Kingston, originator of Bates’ Early 
Tomato. “ The General Grant Tomato I have tried with 
several other varieties, viz.: Cedar Hill. Ford, Tilden, Keyes’, 
Bates' Early. The General Grant beat all in earliness except 
Bates’ Early; with that it was about “neck and neck.” 
But for beauty of form, color, and compact flesh, it stands 
bead and shoulders above all the rest. Planted the 15th of 
May, fruit ripe Ctli of August. 
CAUTION. 
On account of the immense popularity of this variety we 
find that parties are offering for sale a spurious seed, desir¬ 
ing to obtain large prices for the common sorts. We would 
therefore recommend parties purchasing to take only those 
sealed in paper packets bearing our name, as none other 
can be genuine. 
Price per packet, 25 cts.; 5 packets, $1.00. 
Prices to the trade on application. 
WASHBURN & CO., 
Hort’l Ilall, Boston, Mass. 
Vegetable and Farm Seeds, 
Our Annual Descriptive Priced Catalogue of Kitcli- 
cn Garden Seeds, &c., for 1869, is ready for mailing to 
applicants. 
J. HI. THORBIJRN &, CO., 
15'JTolin-st.} Mew York. 
New and Rare Vegetables. 
Having been the original introducer of the Hubbard Squash, 
Marblehead Mammoth Cabbage and many other new things, 
1 still continue to make the raising ot the seed of new and 
rare vegetables a specialty, in addition to the standard 
kinds. Catalogues gratis to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mass. 
First-class APPLE STOCKS.— 
<S , Every one wishing to Start a Nursery 
should send at once and get our trade list. We have many 
tilings you want. JOHN WAMPLER, 
Trotwood, Montgomery Co., Ohio. 
O NE HUNDRED ACRES ENOUGH, of Rasp¬ 
berries and Blackberries, the fruit of which brought $1 
per quart m market. Send stamp for Catalogues. 
W.M. PARRY, Cinnaminson, N. J. 
ITfeAVISON’S THORNLESS Raspberry Plants.— 
For sale by the piece, dozen, hundred or thousand. 
For particulars address JOHN GAGE & SON, 
Vineland, N. J. 
3T. 
Farmers and Planters, 
Desirous of giving the FERTILIZERS 
of the 
Lodi Manufacturing Comp’y 
a Trial, will please send for a Pamphlet. 
Double Refined Poudrette, 
Bone-dust, Bone-flour, and 
Nitro-phosphate of Lime. 
Address 
The Lodi Manufacturing Company, 
Office, 66 Cour'ciandt Street, 
Box 3139, Sew York P. O. 
illustrated catalogues ready early in January, anu kf.ee 
to every applicant. Address 
B. NEWBURY, Seedsman & Florist, 
BROOKLYN, CONN. 
CATALOGUES SENT FREE. 
i»i. ©’jkeefe, s<o>x & c<o>„ 
Importers and Growers, Wholesale and Re¬ 
tail Healers in Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Dutch Bulbs, Fruit Plants, Ornamental 
Shrubs, Roses, &e. 
Ellwanger & Barry’s Block. Rochester, N. Y. 
Seed Potatoes tor Sale, 
Early Rose, Scbec, ancl Goodrich Seedlings. 
By Pound, Bushel, or Barrel. Circular sent free. Address 
1UCHARD YOUNG, Morton P. O., Springfield, Del. Co., Pa. 
To tine Seed Triad©. 
Our Annual Wholesale List of Vegetable, Agricultur¬ 
al and Flower Seeds, also Gladiolus, Japan Lilies and other 
Spring Bulbs for I860, is ready for mailing. 
J. M. THOR,BURN & CO., 
15 JfoSm-st., Kcw York. 
New Dwarf Prolific Tomato. 
In offering this new Tomato to the public I claim it to be 
the earliest, most prolific, and best-flavored Tomato grown. 
It is very smooth, red, very dwarf, growing about half the 
bight of common tomatoes. For Market Gardeners it has 
no equal. Packages of one hundred seed, 50 cents. 
JAMES E. BISHOP, Box 46, Thomaston, Conn. 
IMPROVED BRUNSWICK. 
CABBAGE SEED. 
The best, anti earliest Drumhead.— Sent by mail 
in 25 or 50 cent packages, or at $1.00 per ounce, on receipt of 
price. Ours is the Original Stock, and we warrant it the 
purest in the country. Also Boston Market Tomato 
Seed, early, smooth and solid, 10 cents per package. Send 
for our Catalogue. Correspondence, in English or German. 
A. SCHLEGEL & CO.. 
Seed Warehouse, 10 South Market-st„ 
Boston, Mass. 
Z3T Write your address plain. 
Gregory’s Seed Catalogue. 
On my three seed Farms in Marblehead, Mass., where I 
have over fifty acres in seed, I have raised this season nine 
varieties of Cabbage seed; six of Beet seed: lour of Carrot: 
ten of Turnip; twenty of Tomatoes ; seven ol Corn; five of 
Onions; eleven of Beans; six of Mangel Wurzel, and seven 
of Squashes,—besides seed of numerous other vegetables,— 
all of which were grown perfectly isolated. I offer the 
opportunity to Market Gardeners and others who desire to 
procure as large a proportion of these seed as possible direct¬ 
ly from the grower. Catalogues gratis to all. 
JAMES J. H. GREGORY. Marblehead. Mass. 
JSio©3BiiRg’&«m Miarsery. 
17th Year ; 400 Acres ; 10 Green-houses. 
Fruit Trees, Nursery Stocks, Root Grafts, splendid assort¬ 
ment of seeds of Apple, Pear, Peach, Osage Orange seed 
and Hedge Plants, Ornamental Trees, Evergreens, Roses, 
Green-liouse plants. Send three red stamps for three Cata¬ 
logues. F. K. PHCENiX, Bloomington, Ill. 
Tree Planters Take Notice. 
New Jeksey State Agricultural College, 
New Brunswick, Oct. 31st, 1S68. 
James R. Dey, Esq., Pres't of the Lodi Mau’f'g Co., 
Dear Sir: The Double Refined Poudrette and Nitro-phos¬ 
phate of Lime prepared at your works have been tried upon 
jour farm crops the past season; viz; Upon Potatoes, Corn, 
Beets, Carrots, Cabbages, and Turnips, which have been al¬ 
ready gathered, and upon wheat, which we hope to report 
next year. The experiments are entirely satisfactory, prov¬ 
ing that these fertilizers have paid us full 100 per cent above 
their market price in the increase of crops this year, and en¬ 
able us to recommend them to the public. 
Respectfully yours, 
GEO. H. COOK, Prof, of Agriculture. 
Dover, Del, Oct. 12th, 1868. 
Lodi Manufacturing Co., 
Gent.: We used the Double Refined Poudrette we pur¬ 
chased of you, on Tomatoes and Rhubarb. Land, sandy 
loam. The result proved more favorable than we expected. 
Both made a good growth, and the Tomatoes matured Two 
Weeks earlier than others not manured. 
We are, Yours respectfully, WILLIAMS BROS. 
Kenansville, N. C., Oct. 2Gtli, 1568. 
Dear Sir: Your “Nitro-phosphate of Lime,” and the 
Double Refined Poudrette sold by us last season, were used 
on Corn, Potatoes, Sweet Potatoes, and Garden Vegetables, 
with satisfactory results, and our Farmers express a desire 
to try them again. HINSON & BROWN. 
Near Ciierokee Corner, Oglethorpe Co., Ga., 
Oct. 21th, 1808. 
Dear Sir; Tlie ton of Double Refined Poudrette I purchas¬ 
ed of your agent, Dr. R. M. Smith, at Athens, I used on about 
six acres of Cotton in the hill, turning with tlie foot a light 
covering of earth over tlie Poudrette before dropping the 
seed. The Cotton came up well and grew off finely, and I 
think it lias very nearly, if not quite, Doubled tlie crop. As 
evidence of the estimation which 1 place on it as a fertilizer, 
1 intend to order two tons for my next crop. 
Yours truly, P. W. HUTCHISON, Sen’r. 
Eufaula, Ala., Oct. 9th, 1868. 
Dear Sir: My Cotton grew off very handsomely under tlie 
influence of tlie Double Refined Poudrette, ami was fully 
equal to other fields joining my plantation which had been 
manured with the best Superphosphate. 
But tlie entire crop of Cotton in this section was ruined by 
tlie Worm, and therefore our investments in Fertilizers this 
year have been in a measure lost. 
in haste. Yours respectfully, ELI S. SHORTER. 
Moscow, Luzerne Co., Pa., Oct. 9th, 1868. 
Dear Sir: About one-half of the two tons of Doable Refill- 
efl Poudrette I purchased last spring I distributed among 
my neighbors, and I believe all that used it are well satis¬ 
fied. I applied it to cabbage, melons, flowers, etc., to great 
advantage, but its greatest value to me is tlie almost certain 
realization of a heavy crop of corn. To satisfy myself and 
others I planted one row of corn in the middle of the field 
without applying any Poudrette, and did notmark it, feeling 
assured it would easily he found ; I was not mistaken, as it 
was far inferior to tlie rest of tlie field. The cost to me per 
acre (including freight) was $7.50, (using about 450 pounds.) 
I cannot give the actual advantage I received, but at the pres¬ 
ent value of com I estimate it at from $15 to $25 per acre. 
Very respectfully yours, CHAS. A. HAVENSTIilTE. 
Greenwich. N. J., Oct. 21st, 1868. 
Dear Sir: I can speak in tlie highest terms of your Nitro- 
phosphate of Lime. It did admirably. I used it on stalk 
ground spread broadcast 300 lbs. per acre, plowed in. It was 
equal to Peruvian guano, with a saving in cost of $2.50 per 
acre' in favor of the Phosphate. I also applied barn-yard 
manure, 16 loads per acre on part of the same field; also 300 
lbs. fine bone per acre, which also did well, but. I can safely 
say tlie Phosphate was second to none of the other applica¬ 
tions, making 60 bushels of corn per acre where 40 bushels 
would have been as much as I could have looked for without 
the Phosphate. The ton used by my neighbor, Gapt. Charles 
Miller, did equally as well. 
Yours with respect, B. F. MAUL. 
Kingston, N. J., Oct. 8th, 1868. 
President Lodi Manufacturing Co.— Dear Sir: Tlie Double 
Refined Poudrette I purchased of you last spring, I used on 
part of my corn as a dressing in the hill. I have never used 
anything equal to it, and I feel quite certain I shall have a 
third more corn where it was used than where it was not, all 
other tilings being equal. In fact, I have been rather en¬ 
thusiastic over tills fertilizer, and also over your Bone-dust, 
which I have used for three years, the effect of botli being so 
visible on my farm. I remain yours truly, 
H. L. R. VAN DYCK. 
I iEACII STONES FOR SALE.-Price, $3.25 per 
barrel. Address orders to A. E. BARTLETT. 
KalainazbO) Mich, 
If you want Root Grafts of Apple or Pear, or young fruit 
trees of hardy varieties, or Pear, Apple, and Evergreen 
seeds, send for price list to E. H. SKINNER, 
Marengo, McHenry Go., 111. 
For several hundred more certificates of like nature see 
Pamphlet, which will be mailed free on application to us. 
Address as above. 
