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AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST 
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THE UNRIVALLED PRIZE 
TOMATO 
“ GENERAL &EMTV 5 
"We take great pleasure in announcing to 
the public that we have secured the entire 
stock: of tliisjustly celebrated Tomato. We 
believe it tlie nearest approach to perfection 
of any tiling of the kind yet offered, com¬ 
bining 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 bril¬ 
liant glossy crimson; flesh unusually firm, 
solid, and free from water, weighing from ten 
to twenty pounds more per bushel than other 
varieties’; skin remarkably line, 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 ; hears carriage well, and 
keeps in good condition a long time after 
being gathered, retaining its goodness, and 
free from wilting. 
We offer the following testimonials from 
practical parties,— gentlemen whose judg¬ 
ment in such matters is fully reliable. For 
further testimonials and description, see 
Amateur Cultivator’s Guide. 
From ,’ Andrew S. Fuller, Author of Small Fruit Culturist. 
We have had an opportunity of testing this tomato the pastseason, and believe it will prove to be one of the very best 
varieties in cultivation. 
From J. F. C. Hyde , President of Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 
I have known the General Grant Tomato now for two years, and last season raised a few tomatoes of this variety. I 
think it is the smoothest and every way the handsomest sort 1 have ever seen; it is quite solid, equal ill this respect to any 
other out. I have regarded it as a great acquisition to our list of tomatoes. 
From C. M. Brackett, Chairman of the Vegetable Committee, Mass. Horticultural Society. 
Gents. —I have given tile new tomato General Grant a fair trial of two seasons, in connection with a dozen or more of the 
new varieties recently introduced,—such as the Cook's Favorite, Tilden, Valencia Cluster, Keyes’, Eureka, Maupay, Foard, 
Cedar Hill, etc.,—and find it surpasses them all in earliness, productiveness, and all the qualities which I con¬ 
sider requisite in afirst-class market variety; andean heartily recommend it. No person, I think, who makes any of the 
above-named varieties his standard of excellence, will, after giving this variety one season’s trial, grow any other. Its extra¬ 
ordinary beauty and singular richness of color command the attention of the most careless observer. 
Price per packet 25 cts.; 5 packets, $1.09, by mail, post-paid. Prices to the trade on application. 
AMATEUE CULTIYATOK’S Q-EXDE 
TO THE 
KITCHEN AND FLOWER GARDEN. 
The twenty-third edition of this popular and useful work, which has met with so great favor in the past, will be ready 
Jan. 15, much enlarged and improved, containing descriptive lists of all Flower and Garden Seeds, worthy of cultivation, 
embracing over twenty-five hundred varieties ;'to which is added all the novelties in Flowers and Vegetables for 1869 ; also 
two hundred varieties of the choicest French Hybrid Gladiolus. 
The following testimonials are unsolicited by us, and can be multiplied by hundreds: 
From Edward S. Band, Jun., Dedham, Mass., author of “ Flowers for the Parlor and Garden." 
“ Accept many thanks for the beautiful copy of your Annual Catalogue which yon so kindly sent me. I find much that 
is new and rare therein. The arrangement, the concise cultural instructions, copious illustrations, and clear typographical 
execution, all combine to make it a model catalogue. I shall often have occasion to refer to it. It cannot fail to be of 
great use and interest to all horticulturists.” 
From Joseph Hobbins, M.D., Madison, H7s., President TFi.seon.sin Stale Horticultural Society, and Corresponding Member 
of the Boyal Horticultural Society of England. 
“Please accept my thanks for your ‘ Guide.’ I think you ought to call it ‘ The Garden Companion?' It is at once very 
usefully ami conveniently arranged; a sort of ready-reference book, very ornamentally got up; one of those few books I 
find fitted for any table; often wanted, and always at hand.” 
From Andrew S. Fuller, Horticultural Editor of “ The Hew Tork Sun.” 
“ There is no use in denying the fact that Washburn's Catalogue is the handsomest thing of the kind ever got up in this 
country.” 
The above work comprises 150 pages. Tastefully hound in cloth, with two beautiful Colored Plates,—one steel,—besides 
one hundred other Engravings. Price 50 cents, post-paid. Paper Cover, one Colored Plate, one hundred Engravings, post¬ 
paid, 25 cents. Address WASHBURN & CO., Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Worcester or Rielly Potato. 
This valuable variety has not been well known until the 
pastseason, when Mr. 15. Harrington, of Lexington, (who 
had grown it for a number of years), induced by his high 
opinion of its value, and the united testimony of all who 
had ever grown or eateu it, challenged atrial in quality witli 
any seedling, old or new, from any State in the I nioil. Last 
September, at the Annual Dinner of the Committee of the 
Massachusetts Horticultural Societv, a trial took place at the 
Parker House, Boston. There we're present many distin¬ 
guished horticulturists. Among those offered for trial was 
the Early Ilose and several other varieties, considered by 
their respective friends the best. But it was the unanimous 
decision that the Worcester was the best table-potato otter¬ 
ed. it proved to he very mealy, dry, and of the most deli¬ 
cate flavor; free from any eartliy taste; fair size: form in¬ 
clined to roundish; color light pink; flesh very white; skin 
thin; eyes deep; and of superior baking quality. Another 
characteristic of this vawety is that it will be found dry and 
mealy when but two-thirds grown. 
From Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. 
Boston, Nov. 20,1S68. 
Dear Sin,—Please receive my thanks for the Worcester 
Seedling Potatoes. As a table-potato, it is certainly of first 
quality. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 
From the Editor.of the Hartford Times, November, 18G3. 
“We have received the Worcester Seedling Potatoes from 
you. We found them to he superior to any we have tried 
for several years ; and wc have tested about all of the best 
sorts." 
From II. S. Goodale, Editor of the Berkshire Courier, 
Nov. 13.1SG3. 
“We tried the quality of the Worcester Seedling with the 
Rose and many other famous seedlings, and found it so dc- 
cidedy the best, that nearly all others seemed coarse and 
earthy, and inferior in delicacy of flavor and fineness of 
grain,—a little to my disappointment, as I hare quite a little 
stock of Rose in store. A gentleman from New York visit¬ 
ing with me claimed lie could tell the Worcester from any 
other variety by smell. He was blindfolded; and, to my sur¬ 
prise, I found that lie invariably could; also others, without 
confusion." 
Four Pounds, by mail, post-paid, $1; One Peck, $3; One 
Bush., $10 - One Barrel, $20; express to he paid by purchaser. 
WASHBURN & CO., Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass. 
CRDSBY’S EARLY SWEET CORN. 
This new variety of Corn is early, sweet, and large. Un¬ 
like most early varieties, it averages twelve rows, and well 
filled. It is taking the place of all others, giving great satis¬ 
faction. Our stock grown from the original. Price, per 
packet, 15 cents. Address WASHP1IRN & Co., 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass, 
BEAN. 
Giant Wax.—Recently introduced, and differing: essen¬ 
tially from the old German Wax Bean, being: of a more ro¬ 
bust growth and more productive. The pods are from six 
to nine inches in length, and from three-fourths to one incli 
in breadth ; the beans, when ripe, are of a reddish color. 
Mr. A. L. Felton, a highly successful vegetable-grower 
near Philadelphia, who has grown them for several seasons, 
estimates the yield at about one-half peck of pods to the 
pole, of three plants. The pods, when fit for use, are of a 
clear, waxy color, perfectly stringless, and, when cooked, 
are as tender as marrow, and truly delicious. Price per 
packet, post-paid, 23 cents. 
PEAS. 
LAXTON’S PROLIFIC EARLY LONG POD. 
This valuable variety was raised by T. Laxton, of Stamford, 
Eng. Some pods (in a green state) were exhibited at Mark 
Lane, last June, averaging eleven and twelve peas in a pod; 
and they were pronounced by several eminent members of 
the London seed trade to be an exceedingly fine variety. 
For a second early pea, there is no pea of a similar class in 
cultivation to equal it: and wc feel every confidence that it 
will be in general cultivation in a very few years. The pea 
lias the same habit and character as Dickson’s favorite, ex¬ 
cepting that the pods are nearly double the size. Price, 
post-paid, per pkt, containing K pint, 50 cts.; per qt., $1.50. 
WASHBURN & Co., HortTHall, Boston, Mass. 
Bates’s Early Broaze Field Corn. 
Mr. C. Bates of Kingston, Mass., has spent twenty years 
of labor and care in producing this valuable variety of corn, 
obtaining the following results: 
It is a cross between the Whitman or Smutty White and 
Early Canada. A rapid-growing and early-maturing corn, 
of low growth, small stalk, throwing its strength into the 
corn; ears growing very near the ground; cob small; corn 
large and well filled; color bronze, or a blending of yellow 
and white with a slight trace of red; very productive, yield¬ 
ing large crops even on poor soil; dwarf, averaging, from 
root to top of spindle, from lour to five feet. 
This corn is highly recommended for all latitudes, partic¬ 
ularly Northern, on account of the above-mentioned qual¬ 
ities,—early maturity, large yield of grain, and small amount 
of stalk. The favorable reports, together with the good im¬ 
pressions received on visiting Mr. Bates’s corn-crib, have in¬ 
duced us to secure the entire stock; and we now offer it, in 
large or small quantities, at the following prices; 
One Quart, by mail, post-^ald $1. 
Orse Bushel, $18 s Five Bushels, $50. 
WASHBURN & CO., Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass. 
Vines and Plants free of charge for pack¬ 
ing or canyirg. See last page of Cover* 
FRESH AND GENUINE GARDEN AND 
FLOWER SEEDS. 
FEEKE, SA'S’CMEIL.IDEIS, <& Co., 
231 Main St., Springfield, Mass., 
Importers and Growers of Garden, Field and 
Flower Seeds, and Dealers in Agricul¬ 
tural and Horticultural Implements, 
Fertilizers, etc., etc. 
Tlie attention of the public is invited to our largo and 
superior assortment of the above, for a list of wliicli see our 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE AND VEGETABLE AND 
FLOWER GARDEN MANUAL, which contains about 100 
pages with numerous iLLUSTRATioNS.and a descriptive list 
of all the valuable, varieties of Flower and Vegetable 
Seeds op American growth, together witli many varieties 
and novelties obtained from the most reliable English and 
Continental Dealers and Growers, with special direc¬ 
tions for their cultivation—also a list of many Summer 
Flowering Bulbs, Small Fruits, etc., with many other 
valuable hints for cultivators. A copy will be mailed to all 
applicants enclosing 10 cents, which is not one-lmll the cost. 
Our ILLUSTRATED PLANT CATALOGUE will be pub¬ 
lished March 1st, and will be mailed ttnon receipt of 5 cents. 
Address FERRE, BATCHFLDER & CO., 
231 Main-st., Springfield, Massachusetts. 
NEW CHOP ©NIDI SEED. 
per oz. per lb. 
Large Red Wethersfield .50c. $6.00 
Yellow Danvers .50c. G.OO 
Early Red .50c. C.00 
White Portugal —.50c. 7,£0 
Warranted pure and genuine, and will be mailed post-paid 
to any address. FERRE, BATCIIELDEII & CO., 
231 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 
Collections of Garden Seeds for a 
Large or Small Garden. 
In order to introduce our vegetable seeds as extensively 
as possible, and make it an object for every person wiio cul¬ 
tivates a vegetable garden to test their merits, we shall con¬ 
tinue our very liberal inducements to purchasers. The fol¬ 
lowing collections are nut up in the most liberal manner, 
and contain choice seeds of the finest and most useful sorts. 
Collection No. 1 contains 20 varieties.$1.00 
“ No. 2 “ 40 " .2.00 
The above are prepared for sending by mail, and will be 
sent post-paid. The following large collections can tie sent 
by express— which we will deliver free of express charges. 
No. 3, $5. No. 4, $8. No. 5, $15. No. G, $20. No. 7 $25. 
For a list of the varieties, etc., in the above, see our Cata¬ 
logue. Address FERRE, BATCIIELDEII & CO., 
231 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 
Flower Seeds hi Collections. 
These collections arc all our own selection, and we take 
especial pains that they shall be highly valuable, and every 
way worthy of perfect confidence. Persons desiring to make 
their own selections from the general list will be entitled to a 
discount proportionate to the quantity ordered. 
No. 1.—Contains Twenty varieties of choice Annuals_$1.00 
No. 2.—Twenty varieties of choice Biennials and Peren¬ 
nials. 1.00 
No. 3.—Ten extra fine varieties of rare Annuals and Per¬ 
ennials. 1.00 
No. 4.—Five choice varieties from prize flowers, of 
Truffaut’s French Asters-German, Carnation, and 
Picotee Pinks, English Pansies, Verbenas, and 
Hollyhocks. 1.00 
Any Person remitting $3 will receive the above collections 
free of postage. 
No. 5.—Fifty varieties (including collection No. 4) An¬ 
nuals, Biennials and Perennials.$2.50 
No. 6.—One hundred varieties Annuals, Biennials, and 
Perennials, including many of the best in culti¬ 
vation. 5.00 
No. 7.—Contains fifteen choice varieties of Green-house 
seeds. 3.00 
Address FERRE, BATCH ELD Ell & CO., 
231 Main St., Springfield, Mass. 
THE PREMIUM SANFDRD CORN, 
Early Rose, Harison, Early Goodrich Pota¬ 
toes, and the Norway Oats. 
This is a good opportunity for those who prefer to pro¬ 
cure their seed direct from the grower and at low rates. 
I warrant my stock to be the trite and genuine. 
EVERY FARMER 
should send for my Descriptive Circular, giving History of 
the Sanford Corn, with testimonials from those who have 
tested it the past season. Wherever grown it has met with 
universal favor, and 
The East and West, the North and South 
endorse it as being TnE best field corn. It ripens early 
and yields more with same culture, than any other variety. 
Testimonials can be furnished from different States, where 
it is reported to have yielded at the rate of 150 to 200 bushels 
per acre with ordinary cultivation. 
My prices for the Early Rose and other choice .seed po¬ 
tatoes, by bushel or barrel, are low and within reach of all. 
The TRUE NORWAY OATS—seed obtained from II. C. 
Pease, agent for Mr. Ramsdell, $S per bushel, five bushels 
and upwards, $7 per bushel. 
Upon receipt of $11 will forward to any address one pound 
Early Rose and choice of one pint Norway Oats or Sanford 
Corn. 
Circulars with Price List sent free. 
Address S. B. FANNING, 
Jamesport, Long Island, N. Y. 
il® Barrels Harison Potatoes, for sale at 84.50 
VjS'lJi'qJ'per barrel. Early Rose, Early Goodrich, Vande- 
veer and other choice Seed Potatoes at low rates. 
Descriptive Circulars with price lists sent fhek. 
Address S.B. FANNING, 
Jamesport, Long Island, N. Y. 
<KL,AEM©1a1U§. 
We would call the attention of all cultivators of this beau¬ 
tiful Flower to our fine collection, which includes all th® 
new varieties. 
See “Amateuk Cultivator's Guidic." Mailed free for 
25 cts, WASHBURN & CO., 
Horticultural Hall, Boston, Mass, 
