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light scarlet in color; a good variety for home use, hut tender 
for distant shipping. 
Crimson Cushion. Seed from Henderson. Originated by 
Peter Henderson & Co., and introduced by the same firm 
in 1894. The variety is of the Ponderosa cla^s, and 
ripens several days later than that sort; fruits large, furrowed 
at stem, and also rough at blossom end; a shade of purple, 
solid, and a good keeper. We cannot see wherein this variety 
is preferable to Ponderosa. 
Cumberland Red. Seed from Gregory & Son. A medium 
early variety, which is quite productive; fruits of fair size, 
smooth, color as in Ignotum. There are other sorts in the 
list that are more desirable. 
Dwarf Champion. Seed from Vaughan. This is an early 
sort, which in many sections is highly prized for garden 
culture, being an upright grower, and thus permitting of 
close planting. The fruits are of medium size, smooth and 
solid, color as in Beauty. Altogether, for a dwarf variety, 
we prefer Aristocrat to Dwarf Champion. 
Early Ruby. Seed from Gregory & Son. An early variety 
which originated in Monmouth county, New Jersey, and was 
introduced by Peter Henderson & Co., in 1890. lhe open 
habit of the plant is a distinctive feature of the variety, and 
this manner of growth accounts in part for its earliness, as 
the sun has a better chance to reach and ripen the fruits 
than with varieties of dense and more upright growth. 
Fruits are of medium size, generally rough, some fairly 
smooth, light scarlet in color, rather tender. 
Early Michigan. Seed from D. M. Ferry & Co. this 
variety was introduced by D. M. Ferry & Co., in 1894. Its 
season is early, fairly productive, fruit small smooth, the 
smoothest of the very early sorts, scarlet in color, not pro¬ 
ductive or large enough for a profitable market variet\. 
Everett s Eitst oj All. Seed from J. A. Everett & Co. A 
variety introduced by J. A. Everett & Co., Indianapolis, Ind. 
It is early, but not the earliest, medium productive, fruits ot 
fair size, quite smooth, solid, light scarlet in color, lhe 
variety is not productive enough for a market sort. 
Fordhook First. Seed from W. A. Burpee & Co. Origin¬ 
ated and introduced by W. A. Burpee & Co., in 1894 it 
ripens with Acme and Beauty; fruits of good size, roundish, 
smooth and solid, color as in Beaut} r ; not as early as some, 
but a sort that will give satisfaction. 
Gold Ball. Seed from Henderson & Co. A rank grow¬ 
ing variety, very productive for a tomato of its class, tiuit 
small, oval, smooth, a beautiful golden yellow, firm and 
solid; fine for preserving or pickling, but its size, shape, and 
