DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
TOBACCO. 
All the species of Tobacco arc annual plants, and can 
be grown in more or less perfection wherever there is a 
summer, in the short, hot, dry summers of the North 
the plant attains a 
smaller size than in the 
long, warm, moist sum¬ 
mers of the South, 
though the quality and 
flavor is thought to be 
better. The seed should 
be sown very early in 
the spring, as early as 
possible after the dan¬ 
ger of frost is over. A 
good plan is to burn a 
quantity of brush and 
rubbish in the spring, 
on the ground intended 
for the sccd-bed, then 
dig and thoroughly pul¬ 
verize the earth, and 
mix with t h c ashes, 
after which the seed 
may be sown ant! cov¬ 
ered very lightly. When 
ix inches high, transplant into rows 
..y, and cultivate thoroughly with 
Conn. Seed Leaf 
the plants are ah t 
six feet apart each w. 
plow and hoe. 
Connecticut Seed Leaf. — Best adapted to the efi- 
mate of the Middle and Northern States, as it is more 
hardy, and endures the cold better than the tender vari¬ 
eties grown South. In many of the Northern States, 
and in Canada, this variety is a staple crop. 
Yellow Oronoko.—This variety has smaller leaves 
than the preceding, and is intermediate in size and vigor. 
Silky Pryor.—Used very largely in the manufacture 
of bright wrappers, for which purpose this variety and 
the preceding are unexcelled. 
White Burley. — Especially desirable for the manu¬ 
facture of cigars, as the leaf of this kind readily absorbs 
a large quantity of manufacturing material. 
Havana.—Pure Cuban grown seed, raised in the 
famous district of Vuelta de Abajo. When grown in 
this country commands a high price .or cigar stock. 
Maryland Broad Leaf.—A well known standard 
sort, valuable for cigar wrappers. 
Virginia.—Used in the South in the manufacture of 
the finer grades of smoking. 
TOMATO. 
Fr. Pommc d' Amour. —Gcr. Liebesapfel.. 
Since its introduction to the use of the table, and the 
discovery of its exceedingly wholesome properties, the 
Tomato has been rapidly gaining in favor, and is now 
one of the most common of all culinary vegetables. It 
is extensively grown near the large markets, where its 
high price early in. the season is a great inducement to 
market gardeners to undertake to produce an early crop. 
Little Gem. — The earliest tomato known, affording 
several pickings of ri;>« fruit a week or ten day* earlier 
than any other variety. The fruit is produced in clus¬ 
ters, eight or ten in a bunch, each tomato four or six 
inches around, of a bright, glossy red color, uniform in 
size and shape, and beautiful in appearance. 
Hubbard’s Early Curled Leaf.— One o/the earli¬ 
est varieties: medium size, irregular in form, bright 
red, of excellent flavor, and very productive. The plant 
is quite dwarf, and the leaves are crimped and curled, 
and look as though they were suffering from excessive 
heat. Good for first crop. 
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Ferry’s Improved ta ly Large Smooth Red. 
Ferry's Improved Early Large Smooth Red.— 
A valuable variety ; medium size, Qval form, fair skin, 
deep crimson, very productive, and of excellent flavor. 
This is one o/ the earliest varieties known, and comes 
into market ten days be/ore the Large Red: is per¬ 
fectly smooth on its surface , solid , and of uniform 
size , and is particularly recommended to market 
gardeners for general crop. 
Early Conqueror. 
Early Conqueror.—The product of one acre of this 
variety ,four years ago , was over one thousand bush¬ 
els of tomatoes, all put into market before most other 
sorts had begun to ripen. After fully testing its good 
qualities, we unhesitatingly place it in the front rank of 
all the early varieties, and we do not think it has been 
surpassed, if indeed equaled, for a large-producing, wcll- 
fori- ed, smooth, handsome, early tomato for market or 
family use. 
Canada Victor. 
Canada Victor.—Very early, thin skin, solid, few 
seeds,round and tolerably smooth, and ripens avd colors 
to the stem. It yields well, and we think will g -cm.re 
satisfaction to the market gardener. 
Paragon.—A large, iound tomato, ripenir perfectly 
