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SEED CATALOGUE, THORN HIRE, N. Y. 
NEW ZEALAND FIG TOMATO. 
A beautiful and valuable variety of 
tomato from New Zealand, where it is 
highly prized and much used for making 
figs, which are said to Ire equal to the best 
Smyrna figs, when cured and dried in a 
manner peculiar to the natives them¬ 
selves. The beautiful golden yellow fruit 
is borne in clusters of 8 or 10 perfect to¬ 
matoes on one stem. The plant grows ia 
the form of a bush, 2 to 1% feet high, 
literally covered with rich golden fruit, 
making it a remarkably pleasing and at¬ 
tractive feature to the garden or lawn. 
When 18 inches or 2 feet high the plant 
should be staked or trelliscd to prevent 
its being broken down with the immense 
load of fruit. The beautiful miniature to¬ 
matoes are about 1 inch in diameter, per¬ 
fectly round and as even in size as if they 
all had been cast in one mould. The skin 
and liesh are a rich golden yellow, solid, 
thick meated, with a flavor similar to other 
tomatoes, but much sweeter and more 
palatable. For preserving or pickling they 
are perfectly delicious, and when canned or 
dried in sugar, like figs, make excellent pies or tarts for winter use. Pkt., 10 cents; 3 pkts., 25 cents. 
EARLY CONQUEROR SWEET CORN. 
This new variety I secured from a prominent 
market gardener, and this year offer it. It is of 
good size, early and is delicious and sugary in 
Savor. It ripens up about the same time as the 
Marblehead and Minnesota, and is in every way 
more desirable, the ears being larger in size and 
more handsome in appearance, and also much 
sweeter and finer in quality. It is very productive, 
frequently producing three or four good ears to 
the stalk. My stock is extra nice and I offer it at 
10 cts. per pkt. or 30 cts. per pint. 
THE JAPANESE PUMPKIN, 
The small illustration above correctly shows the 
shape and extremely small seed cavity,— all the 
balance being solid meat throughout, which is of 
extra fine quality. The seeds are distinct in ap¬ 
pearance, being curiously sculptured in the man¬ 
ner of Chinese letters. It is a very productive 
variety, the pumpkins ripen early, of medium size, 
good keepers and weigh 15 to 20 lbs. each. As to 
their quality one enthusiastic grower says: “No 
other pumpkin or squash that has ever been intro¬ 
duced can vie with the Japanese for their excellent 
qualities and exceedingly fine flavor when cooked. 
The flesh is a rich salmon color, unusually fine 
grained, and when cooked or stewed is almost as 
dry and mealy as a sweet potato. For making pies, 
custards, etc., they certainly have no equal. Con¬ 
taining but little water, they can easily bo cut and 
dried, like dried apples, and make excellent pies or 
sauce for winter use. We will venture to say , that 
pies made from the Japanese Pumpkin, without 
eggs, are fully as good, or better, than pies made 
from any other variety ichen eggs are used.” 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 plcts., 25 cts. 
BLUE BEAUTY PEAS. 
Blue Beauty Pea is somewhat difficult to describe; 
or at least convey an idea of its distinctive feature, 
that is, its unusually smooth, level and regular 
habit of growth. 
With me in gaiden trials it grew everywhere in 
the row to a 
uniform height 
of 18 inches, 
and was s o 
smooth and 
level in its 
growth that it 
resembled 
a well kept 
hedge. It is a 
blue, round 
pea, and i;S 
nearly as early 
as the Ameri- 
c a n Wonder. 
The pods, of 
me dm m size, 
are borne in 
the greatest 
profusion, and 
are well filled 
for so early a 
pea. In qual¬ 
ity and flavor 
Blue Beauty 
cannot be sur¬ 
passed; every 
one who tries 
this distinct 
and fine Pea 
this season will 
verify this opinion. Pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; 
pt. 40 cts. 
PEACH TOMATO. 
This tomato represents one of the strangest 
freaks of nature I know of ; and the strangest part 
of it is, that it is unlike most strange things by being 
icmarkablv good. It strongly resembles a medium 
sized peach in size, form and color. Its fruity ap- 
