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JAMES •/. if. GREGORY <& SON'S RETAIL catalogue. 
o JVX A. 'I' O JB* ^ — Continued. 
THE NEW STONE. 
The New Stone Tomato ripens for main crop; it is very 
large, and of bright scarlet color; very smooth, with occa¬ 
sionally a specimen very slightly octagon-shaped; ripening 
evenly to the stem without a crack; exceedingly solid and 
firm-fleshed, as its name indicates. 
Above all, not Subject to Rot. —Prof. J. L. Budd, of 
Iowa State Agricultural College, says: —, 
“It was large enough, smooth, firm-fleshed, and, above all, not subject 
to rot. I did not see a rotten specimen, although a bad year for rot/' 
Quality Very Superior. —Prof. E. S. Goff, of Wisconsin 
Agricultural Experiment Station, says: — 
“ In quality it is very superior, being unusually solid. The plants were 
productive and the fruit was entirely smooth.’* 
Bright, Attractive Color.— Prof. W. J. Green, of Ohio 
Experiment Station, writes: — 
“The tomatoes are very large, solid, and of a bright,'attractive color. 
The plants are robust and prolific.” 
Will Take the Bead for Canners and Shippers.— 
Mr. W. W. Carpenter says: — 
“ It is coreless, and so firm that it can easily be selected from other sorts 
in the dark. In a word, it combines all the good qualities found in the 
Favorite and Perfection.” 
Price per ounce, 30 cents; per package, 5 cents. 
niTCHELL'S NEW. 
Mr. Mitchell, the originator of the Canada Victor, makes the 
following claims for his new tomato: 4 4 It is unsurpassed in 
quality and productiveness, and cracks and rots less than the 
average tomato; is the earliest of the large smooth sorts; is 
uniform in size, and holds its size to the end of the season ; it 
is heavy, solid, and smooth, large in size, and of a beautiful 
red color.” Here is the experience of some men of standing 
who have raised it: Mr. S. Spillet, of Nan tze, recommends it 
for size, quality, and earliness; Mr. E. Routledge, for its color, 
size, solidity, flavor, and earliness; Mr. W. Gilgore, of Peter- 
boro, for its size, productiveness, smoothness, earliness, and 
quality; Prof. Shaw, of Ontario Agricultural College, for its 
rank when compared with the best varieties. Editor Pace 
speaks emphatically of its size, quality, and productiveness. 
T. N. Walker, of Ingersoll, states that in size, solidity, and 
smoothness the crop far surpassed other varieties growing 
side by side with them. 
We have raised the Mitchell on a large scale, and can so far 
indorse the statements of Mr. Mitchell, in our summing up, as 
to claim for it a deserving place among the very best varieties of 
recent introduction . Price, per oz., 30 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
CUMBERLAND RED. 
This is a magnificent tomato, size, shape, and color, and has 
proved itself exceedingly popular wherever grown. It is a 
vigorous grower, very productive, and bears continually until 
killed by frost. The outer skin is sufficiently tough to keep it 
from cracking under conditions where other varieties growing- 
side by side do crack, as was noted at the Virginia experi¬ 
mental station. This excellent characteristic gives it great 
value to the market-man, and when we combine with this its 
magnificent color, large size, good form, and solidity, we have 
a tomato every way first-class. Per oz., 25c.; per pkg., 5c. 
TURNIPS. 
IMPROVED PURPLE TOP SWEDE. 
A very early, free-growing variety, with short neck and 
small top; flesh, deep yellow. 44 The handsomest Purple Top 
Swede in cultivation,” says the English firm who introduces it. 
Price, per lb., postpaid, 55c.; per oz., 10c.; per pkg., 5c. 
bublong 8 
This is an American Ruta-Baga, earlier and rounder than any 
other of the Sweet German, Improved White French, Rock or 
Russian turnips, all of whi\ch names are given, in different 
localities, to the white Ruta-Baga, or various strains of it. 
Mr. Budlong, probably the most extensive raiser of Ruta- 
Bagas in New England, has, by years of careful selection, 
produced this excellent strain. 
W. J. Richmond, Saybrook, O., writes : “The reputation of the Bud 
long as a first-class table variety is becoming famous in this locality.” 
Price, per lb., postpaid, 76 cts.; per i lb., 23 cts.; per oz., 
12 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. ’ 
This variety of 
turnip is sent out by 
the same reliable 
firm that sent out the 
Munich. They de¬ 
clare it to be even 
earlier than the 
Munich. It is of the 
strap-leaved class, 
flat in shape, and of 
excellent quality. 
Price, per lb., post¬ 
paid, $1.00; per oz., 
15c.; per pkg., 5c. 
Milan Strap=Leaved. 
WHITE J3GG. 
Six hundred bushels of this fine turnip have been raised 
acre as a second crop, bringing the market gardener who 
them two hundred dollars. 
Several years ago we experi¬ 
mented with every variety of 
the early turnips found in the 
catalogue of the most extensive 
seed-growers of England, to 
determine whether this turnip, 
claimed to be a new American 
variety, really was such. After 
a careful comparison with all 
these foreign varieties, we were 
satisfied that it was a new vari¬ 
ety, as distinct from any of the 
sorts tested as they are from 
each other. It is perfectly 
smooth, of a pure, clear white, 
growing half out of ground, and 
at times to the size of a Ruta- 
Baga, being a very choice kind 
for table use, of excellent flavor, 
sweet and mild. It pulls clean 
from the ground, and, with its 
thin, snow-white skin, looks 
almost as attractive as would a 
basket of huge eggs. It is a 
first-rate keeper for winter use. 
Our stock is from headquarters. 
Comes to size for use just after Ear 
Top. Price, per lb., postpaid, 5 
per oz., 10 cts.; per pkg., 5 cts. 
to the 
raised 
