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ZUCCHINI, BLACK (55 days)—An improved strain of the popular Italian 
Marrow. Skin entirely black. 18 inches long by 5p£ inches in diameter and 
distinctly fluted. ( Illustrated on page 75.) 
Tobacco 
CULTURE —Seeds may be started in hotbeds, or sown in the open ground 
as soon as the ground can be worked, in rich, dry soil; rake off the bed, and 
sow broadcast, pressing down firmly and evenly, covering the seed very 
slightly; keep free from weeds, and water frequently if weather is dry; set out 
the first of June, 3 feet apart, in land that has been heavily manured. 
1 ounce will produce 5,000 plants—two ounces will plant one acre. 
CONNECTICUT SEED LEAF— A popular sort, used for cigar wrappers*. 
Tomato 
Days as given are from transplanting to date of maturity 
CULTURE —The tomato is raised from seed, which should be sown in the 
hotbed about February 20, and continuous sowing made until April 1, accord¬ 
ing as the plants are wanted for use When the plants are about 2 inches high, 
transplant to 4 inches apart, and, after three or four weeks, transplant from 
the hotbed into a coldframe, setting the plants 8 inches apart each way. (A 
coldframe is simply a low wooden frame covered with glass, used to protect 
such plants as are not sufficiently hardy to withstand our winters.) Keep the 
plants cool, so as to make them stocky. Set out in the open ground about* June 
l, in well enriched soil, setting the plants 5 feet apart each way. 
1 ounce will produce 2,500 plants. 
BEAUTY (85 days)—A productive main crop variety; fruits large and 
exceptionally smooth, solid, and of excellent quality; color purplish-pink 
BONNY BEST (65 days)—About a week earlier than Chalk’s Jewel. Fruit 
somewhat smaller, very smooth, round, solid and uniform, and produced 
in clusters in center of the plant; ripens uniformly and is very productive; 
color bright red. 
BREAK O’DAY (60 days)—An early wilt-resistant variety with large, solid, 
globular scarlet fruits. One of the best of the disease-resistant varieties 
developed by the late Dr. Pritchard. About ten days earlier than Marglobe. 
CRIMSON CUSHION, BEEFSTEAK, or ENORMOUS (90 days)—The 
largest of the bright red tomatoes. 
DWARF CHAMPION (65 days)—Of distinctly dwarf, compact, upright 
growth; fruits smooth, solid and medium size; color pink. Quite early. 
DWARF STONE (70 days)—The best of the dwarf tomatoes. Fruits large, 
smooth, round, very solid, and of deep scarlet color. 
The John Baer Tomato 
