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A TRAINED TOMATO PLANT. 
To obtain fruit very early, sow in the hot-bed in 
March. In about five weeks plants should be trans¬ 
planted to another hot-bed, setting them about four or 
five inches apart. Here they should remain, having all 
the air possible, until about the middle of May, when 
they may be put out in the ground. If not too early or 
too cold, a cold-frame will answer for the first trans¬ 
planting. Pinching off a portion of the side branches, 
and stopping others just beyond where the fruit is formed 
hastens the ripening. Very good plants can be grown 
n boxes in the house. 
No plant will bear training better than the Tomato, 
and they can be made very pretty. We have described 
below the very best varieties in the world, and none that 
do not possess some merit. 
Tomato, Hubbard’s Curled Leaf, the earliest 
of all the Tomatoes ; small to medium in size, 
some specimens irregular ; plant dwarf in 
habit; set half the usual distance apart; the 
leaves curl as though the plants were drying up ; 
per oz. 30 cents,. 5 
Conqueror, is an early Tomato, ripening after 
the Curled Leaf, and a few days before the Gen. 
Grant. It has no merit except itsearlincss ; too 
soft for shipping : per oz. 30 cents,. *5 
The Cardinal, skin brilliant, glossy, cardinal- 
red; flesh solid and of the same bright color ; 
medium early, and ripens evenly ; per oz. 40 
cents; half oz. 25 cents,. 5 
Tomato, Hathaway’s Excelsior, early, medium 
to large, smooth as an apple; very solid, and 
of excellent quality every way ; the best Tomato 
we have ever grown ; per oz., 40 cents.; per 
half oz., 25 cents, . 5 
Gen. Grant, a very superior, good sized To¬ 
mato, smooth, rather flat in form ; of good 
quality, and ripens rapidly and thoroughly ; 
oz., 30 cents, . 5 
Mayflower, shape globular, slightly flattened, 
smooth ; color glossy red ; ripens evenly ; per 
oz. 40 cents ; half oz. 25 cents,. 5 
Acme, a fine, solid, smooth, early variety, me¬ 
dium size, red, with a purplish tinge. It is be¬ 
coming quite popular; oz. 30 cents, . 5 
Paragon, medium size, smooth, solid, second 
early ; per oz. 30 cents, . 5 
Perfection. A very good and productive and solid 
Tomato is the Perfection, originated by Mr. 
Livingston, who produced the Paragon and 
Acme; oz. 30 cents, .. 5 
Livingston’s Favorite, is a new variety, 
originated by Mr. Livingston. It is a very 
large and perfect shaped Tomato, smoother 
than the Paragon, darker red than the Perfec¬ 
tion; ripens evenly ; very prolific ; good flavor; 
flesh solid ; bears shipping long distances; per 
oz., 40 cents ; half oz., 25 cents. 5 
Early Smooth Red, early, smooth, round, me¬ 
dium size, of fair quality, and productive ; per 
oz., 30 cents, . 5 
Trophy, very large, pretty smooth, very solid, 
and of fair quality ; too late or it would be 
popular; per oz., 50 cents ; half oz., 30 cents, 5 
Large Yellow, bright yellow, large, smooth; 
per oz., 30 cents, . 5 
Nesbit’s Victoria, an English seedling from 
Hathaway's ; too small for general use ; pear 
shaped, very sweet, rich and fruity in flavor, and 
bearing very large clusters of fruit, . 5 
Pear-Shaped, fine for preserving and pickling, . 5 
Plum-Shaped, Yellow, preserving and pickling 5 
Cherry, Yellow and Red, for preserving or 
pickling, each, . 5 
Strawberry, or Winter Cherry, a distinct spe¬ 
cies ; prized for preserving, . 5 
TURNIPS. 
AMERICAN STRAP-I.EAF. 
The soil for Turnips should be rich and mellow. Sow 
in drills, from twelve to eighteen inches apart, and half 
an inch* deep. When the plants are a few inches in 
height, and strong enough to resist the attack of insects, 
thin them out to some five or six inches apart in the 
drills. Swede, or Ruta Baga Turnips, should be sown by 
the first of June, the rows being about eighteen inches 
apart, and the plants in the rows not less than ten incites. 
The common, or English Turnip, comes to perfection 
in a short time, and if the weather is showery in the Au¬ 
tumn will mature if sown very late. In this climate we 
sow from the 25th of July until the middle of August. 
Though for a general crop the Common Turnips are 
