VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
30 
W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 
PERFECTION TOMATO. EARLY RUBY TOMATO. 
TOMATO. 
One ounce nuill produce one thousand plants. 
Sow thinly about the first week in March in a hot-bed. greenhouse, -window or sitting- 
room, ’Where the temperature is never below 60®, When two inches high set out the plants in boxes 
about four inches apart, or pot singly. About the first of Juno they may be transferred to the 
open ground. Set them deeply four feet apart, and a. shovelful of rotted manure should be mixed 
in the earth of each hill. If the vines are trained on trellis the fruit will be finer and larger. 
Marshall’s Prolific. The finest medium-'^ized tomato in esitAence, 
either for forcing or out-door planting. It is an enormous cropper, 
])roducing large clusters of bright scarlet fruit. The quality and flavor 
is excellent, flesh solid, having very few seeds, smooth and medium 
size. 
Stirling Castle. Excellent for forcing as well as out-door culture. 
Fruit is of medium size, reddish-scarlet in color, and of very delic¬ 
ious flavor. 
Be^it of All. An exellent sort for forcing, or early out-door crop. Sets 
freely and an immense cropper. Color deep scarlet..... 
liorillard. Chiefly valuable for forcing under glass. 
Acme. Medium size fruit; of a purplish-pink color, tinged with purple 
Beauty, Large, smooth, dark-pinkish red; thick flesh; regular. 
Crimson Cushion. Extra large, handsome; bright crimson. 
Bwarf Champion. The plant is of dwarf and compact growth. 
JEarly Ruby. The earliest large tomato grown; of good form, rich 
crimson color... 
Favorite. Large, smooth, productive and a good shipper. 
Golden <iueen. A really good yellow sort of first-class quality; larg^ 
and solid. 
Matchless. Extra-large, smooth and handsome; bright red; very solid. 
Mikado. Very large, fairly smooth; color purplish red. 
Perfection. Early, regular and productive; reddish scarlet. 
Ponderosa. The largest variety in cultivation; very solid and meaty. 
Stone. Very large, perfectly smooth; fine bright scarlet... 
Trophy, selected. One of tlie best; fruit large, smooth, bright red 
solid and of good flavor.. 
Yellow Plum. Round and regular; bright yellow; used for pickles.... 
Bed and Yellow Pear-Shaped. Fine for preserving and pickling 
Yell o-s,v Peach. Very Handsome in form, and of a beau'iful clear 
yelow color . 
Bed and Yellow Cherry. 'Small fruits used for pickles; very 
handsome . 
Strawberry, or Winter Cherry. A distinct species with small fruit 
incased in a husk .. . 
Tomato Plants. Ready iu June. 2octs. per doz. $1.50 per 100. 
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