. Seed catalogue. Nursery stock Nebraska Omaha Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 26 THE NEBRASKA SEED CO., OMAHA, White's Exceisior Tomato. White's Excelsior.—Described as follows by the originator, Mr. White who is one of our greatest agriculturalists. Mr. White has made a specialty of growing and perfecting this tomato for years, and is confident that this variety is a great im- provement over all other purple tomatoes. "The vines are of a dark green, grow rapidly and to a great size, bea
. Seed catalogue. Nursery stock Nebraska Omaha Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 26 THE NEBRASKA SEED CO., OMAHA, White's Exceisior Tomato. White's Excelsior.—Described as follows by the originator, Mr. White who is one of our greatest agriculturalists. Mr. White has made a specialty of growing and perfecting this tomato for years, and is confident that this variety is a great im- provement over all other purple tomatoes. "The vines are of a dark green, grow rapidly and to a great size, bear a heavier crop than any other purple variety and continue bearing until killed by frost. The fruit is a beautiful, glossy, dark purplish red, very large, setin great clusters and retain their size until the last end of the season. The seed cavity in the fruit is so small that they are nearly solid, and unlike other purple varieties, the skin is tough and they will bear long shipments, and hold their firmness several days longer than any other Pur- ple Tomato. This is a great advantage for the local market as well as for ship ing. Is free from cracking and ripens up evenly ar und the stem. The fruit of this variety is most beautiful and uniform and has a greater diameter than any other tomato. Many varieties are too long or too thin for their circumference. This objec- tion has been entirely removed in the EXCEL- ; Our stock was grown for us by the originator, and all seed of this variety offered this season has its parentage in or from one eighteen-ounce to- mato grown by the originator in 1897, which shows how carefully this variety is bred. See Colored Lithograp-t on BACK COVER. Pkt, 5c: oz. 30c: }i lb. 65c; lb. $ Dwarf Champion—A very distinct new va- riety, of tree-like, upright growth. The plant grows stiff and upright, with very thick and short jointed stems. It can be planted as close as three feet. The Dwarf Champion will bear very heavy manuring, t
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