. Dreer's garden calendar : 1896. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. in The New Tomatoes of 1896. Descriptions ... the Introducers. Landreth's Cross=bred Tomatoes. Crops grown the past summer of 1895, the seeds sown being selected from the crops of '95, which were grown from hybrid- ized seed of 1892 and 1893. The varieties are, as is usually the case with cross-breeds, of exceeding productiveness and remarkable earliness
. Dreer's garden calendar : 1896. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLE SEEDS. in The New Tomatoes of 1896. Descriptions ... the Introducers. Landreth's Cross=bred Tomatoes. Crops grown the past summer of 1895, the seeds sown being selected from the crops of '95, which were grown from hybrid- ized seed of 1892 and 1893. The varieties are, as is usually the case with cross-breeds, of exceeding productiveness and remarkable earliness, both qualities raising them to a first-class position, to say nothing of their distinctive shapes, which are altogether new. Scarlet Cross, 90DayS. Earliest to ripen of the cross-bred sorts, being edible in about 90 days from germination of the seed. Color scarlet and proof against sunburn. Form of fruit deep oval between stem end and' blossom end. Fruit 3 weeks earlier than Stone and larger than Stone and dis- tinct in form, being so very thick. Borne in bunches some- times as many as 12 to 14 big fruit in a cluster. Fruit ripening all over, without crack or green core. Cells 4 to 6. Variety exceedingly productive. Vine very vigorous and dark in color. Per pkt. 25 cts. Purple Cross, 95 Days. Second in precocity of the cross-bred sorts, ripening in about 95 days from germination. Color fixed as a velvety maroon. Form 1 inch more in depth between stem end and blossom end than Beauty, and a large fruit which is very solid and 20 days earlier than Beauty. Fruit borne in clusters, as many as 17 big fruit being taken from one cluster. A wonderful producer. Per pkt. 25 cts. New Imperial Tomato. This fine Tomato excels in earliness, size, perfect symmetry, and about every trait that goes to make up a first-class tomato; it ripens well up to the stem and is very thick-meated and is claimed to be earlier than any other variety. It is at all events well worthy of a trial. Per pkt. 10 c
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