. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Foedhook Fiest is a perfectly smooth, solid tomato of first-class appearance ; also extremely early,—ready to market nearly as soon as the rough unshapely fruits of poor quality of th Richmond type. The varieties of this ty such as Earliest of All, Early Ruby, Atlantic Prize, Ki of the Earlies, etc., wehav< never offered, as we con- sider their quality and form too poor for either market or home use. Mes
. Burpee's farm annual written at Fordhook Farm. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Foedhook Fiest is a perfectly smooth, solid tomato of first-class appearance ; also extremely early,—ready to market nearly as soon as the rough unshapely fruits of poor quality of th Richmond type. The varieties of this ty such as Earliest of All, Early Ruby, Atlantic Prize, Ki of the Earlies, etc., wehav< never offered, as we con- sider their quality and form too poor for either market or home use. Messes. S. D. Wood- euff & Sons, the well-known mar- ket gardeners, near Hartford, from whom we obtained the Foedhook Fiest, write :— "It is the only perfectly smooth and solid tomato ot which we know that gets to market as early as the rough and unshapely fruits of poor quality from such sorts as Early Ruby, Atlantic Prize, etc., all of which we hav carefully tested and discarded for this much more desirable variety. In fact, the fruit of your FORDHOOK First com- manded last season $ per one-half | bushel basket in our market, when the J best selected Rubies went begging at $ per one-half ; Per pkt. 10 cts.; -J oz. 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; \ lb $ ; per lb $ fordhook FIRST tomato. From a Photograph. Fordhook First (Burpee).—Five days later than the First of All, but superior to it in flavor, shape, and solid- ity. The smoothest extra early variety tested.—From Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. We find Fordhook First as early as any we have tried, generally perfectly smooth, ripening evenly about the stem, heavy and solid.—Reported from the Experi- mental Grounds of The Rural New Yorker. Fordhook First.—A smooth, round tomato, red and purple, nearly uniform in size and shape. The yield was remarkably large and suffered nothing from rot. The plants are vigorous but not rampant, with medium- sized foliage. A very good, all-round
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