. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. As will be seen by the illustration, this new tomato may well be called the Enormous, for there stands Mr. Miesse, its origi- nator, behind a little mound of them, and by the yardstick that runs along the bottom row it will be seen that it takes but eight to fill out the yard. This means, of course, that the tomatoes must average 4i inches
. Catalogue of home grown seeds. Gardening United States Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds United States Catalogs; Flowers Seeds United States Catalogs; Fruit Seeds United States Catalogs; Grain Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Implements Catalogs. As will be seen by the illustration, this new tomato may well be called the Enormous, for there stands Mr. Miesse, its origi- nator, behind a little mound of them, and by the yardstick that runs along the bottom row it will be seen that it takes but eight to fill out the yard. This means, of course, that the tomatoes must average 4i inches in diameter. The tomatoes average symmetrical, are solid meated, and are every way of excellent quality. A good cropper. It is doubtless the giant among the round tomatoes. Price, per ounce, 35 cents ; per package, 10 cents. Fordhook. A fine variety of the round type Livingston has made so familiar to us. It is a remarkably heavy cropper, and the fruit is very even sized. It has a rich purple-red color, very attrac- tive. Early, but not on our grounds equal in this respect to Earliest of All and' some other varieties. On the whole, an excellent all-round tomato for either family use or the market. Price, per ounce, 20 cents ; per package, 5 cents. " Honor ; One of the most striking character- istics of this new tomato is the sin- gular change of color the fruit undergoes during i t s development. It is first of a light green color, then turns to a striking waxy white, next lemon, and finally to a rich bright red. Another character- istic is its long keeping quality, which makes it especially valuable for shipping long distances. The fruit is of good size, very solid, the vines vigor- ous and moderately productive, and the tomatoes of excellent quality. The real sphere of this is as a shipper. Per ounce, 20 cents ; per package, 5 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - c
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