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Specialties And Novelties For 1890.

Three Good Tomatoes.

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New Dwarf Champion Tomato.

Its habit of growth is peculiar, for not only is it dwarf and compact, but the stem being thick, stiff and short jointed, it is actually self-supporting when laden with fruit, a characteristic we have seen in no other variety. The foliage is also distinct and peculiar, being very dark green in color, thick and corrugated. Its close, upright growth also enables it to be planted much nearer together than any of the older sorts, and the yield, therefore, is likely to be much greater, for in productiveness it is unsurpassed. At their best stage we had plants that had on half a bushel of grown fruit, green and ripe. It is also very early. The fruit resembles the Acme, and is of a purplish pink color, and always smooth and symmetrical in form. The skin is tough, and the flesh solid and of fine quality. Altogether, the Dwarf Champion Tomato is a decided acquisition, whether wanted for market or for private use. Can almost be called a Tree Tomato. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 1/4 lb., $1.25.

New Peach Tomato.

This peculiar variety, introduced by a Philadelphia firm, is a decided curiosity. The
Tomatoes in color are a deep rose and golden amber, blended in an indescribable manner, all covered with delicate bloom, like the bloom or furze of a fine peach, making it almost impossible to recognize the detached fruits as Tomatoes. For eating out of the hand as fruit it is without a rival, the very solid, rich, meaty flesh beng unequaled in delicacy of flavor, and melting in the mouth like a grape. It is also remarkable for its extremely thin skin, which can be readily peeled, like the skin of a fine peach. It is very productive, the fruits being borne in clusters of from four to eight. It is most excellent for preserves, and also of very superior quality for canning. Well worthy of a place in every garden. Per pkt., 10 cts.; 3 pkts., 25 cts.; 1/2 oz., 35 cts.; oz., 60 cts.

New Atlantic Prize Tomato--The very earliest of all Tomatoes.
It is the result of many years careful selection by one of the most successful Tomato growers of Atlantic county, New Jersey, who has for a few years past shipped, to New York and Philadelphia markets, fine large Tomatoes, fully two weeks ahead of all competitors, being the first Northern fruit that has reached those markets, and selling at from three to four dollars per basket. The vines grow strong, stiff, and very rapidly, setting the crown fruit when quite young, the buds appearing before the plant is four inches high. The fruit is borne in immense clusters of ten to twelve. Each vine produces from sixty to eighty large perfect fruits, very solid and of the finest quality, being unusually free from core and seeds. Another great feature, besides extreme earliness, about this wonderful
Tomato, and one which must prove of great advantage to market gardeners, is that when first fruiting it ripens more evenly and abundantly than any other Tomato known. Per pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; 1/4 lb., $2.