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Title: Washburn & Co.'s amateur cultivator's guide to the flower and kitchen garden : containing a descriptive list of two thousand varieties of flower and vegetable seeds : also a list of French hybrid gladiolus,
Year: 1869 (1860s)
Authors: Washburn & Co Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Flowers Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : The Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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ium, three to four inches in diameter, growing in clusters ;form round, slightlv flattened, very regular, symmetrical, and rarelv ribbed orwrinkled ; color brilliant glossy crimson ; flesh unusually firm, solid, and freefrom water, weighing from ten to twenty pounds more per bushel than othervarieties ; skin remarkably fine, smooth, and shining, coloring well up to thestem, — a quality very desirable to those preparing them for the table ; very pro-ductive, and of the finest flavor : bears carriage well, and keeps in good condi-tion a long time after being gathered, retaining its goodness, and free from wilt-ing. It will be found to ripen uniformly, and as early as. if not earlier than,other varieties. Our whole stock of seed has been grown for us by Mr. C. NT.Brackett. Chairman of the Vegetable Committee of the Massachusetts Horti-cultural Society, and saved only from the most perfect fruit: and we are war-ranted in saying that it cannot tail to give satisfaction in every instance.
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BRESEE PROLIFIC, or No. 2. See page 143. TO THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. . 145 We offer the following testimonials from practical parties, — gentlemen whose judgment in suchmatters is fully reliable. From A ndreiv S. Fuller, A uthor of Small-Fruit Culturist.We have had an opportunity of testing this tomato the past season, and believe it will prove tobe one of the very best varieties in cultivation. From J. F. C. Hyde, President of MassacJmsetts Horticidtural Society.I have known the General Grant Tomato now for two years, and last season raised a few toma-toes of this variety. I think it is the smoothest and every way the handsomest variety I have everseen : it is quite solid, equal in this respect to any other variety. I have regarded it as a greatacquisition to our list of tomatoes. From C. IV. Brackett, Chairman of the Vegetable Co7>imittee, Mass. Horticidtural Society.Gents. — I have given the new tomato, General Grant, a fair trial of two seasons, in con-nection with a dozen or

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