February 12, 1916 



HORTICULTURE 



201 



John Baer Tomato 



Pkts. 25c. & 50c.. 1 oz. $1.50, 2 oz. $2.50, % lb. $4.50, V^ lb. $8.00 

 lb. $15.00, 2 lbs. $25.00. Vi off to the trade 



QUALITY. 



Earliest and best in 28 varieties; 

 brilliant, deep red color; smoothest; 

 DO core: almost free from seed ; deli- 

 cious flavored ; far more solid and 

 meaty tban any otber; no culls: 

 ripens even up to tbe stem ; perfect 

 beauties; uniform in size and ripen- 

 Idk; piclis two to one to any otber 

 variety; from lO-i to 122 perfect fruit 

 to tbe vine; a perfect shipper; bliglit 

 proof. 



KAKLINESS. 



Ten days earlier than Earllana in 

 Canada; the earliest Tomato in New 

 Jersey; 10 days earlier than Clolie in 

 Florida; planted six weeks later but 

 came first in Texas; W weeks abend 

 of any in Virginia; :'. weeks abend 

 of any in New York; :5 weeks ahead 

 of any in Washington ; 2 weeks ahead 

 of any in Maryland; set out May :iO, 

 picked ripe fruit June 17, In New 

 York. 



After having been successfully grown by the leading florists, market gardeners, truckers and farmers in every tomato growing State 

 in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Cuba and many of the European countries, it is pronounced by ail to be 



THE EARLIEST AND BEST TOMATO ON EARTH. 



rroduces perfe<'t. HOlid. high crown. 

 t>eaaliful. brilliant, deep red ^hip- 

 plug: tomatoes in 'M) iltiys. from large. 

 FOUNDED i8ia ^H strong, well matured plants in ve- 



ESTABLiSHED 98 YEARS ^H „eer bands, with roots undisturbed. 



IPPING FRLIT L\ 30 DAYS 

 "JOaN BAERTOMATO 



.DUCfS DEQffrT SOLID HIGH CROWN 



- ;' SHIPPING TOMATOES 



-■-E STBONGWEU MATUOEO 

 ■leeR BANDS WITM ROOTS 

 • iie- 101 njo,2c; »r 10- 



J.BOI.GIANOfiSON 





PRICES "JOHN BAER" TO.MATO. 



Orisiiial Seed Only. 



Pkts. 25c and iWc., 1 oz. SL.W. 2 oz. Si.50. '/i Ih. M.60, "4 lb. 



$».0«. lb. Sir>.00, 2 lbs. SSo.nn. All postpaid. 



1-3 off to the trade. 



>n of the front and back cover of 



..USTRATED 1916 CATALOG 

 COLORS -ITS FREE 



and "LONG LOST "LETTUCE inexact size 

 testimony as to their merits, besides 

 iructive garden news 



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TRUSTWORTHY SEEDS 



\LT1M0RE, MD., U. S. A. 



JOHN B.4lER— HIMSELF 



GIWR a Iriendly but Karnest 

 Notice to Hl» Friends and 

 Fellow Market Gardeners. 

 Baltimore Co., Md., Jan 1, lUlU. 

 I hereby inform my -Many 

 Friends, the Market Gardeners, 

 Canners and the Pulilie in Gen- 

 eral, I have placed my entire 1910 

 supply of "John Baer" Tomato 

 Seed, which I personally grew 

 and selected, with J. Bolgiano & 

 Son. of Baltimore, .Md. .Any seed 

 offered by any other source is not 

 my production, and I cannot ieel 

 morally responsible for the re- 

 sults it may produce. 



I have given this Tomato my 

 greatest care and attention for 

 many years, and take pri.le in 

 seeing that ray Fellow Market 

 Gardeners are getting only seed 

 that truly represents the result 

 of mv lifework. 



(Signed) JOHN BAER. 



l'"ifty to 100 fr\iit to each plant. 

 Kipens evenly, right up to tbe 

 stem. 

 •24 fruit exactly All a six-carrier 



Each beautiful "John Baer" To- 

 mato wei^'hs about G'.j ounces. 



Mild, deliciously sweet flavor. The 

 finest flavor you have ever tasted. 



Most perfect High Crown Toma- 

 toes ever grown, entirely free from 

 core. 



.Tust enough foliage — will stand 

 plentv of manuring without going to 

 vine.' Set plants 3x.3y> feet. 



Almost seedless; it requires G to S 

 l.usbols of "John Baer" Tomatoes 

 to make one pound of seed. 



No cripples, no scalds, no bllgbt. 

 no iracked. no wrinkled, no one- 

 sided, uneven, scarred fruit. When 

 dead ripe will not burst. 



The ".lobn Baer" Tomato is there 

 suit of I'Iftcen fenerations of Im 

 provtment aud Selection for carli 

 ness, quality, shape, fruit, color an 1 

 shipping quality. 



Palmyra. N. J., June 19, 1!)1.'.. 



Messrs. J. Bolglano & Son. 



Dear Sirs: — last Winter I sent tn 

 your store and bought some "Jolii\ 

 Baer" Tomato seed. On Thursday, 

 the 17th of June, I piiked a number 

 of line, ripe 'I'omatocs and have 

 picketl some every day to <l:tte. 1 

 planted them In the o|ieu ticld April 

 the 21st. If we bad not so much 

 cold and cloudy weallier In May I 

 think I could have pickid by tbe hrst 

 of .Tune. I planted liuni in the same 

 field with "Earllanas" aud they are 

 far aboad. Vours very truly. 



(Signed) FENNEL COOPER. 



,IOHN It.XKK TOM.\TO 

 The Karliesl and itest Tomato on Earth 



Ironi Market <;rowers' Journal of 

 Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 1, 1915 

 • 'John Baer' has withstood tbe rigors 

 ..f this season the best of all tbe va- 

 rieties we have, which Include also 

 Bonny Best, Earlibell and June Pink. 

 Tbe excessive rains of tbe last four 

 weeks have caused our entire plantation 

 to become affeited with the oedema. 

 Tbe 'John Baer.' however, does nut 

 seem to suffer from it, as a very much 

 smaller proportion of its foliage dies 

 than with the other varieties. 'John 

 Baer' is a very good variety for heavy 

 soils." — Maplehurst (lardens, Southern 

 Michigan. 



G. BRUNNER'S SONS. FLORISTS 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7th, 1915 



J. Bolgiano & Son. 



(^Jentiemen: Out of 50 "John Baer" 

 plants I picked on an average of a half 

 liiisbel every otber day. when on my 

 oilier plants I did not average a small 

 measure a day. By me "John Baer" Is 

 more than you claimed for it In your 

 ad. last year. 



JOHN IIAKK TOMATO 

 Tbe Earliest unil Ilcst Tonililu on Eartli 



Originator's seed is scarce this year; demand is heavy. 

 We urgently advise you to order at once to be sure 

 of obtaining your supply of this wonderful Tomato 



WHEN « HlTINt; TO ADVKUTI 



K- I'LK.AM-: MENTION IIOKTK 1 I.TI lU 



