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,1. U. Kol>ln>an. lull lUtcr, Mitim., » riti"- 

 o.t. 4lli, 11»H : "Tho 'JoliD liner' 'rolliiilo Is 

 i.T fur 111.- l)«>t Tomiil.' I Imvi- cm r i;r"»ii. 

 liiil I liiiM- itrnwii all llu- now viirii-tli-ii for 

 viiirM. liK'ludliiK ll'<" oev KiikHkI' varli'iy 

 •rrlHi-u,' but will have lo say 'John Hnor' 

 lias H on tlicm all. The wtallior iiiii<lltloiiK 

 Imvp not been very Rood, wc hnil a late 

 Sprlnp. but for nil that llie "John Baer' 

 Toinali' lias done line. I lit Kt-x-ral friends 

 havf plMiils and eatli one says, Molin Haer' 

 Is I lie tlni-8t Tiininto tbey have ever grown." 

 ■I.isl .lannnry I sent to Kn).'land for ii 

 ],,.l.i;;f of •Hulk's Trisi-o' Tomato. i'lie 

 |,c.kii;«' (..iitaliicd ^ seeds I sowed H of 

 tliini :ind raised ten plants 'Trlsi-o' Is all 

 rli:lit as a novelty, as It will crow about 

 ilftv 'rniiiatoes In a linni-li. but llo'v arc not 

 :ii 'for marl,. -I" 



'BY THEIR FRUITS 



YE SHALL KNOW 



THEM" 



"JOHN BAER" TOMATO 

 The EarllPBt and Best Tomato on Earth 

 In Canada — First to Ripen Fruit Out of 28 Va- 

 rieties 



.Mr < I. Ireland, Colborne, Ontario, Canada, 



writes AuK. 10th. 1914: " 'Jolin liacr' Tomato 

 tnrned out better for me than 1 expeeted it would. 

 I have fourteen (14) aores in TmiiPtoes this year 

 of twentv-eicht CJS) different kinds ordered from 

 a cood "nianv dllTerent seedsmen In the United 

 States and Canada, and of all the several va- 

 rieties of which the seed was sown at the same 

 time as 'John Baer' and transplanted at the same 

 time vour '.Tohn Baer' was the first to ripen early 

 fruit " I sowed the seed on March 2Sth and about 

 \prli llilh transplanted into flats 16 inches square, 

 ioo plants to a fiat. About May lotli. 1 retrans- 

 planted some of them again info 16-inch flats, 

 plantins nine (9). twenty-five (i'i) and fifty (oO) 

 plants to each flat. I grew tliem in cotton-covered 

 hotbeds and hardened them off by removing 

 <ottnn coveriiics before .settinff plants to tlie field. 

 All the plants grew nice, stiilky plants, as good 

 as the best of anv ..ther variety and a lot hardier 

 thjin a great many others. 1 was very much In- 

 terested ill them and certainly pleased witli the 

 plants as thcv suited mc lo perfction. 1 set 

 these '.Tohn Raer' Tomato plants out by them- 

 selves ill a piece of sandy loam on medium low, 

 hat "round, which had been an old quack grass 

 sod broken up and sowed to Oats last y-'^- ' 

 kcDt this well c-ultivated before and aflcr settlni, 

 pL?nt-s and as there was quite n lot "f >"•»"« 

 from the quack grass roots worked ' "'""^'l' V'*^ 

 soil. 1 did not use any manure but just a hnndfii 

 of 2 am— ph.— 6 pot. fertilizer around each 

 plant at time of setting. ... .,„™ 



"The plants grew large m proi^rtion to num- 

 lier of plants set in the flats (!>-'2f>^iO and 100), 

 and continued to hold their same size in propor- 

 tion all through their season <>' e/"^"j' , ' 

 planted them out in rows 4 feet apart by SV4 feet 

 in the row. One row of the plants to a flat, 

 one row of the 25 plants to a flat one row of the 

 nO plants to a flat and one row of the ino plants 



^''•'The largest plants from the row of ft plants to 

 a flat gave me my first picking of ripe fniit, be- 

 fore aSv of the other rows had starte<T t., shov^ 

 iolor. This was on .July 2S. On August 3d } 

 picked some more from first row and Aug etn 1 

 lad a picking from both first and second rows 

 "nd again Aug. 9th I had some from flrst. second 

 and third rows, but none from the last row ot 



"^l']i'er"'^ls'"a verf marked difference in the size, 

 number and early maturity of the f""' «" '?J 

 four different rows and this was evidently 

 governed by the size of the plants nt setting tinic^ 

 "-We had a cold, backward Spring at setting 

 time, with continued cold and dry weather. 

 Thronirhont June and July there were practlcall} 



"JOHN BAII 



THE EARLIEST AND | 



PRODUCES PERFtCT. SOLID, HIGH CROWN. BEALlll 



only two Kood rains, one on June Jfiih and (he 

 other on July 2^, and when the IuhI rain of July 

 2."kI ciinie, the soil was so baked the best effect 

 of the ruin was lost, be<*ausc before the moisture 

 liiid penetrated to any depth It had uioatly 

 cvaoorated. 



"I see b} Market (Jrowers' Journal of Aug Ist 

 that W. K. .Massey says that KarllaDa was ripen- 

 ing plentiful ten days before a sign of color n|i 

 pcared In 'John IIui r' and he seems to think It Is 

 • 'balk's Jewi'l renamed. As he says, If 11 is not 

 Clialk's Jewel remiiiKKl, It is so much like It there 

 Is no reason to keep them separate. My experi- 

 ence with '.lohn n.uT' 'i'omato has be^'n just about 

 the reverse of W. !■'. .Massey's, and I am a prac- 

 tical Tomato Cpiwer. for Chalk's Jewel Is not 

 the same shaped Tomato as 'Jolin Baer.' Chalk's 

 Jewel will crack badly at the stem end and will 

 not ripen around the stem. 



" 'John Haer' Tomato in comparison with Lang- 

 don's strain of Karllaiia and l'hlladel|>hla Crown 

 Setting Karllana, 'John Baer' w.is six days earlier 

 than I.aiigdon's, and ten days earlier than I'lilla- 

 delphla Crown Setting. "John Haer' ripens up 

 better around the stem end than either of them, 

 is much larger und smoother, with heavier vine 

 and foliage. *,Totin Baer' Is also solid and a good 

 koeiier :ifter being picked when ripe — August 10th. 

 I now have the llrst 'Jolin Baer' Tomatoes, which 

 I picked over two weeks ago. lying on the roof of 

 the bouse In the hot sun, and they have only Just 

 started to wither up. 'John Baer' Tomatoes 

 picked Aug. Cth appeared as (|uite solid yet. In 

 weight 'John Baer' Tomatoes will average from 

 C to 12 ounces each, and about seven Tomatoes 

 to a cluster or first .•wttlng. which ripens right 

 up to the stem, perfectly solid, and they do not 

 crack, like Earliana and Chalk's Jewel around the 

 stem. 



"The only dlireience in treatment given 'John 

 Baer' and Earliana Is that Earliana was given a 

 good coat of manure, plowed in before planting, 

 while 'John Baer' got none, and were considerably 

 larger, more solid, smoother and a brighter deep 

 red color. 'John Baer' Tomato suits me to per- 

 feetion." 



■'.lolin Baer" Bore Toiniitocs Two Weeks Karlier 

 Than .\ny Others 

 .Mr. Richard Boules, Niagara Co.. N. Y., R. F. D. 

 No. 30, Sept. 1st, 1914, writes: '"John Baer' To- 

 mato proved to be a success. It bore Tomatoes 

 two weeks earlier than any other seed and we 

 had a very fine yield. We are thankful to have 

 found a Tomato earlier than what we have ever 

 had." 



".lolui Baer" Is tlie I'oor .Plan's Tomato — It Yields 

 .So /\hundanll.>' 

 .Mr. Ciustav Bartholnie, Onondaga Count.v, N. Y., 

 writes Sept. 1st. 1914 : "1 am glad of the oppor- 

 I unity to say that 'Johu Baer' Tomato is highly 

 satisfactory. It Is the poor man's Tomato, for it 

 can be bountifully raised on very little land. I 

 planted seven rows 'John Baer' Tomato. :i50 feet 

 long, which so far yielded 110 bushels with 

 promise of many more. 



"I did not Intend to raise Tomatoes to sell. ! 

 have always raised them solely for my own home 

 use. but I found they bore so many I could not 

 make- ii.se ot them all. and so 1 am supplying my 

 neighbors and friends, who arc well pleased with 

 them. 'John Baer' Tomatoes are firm and round, 

 with very few crippled oik'S among them." 

 "John Baer" Earliest, Heavy Bearer, Smooth, Fine 

 Flavor 

 Miss Carrie It. Bankard, Carroll Co.. Md., Sept. 

 :id, 1911, writes: "'John Baer' Tomatoes are the 

 (iarlli'st I have ever had, I have been very suc- 

 cessful with them. I find the 'John Baer' a very 

 heavy bearer, ver.v smooth and round, and of a 

 fine ilavor." 



I'il-kfng Two ".John Baer" Tomatoes to One of 

 Chalk's .lewel 

 Mr. Harry F. Hopkins. Baltimore. Md., writes 

 July 'J9tli, 1914: "'John Baer' Tomatoes have 

 proveil to be as you Represented them. I planted 

 'lien- along with other early varieties. 'John Baer' 

 made a verv much larger growth than the others. 

 I found them to be the best cropping as well as 

 earlv Tomatoes as I have ever grown. I And 

 •John Baer' Tomato will stand the drought better 

 than other Tomatoes on account of their large 

 foliage, which protects the fine fruit from the hot 

 sun. 'John Baer' is a good cropper. I am pick- 

 ing two 'John Baer' to one Chalk's Jewel In spite 

 of the fact that we have the dryest season on 

 record. It is the worst growing season I have 

 i-ver known In this se<tlon, and 1 have been here 

 in the trucking business for forty years." 

 •'.lohn Baer" Is Earlier than Earliana, and Far 

 Superior 

 Mr. William A. Bridle, Monmouth Co., N. J., 

 Sept. 3d. 1914, writes: "'John Baer' Tomato is 

 exceptioiiallv earlT — earlier than 'Earliana,' and 

 far superior to that variety. It ripens well up 

 to the stem perfectly smooth, solid and of fine 

 flavor, fine color and very prolific; altogether I 

 would consider it the best early Tomato to date." 



From larg«, strong, we|l inatured 4 

 Pkts , 50c, ', ot.. 75c, 01., $2.00, ' | 

 QUALITY 



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 I'lirf, iiliinml fr«*i' from 

 Hr«'<l. iti-ll«-li»iiH llu\or<-<l, 

 fur iniiM' solid urid 

 III (lit .^ tliun iiti.\ III her ; 

 II (I rulU. ICl[M>iiH «'Vfn 

 up lo llu- Klfiii. Vi-rttt-i 

 hfiiiilifs. I iiironii In 

 Mizf mill rlpcnliiK. I'lrkft 

 two lo orii* of uny «»tlit'r 

 viir|i'l> — iumi lOH to 

 123 pi-rffrt fruit to 

 the vine. A perfwt 

 •thlppcr. liliKht i>roof. 



"JOMIM BA 



The Earliest anc 



1st — "Johu Baer" Ttimalo produces large, lie 



ful solid shijiplng Tomatoes in ."iO days 



large, strong, well matured plants grow 



Veneer or Paper bands, with roots undlstu 

 2nd — "John Baer" Tomatoes produces the 



perfect High Crown Tomatoes ever grown 



tirely free from core. 

 3rd — "John Haer" Tomatoes produces an ' 



mous crop of Tomatoes, 50 to IOO fruit to 



plant. 

 ■4th— Every "John Baer" Tomato ripens e' 



right up to the stetn. 

 "ith — No cripples, no scalds, no blight, no era 



no wrinkled, no one-side<i. uneven, scarred : 



When dead ripe ".Tohn Baer" Tomato wll 



burst, 

 fith — "John Baer" Tomato has a wonderful gll 



ing, brilliant, bright red color. 

 7th — "John Baer" Tomato has a mild, dellcli 



sweet flavor. The finest flavor you have 



tasted. 

 8tli — "John Baer" Tomato Is almost se<-dlefl 



requires 6 to 8 bushels of "John Baer" Tom 



to make one pound of seed. A marvelous 



Setter, often ten fruit in first cluster; 



and meaty, 

 nth — "John Baer" Tomato has just enough U 



— will stand plenty of manuring without i 



to vine. Set plants 3x3^4 feet. 

 10th— "John Baer" Tomato is the most pi 



1818 



J. BOLGl 



Almost 100 Years 



GROWERS OF PEDIGREED 

 TOMATO SEED 



