March 14, 1914 



HOBTICULTURE 



876 



"John Baer" Tomato 



A WIARVELOUS 

 INTRODUCTION 



"John Baer" Tomato is the 

 most-talked-of Novelty in both 

 America and Europe for 1914. 

 ITS WONDERFUL MERITS 

 and intrinsic worth have at- 

 tracted attention all over the 

 world. 



PERFECT FRUIT 

 IN 30 DAYS 



'■John Baer" Tomato pro- 

 duces Perfect, Solid, High 

 Crown, Beautiful, Brilliant 

 Red Tomatoes in 30 days. 

 IT IS THE RESULT of Fif- 

 teen Generations of Improve- 

 ment and Selection. ORIG- 

 l.MATOR'S SEED ONLY. 



The 



Earliest 



Tomato 



On 



Earth 



Perfect 



Fruit 



In 



30 Days 



"John Baer" Tomato 



Ist- 



2nd- 



"John Baer" Tomato 



THE El^RLIEST TOMATO ON EARTH 



".Joliu Baer" T<Mnatt> produces large, beautiful, solid sbippiug 

 Tomatoes in .30 days from plants grown in Veneer or Paper 

 bands, with roots undisturbed. 

 "Jolin Baer" Tomato produces the most perfect Hlgb Crown 

 Tomatoes ever grown. 

 3rd — "John Baer" Tomato produces an enormous crop of Tomatoes, 



50 to 100 fruit to each plant. 



4th — Every "John Baer" Tomato ripens evenly, right up to the stem. 



Oth — No cripples, no scalds, no blight, no cracked, no wrinkled, no 



one-sided, uneven, scarred fruit. When dead ripe ".John 



Baer" Tomato will not burst. 



(!th — "John Baer" Tomato has a wonderful glistening bright red 



color. 

 Tth — "John Baer" Tomato has a mild deliciously sweet flavor. 

 8th — In shape and form exactly like its photograph. 

 0th — "John Baer" Tomato is almost seedless, a marvelous Stem Set- 

 ter, often ten fruit in Urst cluster, solid and meaty, 

 loth — "John Baer" Tomato has just enough foliage — will stand plenty 

 of manuring without going to vine. Set plants 2^x3 feet. 

 11th — "John Baer" Tomato is the most perfect shipping Tomato ever 



grown— 24 fruit exactly fill a six carrier basket. 

 12th — Each beautiful "John Baer" Tomato weighs about 0% ounces. 

 13th — "John Baer" Tomato Seed was saved only by John Baer, the 

 originator, who personally selected and picked every To- 

 mato from which he saved this seed, selecting only the 

 most beautiful perfect fruit of the early Stem Set Clusters. 

 Mth— "John Baer" Tomato is the offspring of two marvelous To- 

 matoes—One Great Specialist having devoted 10 years in 

 selecting and Improving one parent and Another Expert 

 devoted five years in selecting and improving the other 

 parent. The "John Baer" Tomato is therefore the result of 

 Fifteen Generations of Improvement and Selection for 

 earliness, quality, shape, fruit, color and shipping quality. 



Pkt. $1.00. ■< oz. $2.50. Oz. $4.00. 4 lb. $15.00. Pound $50.00. 33 ';% Discount to the Trade. 



1818 ^ 



Almost 100 Years 

 Selling Trustworthy Seeds 



1914 



Bolgiano & Son 



Baltimore, Md., U. S. A. 



Growers of Pedigreed 

 Tomato Seed 





