Fbbbuabt 24, 1916. 



The Florists' Review 



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QTTALITY. 



Earliest and best In 28 yarietles; bril- 

 liant, deep red color; Bmootbest; no core; 

 gUn')St free from seed; delicious flavored; 

 far more solid and meaty than any otber; 

 po culls; ripens even up to the stem; 

 perfect beauties; uniform in size and 

 ripcaing; picks two to one to any other 

 vaiiety: from 105 to 122 perfect fruit to 

 the vine; a perfect shipper; blight proof. 



"John Baer" Tomato 



Pkt8./25c and 50c; oz., $1.50; 2 oz., $2.50; 



}i lb., $4.50; % lb., $8.00; lb., $15.00; 2 lbs., 



$25.00. ii off to the trade. 



EABLINESS. 



Ten days earlier than Earllana in Can- 

 ada; the earliest Tomato in New Jersey; 

 10 days earlier than Globe in Florida; 

 planted six weeks later but came first in 

 Texas; 3 weeks ahead of any In Vir- 

 ginia; 3 weeks ahead of any in New 

 York; 3 weeks ahead of any in Washine- 

 ton; 2 weeks ahead of any in Maryland; 

 set out May 30, 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 E 



countries, it is pronounced by all to be The Earliest and 5 



Best Tomato on Earth. £ 



Produces perfect, solid, high orown, beau- 

 tiful, brilliant, deep red shippincr toma- 

 toes in 80 days, from large, »tron«, well 

 matured plants in veneer bands, with 

 roots undisturbed. 



JOHN BA£B— HIMSELF 



Gives a Friendly but Earnest Notice 



to His Friends and Fellow 



Market Gardeners. 



Baltimore Co., Md., Jan. 1, 1916. 



I hereby inform my Many Friends, 

 the Market Gardeners, Canners, and 

 the Public in General, I have plaoed 

 my entire 1916 supply of "John 

 Baer" Tomato Seed, which I person- 

 ally grew and selected, with j. Bol- 

 giano & Son, of Baltimore, Md. Any 

 seed offered by any other source is 

 not my production, and I cannot feel 

 morally responsible for the results 

 it may produce. 



I have given this Tomato my great- 

 est care and attention for many years 

 and take pride in seeing that my 

 Fellow Marset Gardeners are getting 

 only seed that truly represents the 

 result of my life work. 



(Signed) JOHN BAER. 



PRICES "JOHN BAER" TOMATO. 



Original Seed Only. 



ts. 26c and 60c; 1 os. $1.60; 2 oz. $2.60; Vt lb. 94.60; V^ lb. 



98.00; lb. 916.00; 2 lbs. $25.00. AH postpaid. 



>4 off to the trade. 



Orig^inator*!! seed is scarce this year; de- 

 mand is heavy. We urg^ently advise you to 

 order at once to be sure of obtaining^ your sup- 

 ply of this ironderful tomato. 



Fifty to 100 fruit to each plant. 

 Ripens evenly, right up to the stem. 



Twenty-four fnilt exactly fill a six- 

 carrier basket. 



Each beautiful "John Baer" Tomato 

 weighs about 6% ounces. 



Mild, delicionsly sweet flavor. The 

 finest flavor you have ever tasted. 



Most perfect High Crown Tomatoes 

 ever grown, entirely free from core. 



Just enough foliage — will stand plenty 

 of manuring without going to vine. Set 

 plants 3x3 V^ feet. 



Almost seedless; it requires C to 8 

 bushels of "John Baer" Tomatoes to 

 make one pound of seed. 



No cripples, no scalds, no blight, no 

 cracked, no wrinkled, no one-sided, un- 

 even, scarred fruit. When dead ripe 

 will not burst. 



The "John Baer" Tomato is the re- 

 sult of Fifteen Generations of Improve- 

 ment and Selection for earllness, quality, 

 shape, fruit, color and shipping quality. 



Palmyra, N. J., June 19, 1915. 

 Messrs. J. Bolglano & Son. 



Dear Sirs — Last winter I sent to your 

 store and bought some "John Baer" To- 

 mato seed. On Thursday, the 17th of 

 June, I picked a number of fine, ripe 

 Tomatoes and have picked some every 

 day to date. I planted them in the open 

 field April the 21st. If we bad not bad so 

 much cold and cloudy weather in May I 

 think I could have picked by the first of 

 June. I planted tbem in the same field 

 with "Barlianas" and they are far ahead. 



Yours very truly, 

 (Signed) PENNEL COOPER. 



JOHN BAER TOMATO. 

 The Earliest and Best Tomato on Earth. 



From Market Growers' Journal of 

 Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 1, 1915. 

 " 'John Baer' has withstood the rigors 

 of this season the best of all the varie- 

 ties we have, which include also Bonny 

 Best, Earlibell and June Pink. The ex- 

 cessive rains of the last four weeks have 

 caused our entire plantation to become 

 afTected with the oedema. The 'John 

 Baer, howevtr, does not seem to suffer 

 rrom It, as a very much smaller propor- 

 tion of its foliage dies than with the 

 other varieties. 'John Baer' is a rery 

 good variety for heavy soils."— Maple- 

 hurst Gardens, Southern Michigan. 



O, BRTTNNER'S SONS. FLORISTS. 



Cincinnati, Ohio. Feb. 7th, 1915. 

 J. Bolgiano & Son. 



Gentlemen— Out of 50 "John Baer" 

 plants I picked on an average of a half 

 bushel every other day, when on my other 

 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 BAER TOMATO, S 



The Earliest and Best Tomato oa Earth. — 



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