March 12, 1914. 



The Florists' Revkw 



69 



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JOHN BAER" TOMATO 



A Narvelous Introdaction. 



Perfect Fruit in 30 Days. 



"John Baer"' Tomato is 

 the Most Talked of Novelty 

 in both America and Eu- 

 rope for 1914. 



ITS WONDERFUL MER- 

 ITS and intrinsic worth 

 have attracted attention all 

 over the World. 



Orig:inator's Seed Only. 



M 



**John Baer" Tomato 

 produces perfect, solid, 

 hi^h crown, beautiful, 

 brilliant red Tomatoes 

 in'.30 days. 



IT IS THE RESULT 

 of fifteen gfenerations 

 of improvement and 

 I selection. 



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JOHN BAER" TOMATO 



1st- 



'John Baer'* Tomate, the Earliest Tomato on Earth. 



•John Baer" Tomato produces large, beautiful, solid sbipping 

 Tomatoes in 30 days from plants grown In Veneer or Paper 

 bands with roots undisturbed. 



2nd — "John Baer" Tomato produces the most perfect High 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. 



5th — No cripples, no scalds, no blight, no cracked, no wrinliled, no 

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

 Baer" Tomato will not burst. 



6th — "John Baer" Tomato has a wonderful glistening bright red 

 color. 



7th — "John Baer" Tomato has a mild, deliciously sweet flavor. 



Sth — In shape and form exactly like its photograph. 



9th — "John Baer" Tomato is almost seedless, a marvelous Stem Set- 

 ter, often ten fruit In first cluster, solid and meaty. 

 10th — "John Baer" Tomato has Just enough foliage — will stand 

 plenty of manuring without going to vine. Set plants 2^ x 

 3 feet. 

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



grown — 24 fruit exactly fill a six carrier basket. 

 12th — Kach beautiful "John Baer" Tomato weighs about 6% ounces. 

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

 originator, who personally selected and picked every Tomato 

 from which he saved this seed, selecting only the most beau- 

 tiful perfect fruit of the early Stem Set Clusters. 

 14th — "John Baer" Tomato is the offspring of two marvelous Tomatoes 

 — 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 Gen- 

 erations of Improvement and Selection for earliness, quality, 

 shape, fruit, color and shipping quality. 



Pkt.. $1.00: i^-oz., $2.50: Oz., $4.00; 14-lb., f IS.OOj Lb.. $50.00 

 33 H) p«r cant discount to tho trad*. 



•»>8 J. BOLGIANO & SON >•» 



ALMOST 100 YEARS SELLING TRUSTWORTHY SEEDS 



GROWERS OF PEDIGREED 

 TOMATO SEED 



BALTIMORE, MD., U. S. A. 



