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February, 1919 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



37 



"JOHN BAER" TOMATO 

 By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them 



A WAR TOMATO PATCH 

 (from The Country Gentleman) 

 I have been experimenting for several years with intensive methods of 

 tomato culture and have now demonstrated that truly remarkable yields may 

 be obtained even under adverse weather conditions. J selected the "John Baer" 

 variety and had a patch in my backyard in toWri 14 feet wide and 104 feet 

 long. Approximately 435 plants were set in that area and from them were 

 picked 3,490 pounds of ripe tomatoes fit for marvel. That would amount 

 to a yield of 52.21 tons to the acre, and at prices that were obtained from a 

 local grocer, a gross income of $6,050 on one acre. 

 {Signed) 0. W. Scott. 



Montgomery County, Kansas. 



Cro N p eW Seed ' JOlHl Baer ' TomatO ^IVdOnly 

 Perfect Fruit in 30 Days — The Best Extremely Early Tomato on Earth 



"John Baer" Tomato Produces Perfect, Solid, High-Crown, Beautiful, Brilliant Red Tomatoes in 

 30 Days from Large, Strong, Well-Matured Plants Grown in Veneer Bands with Roots Undisturbed 



PRICES: 



Pkts. 25c; 1 oz. 75c; 2 ozs. $1.45; <4 lb. $2.75; >/ 2 lb. $5.00; 1 lb. $10.00. Postpaid. 

 We offer Veneer Bands 75c per 100. 



GOOD QUALITIES OF THE "JOHN BAER" TOMATO 

 "John Baer" Tomato produces the most perfect High Crown Tomatoes ever grown, entirely free from core. 

 "John Baer" Tomato produces an enormous crop of Tomatoes, 100 fruit and over to each plant. 

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

 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. 

 "John Baer" Tomato has a wonderful glistening, brilliant, bright red color. 



"John Baer" Tomato has a mild, deliciously sweet flavor. The finest flavor you have ever tasted. 

 "John Baer" Tomato is almost seedless; it requires 6 to 8 bushels of "John Baer" Tomatoes to make one pound 



of seed, a marvelous Stem Setter, often ten fruit in first cluster, solid and meaty. 

 "John Baer" Tomato has just enough foliage — will stand plenty of manuring without going to vine. Set 



plants 3 x 3| feet. 

 "John Baer" Tomato is the most perfect shipping Tomato ever grown — 24 fruit exactly fill a six-carrier basket. 

 Each beautiful "John Baer" Tomato weighs about 6| ounces. 

 "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 beautiful, perfect fruit of the Early Stem Set Clusters. 

 "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 Generations 



of Improvement and Selection for earliness, quality, shape, fruit, color and 



shipping quality. 

 As a canning Tomato, "John Baer" is a miracle — they all can Fancy, no 



seconds, and all can whole. 



ESTABLISHED 



1818 



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"Big Crop" Seeds for 

 Over a Century 



Write for Bolgiano's 1919 Seed Annual. It shows the "John Baer" Tomato in exact size and color. It sites a complete list of Bolgiano's "Big 

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The Man Who Has Performed 



Wonders With Tomatoes 



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