r^ 



^1 



We are the sole distributors of the originato r's 

 Baer" Tomato. Do not be 

 mitations or substitutes. 



234 



WtT' Important Notice: HHS 



"John Baer'' Tomato The Earliest of the Earlles 

 PERFECT FRUIT IN 30 DAYS 



"John Baer" Tomato 

 Bolgiano's Perfect Type 



Perfect Blossom End 

 Free From Scar 



Perfect Stem End 

 Free From Core and Blemishes 



The Best Extremely Early Tomato on Earth 



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



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



"John Baer" Is Fine for a Forcing Tomato, as They Make Such a Good Crop in a Short Time 



"John Baer" Vines Store up Such Vitality During the Early Spring That They Can Endure a Hot, Dry or Cold, Wet Summer 



When Other Varieties Die 



Early Frosts Often Destroy More Than Two-Thirds of the Tomato Crop in Some Sections. "John Baer" Being Such ap 



Extremely Early Tomato Eliminates This Great Loss 



Prices: Pkts. 10c and 25c. Vz Oz. 50c. 1 Oz. 90c. 2 Ozs. $1.50. Va Lb. $2.75. 1/2 Lb. $5.00. 

 1 Lb. $10.00. Postpaid. We Offer Veneer Bands $1.50 Per 100. 



A FEW "POINTS OF MERIT" OF THE "JOHN BAER" TOMATO 



1st — "John Baer" Tomato produces large, beautiful, solid 

 shipping Tomatoes in 30 days from large, strong, well- 

 matured plants grown in Veneer or Paper bands, with 

 roots undisturbed. 



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

 Crown Tomatoes ever grown, entirely free from core. 



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

 Tomatoes, 100 fruit and over 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 wrin- 

 kled, no one-sided, imeven, scarred fruit. When dead 

 ripe "John Baer" Tomato will not burst. 



6th — "John Baer" Tomato has a wonderful glistening, bril- 

 liEint, bright red color. 



7th — "John Baer" Tomato has a mild, dehciously sweet 

 flavor. The finest flavor you have ever tasted. 



8th— Every particle of "John Baer" Tomato is available for 

 use, either slicing from stem to blossom end or canning 

 as the skin peels oif like removing a glove and the 

 tomato itself is one mass of solid meat. 



9th — "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. 

 10th — "John Baer" Tomato has just enough foliage — wiU 

 stand plenty of manuring without going to vine. Set 

 plants 3 X 31/2 feet. 



fci 



l^' Important Notice: -H-; 



We are the sole distributors of the originator's 

 John Baer" Tomato. Do not be 

 with imitations or substitutes. 



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

 ma to ever grown — 24 fruit exactly fill a six-carrier basket- 



12th — ^Each beautiful "John Baer" Tomato weighs about 

 6 1/2 oimces. 



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 beautiful, 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 Ex- 

 pert 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. 



15th — As a Packing Tomato, "John Baer" is a miracle — they 

 all pack Fancy, no seconds, and eJI pack whole. Peelers 

 can prepare three bushels "John Baer" Tomatoes to one 

 bushel of any other Tomato. Being such a tremendous 

 yielder, a bushel of "John Baer" Tomatoes can be 

 gathered in one-third the time of any other Tomato. A 

 large Baltimore Tomato Packer has all the "John Baer" 

 Tomatoes he can secure packed separately, running them 

 through a special process , for liis fanciest trade and his 

 own private use. 



