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The Grandest S AW ae DEROSA*” TOMATO has 
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HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO. 
IT EXCELS IN MAGNIFICENT SIZE, ENORMOUS YIELD AND EARLINESS. 
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For Slicing it has no Equal. © As Solid and Meaty as Beefsteak. A FEW OF aanator 
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| J OF SURPASSING FLAVOR : ALMOST FREE FROM SEEDS. Thousands of ENcOmiums Grown t 
| PLP III ISIS; a yy ABOUT 
The PONDEROSA possesses every good quality to be found in a 
tomato. The vines are strong and vigorous and easily carry their 
enormous weight of fruit. Its massive, ponderous fruits are al- 
most perfect in form, and so free from ridges or corrugations as 
to seem nearly as smooth as glass; and when we come to size, 
weight and solidity, no other tomato begins to approach it. 
The skin is exceedingly firm, which will cause it to be largely 
| grown for shipping purposes. The color, a rich crimson, per- 
meates the fruit from circumference to centre, so that when 
sliced for the table its rare beauty never fails to elicit general 
admiration. Its remarkable solidity is happily expressed in 
Henderson s Ponderosa Tomato 
“They are grand; would not use any other kind.”’ 
“‘The Ponderosa is the finest to- 
“Your Ponderosa is the joy of the | mato weever grew. Planted along- 
grower’s heart and the feeder of his side of Matchless they yielded twice 
purse.” as much fruit and were not affected 
by dry rot, while the latter was.’’ 
“There is no tomato in the world like it!’ 
“T had ripe Ponderosas in 96 days “I had many perfect fruits of Ponde- 
from seed-planting.” rosa weighing 2% Ibs. each.” 
f ti jal ich “that iti 1 fi “You do not praise your Ponderosa Tomato enough.’’ 
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O29 CE OWE tes HI SKONU ENS) Wis Sie SEE a ¢ mn eal J ais nae ““Your Ponderosa is. par excellence, “Your Ponderosa is undoubtedly the 
| aSanapple.”” A marked peculiarity of this variety is that it very large, very early, very solid, few | finest tomato grown. I raised one 
is almost seedless, and while this characteristic commends seeds, free trom rot, good keepers.” weighing 3 Ibs.” 
| its use to delicate persons, this same peculiarity makes us pay 
five times as much to have the seed grown as that of any 
other sort. Large fruits or vegetables are usually obtained 
_ at the expense of earliness, but here the PONDEROSA again 
steps in and floors our preconceived ideas on this point by 
demonstrating that it is as early as most of the older sorts whose 
only merit is that they are early. One patron writes that he had 
splendid tomatoes of the PONDEROSA in 96 days from sowing the 
seed. Its flavor is delicious, whether used raw or cooked. A canner 
who grew it last year says itis going to bea grand sort for him. (See cut.) 
PRICE, 10c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 14 lb. 
“1 have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato the last two years. I got the seed 
| from other parties, and they are not like the ones I got from you. Please send me the true 
seed, and send as soon as you can.” 
“7 have canned your Ponderosas for 3 years; they grow better every year.” 
“The Ponderosa is the finest tomato _ “I raised Ponderosas from 15 to 18 
I ever used for making catsup and | inches around—they sell for 5c. each 
tomato butter; they require so little | —while other tomatoes sell for 15e. 
boiling to thicken, they areso solid.” a basket.” 
“7 had excellent success truiting yourPonderosa lastwinter in my greenhouse.”, 
“We haveraised the Ponderosa 
every year since youintroduced 
it and havetaken Ist premiums 
at our county fairsevery year.’ 
“ The Ponderosa, the most delicious and the finest tomato 
for all purposes I ever saw or ever expect to see.”’ 
“ For flavor, solidity and size, your Pon- 
derosa is so far superior that aj] 
Other varieties are left on 
the vines.” 
“Your Ponderosa isso far ahead 
that I do not think other to- 
matoes worthy ofnotice.” 
ROBERT HARM, Denton, Texas. 
