SUPERIOR TOMATO SEED 



All our Tomato Seeds are grown from stocks, exclusively for seed purposes, by the originators and experienced! 



growers and experts. We are fully convinced of the merit of any new variety before placing them 



in our Catalogue, and therefore recommend at least a trial to our customers and friends. 



For early, the seed should be sown in hotbed 

 during February or the first week in March, in 

 drills five inches apart and half an inch deep. 

 Later sowing may be made until the last of April. When 

 the plants are three or four inches high they should be 

 set out four or five inches apart, in another hotbed or 

 cold frame, or removed into small pots, allowing a 

 single plant to the pot. Expose to the air as much as 

 possible to harden. Water freely at time of transplant- 

 ing, and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants 

 are established. Cultivate thoroughly as long as the 

 vines will permit, but the last two or three workings 

 should be very shallow or the crop may be badly in- 

 jured, especially if the cultivator is run too near the 

 plants, i oz. to 20.000 plants; J4 lb. to an acre. 

 EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Earliana. 



Spark's Earliana. — This Tomato is not only remark- 

 able for its earliness, but for its very large size, hand- 

 some shape and bright red color. Its solidity and fine 

 quality are quite equal to the best medium and late 

 sorts. They grow in clusters of five to six, fruit aver- 

 aging 2,y 2 inches in diameter. Pkt. 10c. ; oz. 20c. ; ~%, lb. 

 65c; lb. $2.00. 



I. X. L. — Extra Early red skin Tomatoes, vines very 

 compact. Oz. 40c; *4 lb. $1.25; lb. $5.00. 



King of the Earlies. — A very productive and quite 

 early variety, very similar to Spark's Earliana; the vines 

 are somewhat heavier and leaves more plentiful, which 

 furnish great protection for the fruit, and for this reason 

 it has become a favorite with many growers. Pkt. 5c; 

 oz. 40c; % lb. $1.35; lb. $5.00. 



June Pink. — A tine new variety; it is highly recom- 

 mended to gardeners whose trade demands the purplish 

 pink sorts. It is the earliest of this class of tomatoes 

 and fills the place in them that Earliana does in the 

 bright red sorts. Pkt. 5c. % lb. 75c. ; lb. $2.50. 



Improved Atlantic Prize Tomato. — Great improve- 

 ments have been made in this distinctive early Tomato, 

 which has been lacking in size and symmetry. This 

 is all changed now, and instead of the small, rough, 

 deeply corrugated fruits of the "Hundred Day" type, 

 we have in the Atlantic Prize a variety-bearing fruit 

 which in size, shape, color, solidity and quality will com- 



pare favorably with the later kinds, and by repeated! 

 trials we have demonstrated that it ripens up a large 

 proportion of its crop the second earliest of any variety. 

 We do not hesitate to pronounce it the largest, best 

 flavored and brightest colored red extra early Tomato. 

 Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 20c. ; J4 lb. 75c; lb. $2.50. 



Chalk's Early Jewel. — The largest, smoothest and finest 

 flavored extra-early Tomato in cultivation. Within a 

 week to ten days as early as the famous Spark's Ear- 

 liana, it is even a heavier cropper, with tomatoes of 

 larger size and sweeter flavor, while its more robust 

 growth makes it a surer cropper. Of compact growth, 

 the plants are fairly loaded with fruit, both early and 

 throughout the season. The large, handsome fruits are 

 very solid and deep through, being almost round, or ball 

 shaped. Color brightest scarlet, ripening right up to 

 the stem without any cracks or green core. The foliage 

 is rather open, admitting the sunlight to the center off 

 each plant, so that all the fruits are thoroughly ripened; 

 but the leaves are dark green and not inclined to curl a& 

 in most other extremely early varieties. The thick flesh 

 is bright scarlet, very solid, with comparatively few 

 seeds, and of sweet flavor; skin thin, but sufficiently 

 strong to make it a good shipper. Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 20c. ; 

 H lb. 65c. ; lb. $2.00. 



DWARF OR TREE VARIETIES. 

 New Dwarf Stone. — Almost everyone is acquainted 

 with the Stone tomato. In the Dwarf Stone we have 

 a tomato with strong, compact, upright vines, keeping 

 the fruit well up from the ground and enabling closer 

 planting, which is an advantage in a small garden and 

 with growers having only a limited acreage. The to- 

 matoes are perfect in shape, have a good skin, are solid 

 in flesh and ripen evenly. Bright red in color and fast 

 becoming a general favorite. Pkt. 5c; oz. 20c; yi lb. 75c. 



Improved Atlantic Prize. 



Livingston's New Dwarf Purple Globe. — It is of beau- 

 tiful globe shape, very deep through from blossom end 

 to stem, which permits of a greater number of slices 

 being taken than with flat fruited sorts. Among the 

 very first to ripen, although of large size, very smooth, 

 firm fleshed, few seeds, ripens evenly; color a beautiful 

 glossy rose-tinged purple. A good cropper and one of 

 the best for greenhouse or first crop on stake or trellis. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; J4 lb. 75c. 



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