Extras Early Varieties. 



1 oz. to 2,000 plants; % lb. to an acre. 





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. 



Improved Atlantic Prize Tomato. Great improvements 

 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 compare 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; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00. 



IDwarf or XLvcc Darietiee. 



Dwarf Stone. This is the largest fruited of all the 

 dwarf or "bush" Tomatoes. The growth is erect until the 

 branches become overloaded with fruit. Foliage heavy and 

 a rich dark green. The growth is similar to that of Dwarf 

 Champion. The plants are quite hardy and the blossoms 



set freely, even in a cool 

 wet season. The fruits 

 are produced in clusters 

 of three to five, and as 

 the growth is close- 

 jointed each plant pro- 

 duces a large number. 

 The first Tomatoes are, 

 of course, the largest, 

 and average four inches 

 in diameter and two and 

 a-half inches in depth 

 from stem to blossom 

 end. Even the late set- 

 tings of fruits are con- 

 siderably larger, how- 

 ever, than those of other 

 dwarf varieties, and re- 

 tain the deep ball -like 

 form. They are bright 

 scarlet in color, very 

 smooth and regular, ex- 

 ceptionally firm and 

 solid; the walls of flesh 

 are thick, and the fruits 

 have a solid meaty cen- 

 ter, with no hard core. 

 The quality is of the 

 finest, the flesh being 

 sweet, even in cool 

 weather late in the sea- 

 son. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c- 

 Dwarf Stone. #. lb., 75c; lb., $2.50. 



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

 ful 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; X lb., 75c. 



Livingston's Dwarf Champion. It is well adapted for 

 forcing in vegetable houses, because of its dwarf and com- 

 pact growth, the plants growing stiff and upright, with 

 stiff, jointed stems. In form and color they resemble the 

 Acme. It matures the fruit very early and is productive. 

 Oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00. 



Aristocrat. This variety resembles the Dwarf Champion 

 in habit and growth, is of good size, solid, smooth, produc- 

 tive, of fine flavor, and a handsome bright red color. 

 Pkts., 5c. and 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c. 



Earliana. 



For early, the seed should be sown in hot bed 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 hot bed or cold frame, or removed into small pots, allowing 

 a single plant to the pot. Expose to the air as much as possible to har- 

 den: Water freely at time of transplanting, 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 injured, especially if the cultiva- 

 tor is run too near the plants. 



Sparks' Earliana. This new Tomato was originated and 

 developed in Southern New Jersey. The earliest smooth 

 bright red Tomato of good size now in cultivation. The 

 plants are quite hardy with rather slender open branches 

 and moderate growth, well set with fruits, nearly all of 

 which ripen very early in the season. They grow in clusters 

 of five to six, fruit averaging 2 1 /?. inches in diameter. 

 Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.50. 



Chalk's Early Jewel. Matures only a week after the 

 famous Spark's Earliana, while the fruits are larger and 

 deeper through from stem to blossom end, being nearly 

 round or ball shaped. The Tomatoes are of a rich scarlet, 

 and grow in clusters. Oz., 20c; % lb., 75c; lb., $2.50. 



Improved Atlantic Prize. 



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