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  "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomato 
  

  

  The 
  Earliest 
  and 
  Best 
  Tomato 
  on 
  Earth. 
  

  

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

   ping 
  Tomatoes 
  in 
  30 
  days 
  from 
  large, 
  strong, 
  well 
  matured 
  

   plants 
  grown 
  in 
  Veneer 
  or 
  Paper 
  bands, 
  with 
  roots 
  undis- 
  

   turbed. 
  

  

  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 
  To- 
  

   matoes, 
  50 
  to 
  100 
  fruit 
  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 
  wrinkled, 
  

   no 
  one-sided, 
  uneven, 
  scarred 
  fruit. 
  When 
  dead 
  ripe 
  "John 
  

   Baer" 
  Tomato 
  will 
  not 
  burst. 
  

  

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

   bright 
  red 
  color. 
  

  

  7th 
  — 
  "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomato 
  has 
  a 
  mild 
  deliciously 
  sweet 
  flavor. 
  

   The 
  finest 
  flavor 
  you 
  have 
  ever 
  tasted. 
  

  

  8th 
  — 
  In 
  shape 
  and 
  form 
  exactly 
  like 
  its 
  photograph 
  in 
  colors, 
  

   on 
  the 
  front 
  cover. 
  

  

  9th 
  — 
  "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomato 
  is 
  almost 
  seedless, 
  it 
  requires 
  6 
  to 
  8 
  

   bushel 
  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 
  — 
  will 
  stand 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  manuring 
  without 
  going 
  to 
  vine. 
  Set 
  plants 
  3x3J 
  

   feet. 
  

  

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

   mato 
  ever 
  grown 
  — 
  24 
  fruit 
  exactly 
  fill 
  a 
  six 
  carrier 
  basket. 
  

  

  12th 
  — 
  Each 
  beautiful 
  "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomato 
  weighs 
  about 
  6* 
  

   ounces. 
  

  

  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 
  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 
  earli- 
  

   ness, 
  quality, 
  shape, 
  fruit, 
  color 
  and 
  shipping 
  quality. 
  

  

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

   all 
  pack 
  Fancy, 
  no 
  seconds, 
  and 
  all 
  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" 
  Tomato 
  can 
  be 
  gathered 
  in 
  

   one-third 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  any 
  other 
  Tomato. 
  A 
  large 
  Balti- 
  

   more 
  Tomato 
  Packer 
  had 
  all 
  the 
  "John 
  Bsier" 
  Tomatoes 
  

   he 
  could 
  secure 
  packed 
  separately, 
  running 
  them 
  through 
  a 
  

   special 
  process 
  for 
  his 
  fanciest 
  trade 
  and 
  his 
  own 
  private 
  

   use. 
  

   Prices: 
  Pkt., 
  25 
  and 
  50c.: 
  i 
  oz., 
  75c.: 
  i 
  oz., 
  $1.00: 
  oz., 
  52.00: 
  

   i 
  lb., 
  $7.50; 
  pound, 
  $25.00. 
  Post 
  paid. 
  

  

  Write 
  for 
  Our 
  Booklet 
  "What 
  Tomato 
  Growers 
  are 
  Saying 
  About 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  

  

  Alphabetically 
  Arranged 
  As 
  To 
  States 
  and 
  Canada. 
  

  

  Tomato 
  

  

  )> 
  

  

  All 
  Grade 
  Fancy, 
  No 
  Blight, 
  No 
  Culls 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  L. 
  Lewis, 
  Polk 
  County, 
  Fla., 
  writes 
  May 
  26, 
  1914: 
  "/ 
  

   never 
  planted 
  any 
  seed 
  that 
  came 
  up 
  better 
  than 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  To- 
  

   mato 
  I 
  believe 
  every 
  seed 
  came 
  up 
  They 
  made 
  a 
  nice 
  vine 
  and 
  

   plenty 
  of 
  the 
  nicest 
  fruit 
  1 
  ever 
  saw. 
  I 
  have 
  grown 
  tomatoes 
  for 
  

   the 
  last 
  fifteen 
  (15) 
  years, 
  and 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomatoes 
  gave_ 
  me 
  better 
  

   results 
  than 
  any 
  tomato 
  I 
  ever 
  planted. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  blight 
  among 
  

   them 
  at 
  all. 
  They 
  grew 
  off 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  quick 
  growth. 
  They 
  have 
  

   the 
  least 
  culls 
  of 
  any 
  tomato 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  grown. 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  To- 
  

   matoes 
  make 
  a 
  nice 
  size, 
  smooth 
  tomato, 
  most 
  all 
  grade 
  fancy. 
  I 
  

   don't 
  want 
  anything 
  else. 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomato 
  is 
  good 
  enough 
  

   for 
  me." 
  

  

  Read 
  What 
  a 
  Large 
  Indiana 
  Packer 
  Has 
  to 
  Say 
  About 
  

   "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomato 
  

  

  The 
  Dyer 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  Vincennes, 
  Ind., 
  on 
  November 
  7th, 
  1914, 
  

   wrote: 
  "The 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  To-mato, 
  in 
  the 
  writer's 
  opinion, 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   variety 
  of 
  tomato 
  we 
  have 
  ever 
  made 
  any 
  effort 
  to 
  grow. 
  We 
  got 
  a 
  

   dollar's 
  worth 
  of 
  seed 
  from 
  you 
  last 
  Spring 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  dollar's 
  

   worth 
  of 
  seed 
  had 
  five 
  hundred 
  plants. 
  The 
  plants 
  were 
  raised 
  in 
  

   the 
  greenhouse 
  and 
  potted. 
  We 
  commenced 
  to 
  get 
  tomatoes 
  off 
  them 
  

   til 
  July 
  and 
  they 
  were 
  heavy 
  pickers 
  until 
  the 
  frost, 
  which 
  came 
  to 
  

   US 
  on 
  the 
  2Sth 
  of 
  October, 
  at 
  which 
  time 
  the 
  z'ines 
  were 
  full 
  of 
  green 
  

   fruit. 
  We 
  think 
  so 
  well 
  of 
  the 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomato 
  that 
  we 
  e.rpect 
  

   to 
  put 
  out 
  about 
  twenty 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  variety 
  during 
  the 
  coming 
  

   season." 
  

  

  "John 
  Baer" 
  Are 
  the 
  Only 
  Tomatoes 
  That 
  Has 
  No 
  Core 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Bryant, 
  Northumberland 
  Co, 
  Va., 
  Aug. 
  8, 
  1914. 
  writes: 
  

   " 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomatoes 
  are 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  the 
  earliest 
  tomato 
  I 
  ever 
  

   grew, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  a 
  bigger 
  yielder. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  best 
  I 
  

   ever 
  saw 
  or 
  raised 
  in 
  my 
  life; 
  after 
  this 
  I 
  will 
  raise 
  nothing 
  but 
  

   'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomatoes. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  tomatoes 
  that 
  have 
  no 
  

   core. 
  It 
  can 
  be 
  canned 
  just 
  as 
  you 
  pull 
  it 
  off 
  the 
  'vine. 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   raising 
  tomatoes 
  for 
  ten 
  years 
  and 
  have 
  just 
  found 
  the 
  right 
  kind 
  

   that 
  is 
  fit 
  to 
  raise. 
  They 
  have 
  but 
  few 
  culls, 
  and 
  I 
  raised 
  some 
  that 
  

  

  122 
  "John 
  Baer" 
  Tomatoes 
  On 
  A 
  Single 
  Vine 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Thos. 
  Howe, 
  Washington 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  .4ug. 
  29, 
  1914, 
  writes: 
  

   "Have 
  been 
  picking 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  Tomatoes 
  for 
  two 
  months. 
  The 
  

   fruit 
  is 
  large, 
  solid 
  and 
  meaty. 
  I 
  counted 
  122 
  tomatoes 
  on 
  a 
  single 
  

   vine. 
  They 
  contained 
  no 
  culls 
  or 
  cracked 
  fruit. 
  Old 
  farmers 
  all 
  

   agree 
  that 
  they 
  never 
  saw 
  anything 
  lik.- 
  them 
  in 
  their 
  lives. 
  This 
  

   was 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  the 
  drycst 
  season 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  e.rperienced. 
  Hardly 
  . 
  

   eno'ugh 
  rain 
  to 
  wet 
  the 
  ground." 
  

  

  "John 
  Baer" 
  Is 
  Earlier 
  Than 
  Earliana, 
  and 
  Far 
  Superior 
  

  

  Mr. 
  William 
  A. 
  Bridle, 
  Monmouth 
  Co., 
  N. 
  J., 
  September 
  3, 
  1914, 
  

   writes: 
  " 
  'John 
  Baer' 
  "Tomato 
  is 
  exceptionally 
  early, 
  earlier 
  than 
  

   'Earliana,' 
  and 
  far 
  superior 
  to 
  that 
  variety. 
  It 
  ripens 
  well 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   stem 
  perfectly 
  smooth, 
  solid 
  and 
  of 
  fine 
  flavor, 
  fine 
  color 
  and 
  very 
  

   prolific; 
  altogether 
  I 
  would 
  consider 
  it 
  the 
  best 
  early 
  tomato 
  to 
  date. 
  

  

  