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“John Baer’ Tomato 
The Earliest and Best Tomato on 
Quality 
Earliest and best in 28 varieties; brilliant deep red color; smoothest; no 
core; almost free from seed; delicious flavored; far more solid and meaty than 
any other; no culls; ripens even up to the stem; perfect beauties; uniform in 
size and ripening; picks two to one to any other variely; from 105 to 122 perfect 
fruit lo the vine; a perfect shipper; blight proof. 
Good Qualities of the 
1st—‘‘John Baer” Tomato produces large, beautiful, solid shipping Toma- 
toes 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 Toma- 
toes ever grown, entirely free from core. 
3rd—‘John Baer’? Tomato produces an enormous crop of Tomatoes, 50 
to 100 fruit to each plant. 
4th—Every ‘“‘John Baer” 
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” 
red color. 
Tomato ripens evenly, right up to the stem. 
Tomato has a wonderful glistening, brilliant, bright 
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 front 
cover. 
aer’’ 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. 
Prices: Pkts. 25c and 50c. 1 Oz. $1.50. 2 Ozs. $2.50. 
\/, Lb. $4.50. 
Earth—Shipping Fruit in 30 Days 
Earliness 
Ten days earlier than Earliana in Canada; the earliest tomato in New 
Jersey; 10 days earlier than Globe in Florida; planted six weeks later but 
come first in Texas; 3 weeks ahead of any in Virginia; 3 weeks ahead of any 
in New York; 3 weeks ahead of any in Washington; 2 weeks ahead of any in 
Maryland; sel out May 30, picked ripe fruit June 17, in New York. 
“John Baer’ Tomato 
10th—*‘John Baer” Tomato has just enough foliage—will stand plenty of 
manuring without going to vine. Set plants 3 x 314 feet. 
11th—‘John Baer” Tomato is the most perfect shipping Tomato ever 
grown—?24 fruit exactly fill a six-carrier basket. 
12th—Each beautiful “John Baer’’ Tomato weighs about 614 ounces. 
13th—‘‘ John Baer’’ Tomato Seed was saved only by John Baer, the origi- 
nator, 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 im- 
proving 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 Selec- 
tion 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 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’’ Tomatoes 
can be gathered in one-third the time of any other Tomato. A large 
Baltimore Tomato Packer had all the “John Baer” Tomatoes he 
could secure packed separately, running them through a special 
process for his fanciest trade and his own private use. 
14 Lb. $8.00. 1 Lb. $15.00. 2 Lbs. $25.00. 
All Postpaid 
From Market Growers’ Journal 
[Louisville, Kentucky, September 1, 1915] 
“Our Tomato experience may prove of inlerest lo olher readers of the 
Journal. We have one of the earliest crops in the Slate, at least as far as the 
larger markets are concerned. John Baer has withstood the rigors of this 
season the best of all the varielies we have, which include also Bonny Best, 
Earlibell and June Pink. The excessive rains of the last four weeks have 
caused our entire plantation to become affected with the wdema. The John 
Baer, however, does nol seem to suffer from il, as avery much smaller proportion 
of its foliage dies than with the other varietics. Again, the percentage of culls 
is the least with the John Baer. This performance this season leads us to 
conclude that John Baer is avery good variely for heavy soils.”—Maplehurst 
Gardens, Southern Michigan. 
From Philadelphia Record 
[Philadelphia, Pa., June 18, 1915] 
“In All Parts of Jersey’’ 
‘“Pennel Cooper, of Palmyra, picked the first ripe Tomatoes of the season 
yesterday. They were of the ‘ John. Baer’ variety.’ 
Mr. Cooper’s Letter to Us 
Messrs. J. Bolgiano & Son. Palmyra, N. J., June 19, 1915. 
Dear Sirs: Last Winter I sent to your store and_ bought some ‘' John 
Baer’’ Tomato seed. On Thursday, the 17th of June, I picked a number of 
Sine, ripe Tomatoes and have picked some every day to date. I planted them 
in the open field April the 21st. If we had not so much cold and cloudy 
weather in May I think I could have picked by the first of June. This paper 
clipping is from the *‘ Philadelphia Record.” I also have one from our local 
paper here in our home town. I planted them in the same field with ‘‘ Earli- 
anas”’ and they are fur ahead. A number of farmers have called at my place 
lo see them and they all think well of them. TI shall plant more next season. 
Yours very truly, (Signed) Pennel Cooper. 
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