"Prosperity Tomato" 



The Wonder Among New Early Tomatoes That Has Attracted So Much Attention 



310. We didn't want to name this New Early Red Tomato "PROSPERITY," but we couldn't help it; no other name could tell so quickly and 

 so thoroughly how jiood it was. 



"PROSPERI'TY" means Success, Good Fortune, Entire and Complete Satisfaction; finding a Tomato possessing all these qualifications and 

 advantages we instinctively thought of "PROSPERITY." 



Description: One of the earliest of all Tomatoes, a brilliant red, an enormous yielder, grown and developed from single plant selections cover- 

 ing a period of ten years, filled full of strong, sturdy, healthy new blood. After having been tried by the Leading Market Gardeners and Largest 

 Shippers all over the United States and Canada for the last six years, it is today thought more of than ever before. Prices: Pkt. 10c. 3^ Oz. 

 3.5c. 1 Oz. 65c. 2 0zs. $1.10. J^ lb. $2.00. J^ Lb. .«3.7.5. 1 lb. $7.50. Postpaid. 



In Florida "Prosperity is a Fine Tomato" 



On June i5, 1916. Mr. Lee Wells, of Gadsden Co., Fla.. wrote: "Weather 

 conditions have been unfavorable for plant gromth until recently — very dry 

 and cold. However, your 'Prosperity' Tomatoes made a satisfactory growth 

 and are now full of fruit, ripening with not a single specimen of plant wilt or 

 fruit rot. The 'Prosperity' is a fine Tomato; each fruit grows to a good size 

 and ripens evenly and thoroughly — that is. with no hard spots or green un- 

 riped sections, as some varieties do." 



In Florida — Results Were Wonderful 



On January 1, Mr. J. E. Gammon, of .Jackson Co.. Fla., writes: " The 

 enclosed order is made up from your catalogue handed me by Mr. W. H. 

 Taylor. Last year he gave me a few of your 'Prosperity' Tomato seeds. The 

 results were wonderful. I sold, besides using all I could on the table three 

 times a day. $36.00 worth from two rows about 35 yards long." 

 In Tennessee — The Earliest by 9 Days 



On August 1, Mr. Oliver Cowan. Bedford Co., Tenn., writes: "I write 

 to let you know that the 'Prosperity' 'Tomato seed which I bought of you this 

 Spring were 9 days earlier than several other very early varieties planted the 

 same day. No other seed ivas as early as your 'Prosperity ,' although sown 

 the .same day and plants set out the same day. I am well pleased unth your 

 Tomato seed." 



In Delaware — Produced Three Pecks to the Hill 



Ore November ,?, Mr. Gore Ennis. of Kent Co.. Delaware, writes: "In 

 regard to our crop of 'Prosperity' Tomato, this variety was far ahead of any 

 variety that I have ever grown on account of their foliage being so thick, which 

 kept the sun from the Tomato. Without any exaggeration f can say I picked 

 a 3-peck basket from one hill." 



Fruit Weighing One Pound in Canada 



On January 3. Mr. /?. Norris Warrenlon, of Ontario, Canada, wrote: 

 " Your 'Prosperity' Tomato which I grew last year was the best Tomato that 

 J have ever grown. Extremely early and continuing right to the end of the 

 canning season with many fruits scaling one pound in weight and a very small 

 proportion of seconds." 



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In New York — Most Wonderful Tomato Ever Grown 



On February 16, Mr D. A. Coleman, of Albany Co . N. Y. .irrites: "/ 

 greiv the 'Prosperity' Tomatoos last year. They are the greatest early To- 

 matoes ever grown. They irere 10 days earlier than the I . X. L., side by side. 

 As for yield they are most wonderful ever grown in this county. Neighbors 

 from all over came to see them, growing." 



In Georgia — Considerable Above the Average 



On November 2, i9i't, H. P. Stuckev. Hortic altar ist, Georgia Experi- 

 ment Station, Ga., writes as follows: "We grew the 'Prosperity' Tomato 

 among about twenty-five other varieties. While the season was unfavorable, 

 it ivas considerably above the average. I am well pleased with it and I think 

 further test will show it to be a good variety. It was early ripening, the first 

 ripe being June 7. The average diameter of the fruit was 3^8 inches." 



Later Experiment Tests in Georgia 



On September ?''/, 1915, The Georgia Experiment Station, Ga., wrote-' 

 " The * Prosperity ' is one of the best Early Tomatoes we have ever tried. Its 

 size, form and quality are good.'' 



The Wonder of Morgan County, Georgia 



On February 7 , Mr. J. B. Atkinson, of Morgan Co., Ga., wrote: " The 

 ' Prosperity ' Tomato that I ordered from you last year proved to be the wonder 

 of this place. Out of a small plot I produced a surprising large quantity of 

 the best Tomatoes thai I have ever seen. There was no other variety anywhere 

 near them. The other seed ordered from you proved to be very fine and every- 

 thing that you claimed for them.'' 



In New Jersey — ''Prosperity" Stands the Hard Knocks 



On October 29. Maurice A. Blake, Horticulturist of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J., writes as follows: 

 " We had two extended periods of drought here this Summer, yet the ' Prosperity' 

 Tomato showed considerable promise under test." 



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