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A GARDEN IS NOT ft GARDEN WITHOUT HENDERSON'S WORLD-FAMOUS 



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Introduced by us 

 8 years ago 



HUH HW BETTER THAN EVER. 



IT HAS RECEIVED MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE, AND HAS TAKEN MORE 

 FIRST PREMIUMS. THAN ANY OTHER 6 VEGETABLES COMBINED. 



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Often 18 inches around, 

 five filling a peck. 



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| Smooth and beautiful, 



" without wrinkle or fissure. 





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Glowing' crimson 

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RODIGIOUSLY PROLlFh 



Often a bushel to a plant, 

 20 tons to an acre. 



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Pirst picking in 10 weeks, 

 continuing until frost. 



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A revelation to strangers. 

 An invariable prize winner. 



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Our customers say : 

 "It spoils them for any other." I 1 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato. 



\"Y T E introduced this grand variety about eight years ago, 

 VV> making what some people considered extravagant 



claims for it : but our predictions and claims about its superior 



merits have been more than verified. 



It has had Eight Years of Continuous Success ! 



LIKE "Old Glory." it is now planted in both hemispheres. 

 There is no State in the Union, no civilized country on the 

 globe where Henderson's Ponderosa is not grown ; and from 

 everywhere it receives nothing but praise, enthusiastic praise. 

 Eulogistic letters regarding it are received by us in annually 

 increasing thousands, and our sales of Ponderosa seed last sea- 

 eon were nearly double those of any previous year, thus convinc- 

 ingly proving that the marvelous success and popularity it has 

 already achieved has not yet reached its zenith; and this is 

 partly accounted for from the fact that 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato 



IS BETTER AND BETTER EVER/ YEAR! 



IT is now so highly bred, so free from seeds, that we only get 

 ten pounds of seed from an acre, where formerly we harvested 

 twenty to thirty pounds, while ordinary tomatoes yield one 

 hundred pounds or more of seed per acre; this fact alone shows 

 that Henderson's Ponderosa is almost all solid meat, and 

 as nearly seedless as is possible to perpetuate it. 



Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato 



IS in every way splendid. It excels in magnificent size, often 

 attaining a circumference of eighteen inches, often weighing 

 two, three and four pounds each, perfect in form, free from wrin- 

 kles and fissures, as smooth as glass and as solid and meaty as 

 beefsteak, free from watery cavities and almost seedless ; it ripens 

 thoroughly from centre to skin, its glowing crimson color per- 

 meating the flesh to the heart; it is free from rot; but above all, 

 the delicious quality and flavor are its crowning merits — tooth- 

 some and rich when sliced, savory and delicious when canned, 

 very little boiling being required for it to thicken. 



The plants of Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato are lux- 

 uriant, healthy growers, independent of droughts, free from 

 blight, and are prodigious early and continuous bearers. First 

 ripe fruits are often picked in ten weeks from seed sowing, while 

 late fruits may be gathered until frost. Some of our customers 

 store the immature late fruits, which ripen and are served at 

 Thanksgiving dinner. 



Henderson's Ponderosa is not only the best family tomato 

 for the home garden, but equally valuable to grow for sale. One 

 of our market garden customers states he often gets oc. apiece for 

 Ponderosas, while other tomatoes sell for 15c. a basket. It also 

 fruits well under glass. In Scotland and England, where all 

 tomatoes are grown in greenhouses, this gives high satisfaction. 

 one of our customers there taking first prize over twenty-seven 

 competitors with our Ponderosa. 



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Often 2 to 4 pounds each. . 

 Fifty pounds to a plant. ' 



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Almost seedles^. 

 No watery cavities. 



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Rich, and meaty— sliced. 

 Thick and delicious— canned. I 



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JUXURIAIMT GROWE 



I ^ Unaffected by drought. 



UJ Free from blight or rot. 



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SUGGEEDS EVERYWHER 

 From California to Maine. 

 From Canada to Mexico. 



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Often sells for 5c. each, 

 1 while others go begging. L— 



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BETTER EVERY YEAD 

 One acre Welds hut 1 lbs. of seed, w here I \ 



formerly we gol 20 lbs. 1 %. 



(Ordinary tomatoes yield 100 lbs. of seed.) 



PRICE 



tl&NDERSON'S PONDEROSA 

 TOMATO SEED, 



10c. pKt., 60g. oz.,2.00iib. 



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*° r k y w QUOTATIONS 



FROM PONDEROSfl'S FRIENDS t 



Space permits us to print no more. Letters on file if you wish to see them. 



"/ got Ponderosa from you in '92. Have never 

 been without them since." 



" Your Ponderosa has taken first premium at our 

 County Fair for the last five years." 



"For slicing, has no equal." " Dry rot affected 

 other tomatoes, but not Ponderosa." 



"The wonder of my neighbors." 



"Dear old Ponderosa.' There is no tomato in 

 the world like it." 



" Ponderosa, has spoiled us for any other to- 

 mato." 



"For size, form, beauty and flavor, Ponderosa 

 has no equal." 

 "More fruit than leaves." 



"Ponderosa not entereil fur premium, yet was 

 awarded a, special prize." 



•My folks care for no other tomato than Pon- 

 derosa." 



"Finest for catsup and tomato butter, so little 

 boiling required to thicken." 



"Sells in preference to any other." 



NOTE. — This peerless variety is so well known and so much sought after that dealers everywhere are offering the "Ponderosa Tomato." We 

 desire to warn our customers against all such, unless the seed is bought from us direct and in our original packages. This is of vital 

 importance, as many inferior stocks of Tomato are being offered under the name of "Ponderosa." 

 "/ have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato the last two years. I got the seed from other parties, and they are not like the ones I got from 

 you. Please send we the true seed, and send as soon as you can." • Robert Harm, Denton, Texas. 



