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TOMATO 



C ULTURE. — The seed should be sown about Yi inch deep during March or early April in a hotbed, greenhouse, 

 or window of a room, where a night temperature of not less than 60 degrees is kept. When the plants are about two 

 inches high, they should be set out three inches apart in boxes three inches deep, or potted into three-inch pots, allow- 

 ing a single plant to a pot. They are sometimes shifted a second lime into larger pots, by which process the plants 



are reyidered more sturdy and branching About the middle of May in this latitude, th e plants may be set in the open ground. Our pamphlet 



"Tomatoes, How to Grow Them," tells how to grow them to perfection. Sent free on requ es i with orders. 



885 EARLIANA 



This is still the best extra early Tomato for the 

 family garden, as it bears a very heavy crop quite 

 early in the season. It has excellent flavor and is 

 remarkably solid. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; M lb., $1.75. 



877 BONNY BEST 



Large Size Tomatoes Bright Scarlet in Color 



Bonny Best is decidedly the "best" in its class. 

 It is almost as early as Earliana; and is a larger 

 tomato, and a heavier cropper. The fruits are deep 

 scarlet in color, very smooth, perfectly round, solid 

 and meaty. Bonny Best is also an excellent variety 

 for the canner, as it yields from 12 to 15 tons to the 

 acre. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; M lb., $1.75. 



878 BREAK-O'DAY 



A Solid Extra Early Va- 

 riety—Disease Resistant 



It is a cross between 

 Marglobe and another va- 

 riety, not as yet introduced 

 to commerce. It is greatly 

 disease-resistant and is the 

 same shape, color and size 

 as Marglobe but much 

 more solid; and to crown 

 all is 10 to 12 days earlier 

 in ripening. This means 

 that Break-O'Day will ripen 

 along with Bonny Best and 

 the other extra early to- 

 matoes, but excels them 

 in size, solidity and seed- 

 lessness. 



Price, pkt., 20c; oz., 80c. 

 Ji lb., $2.50. 



901 RUTGERS 



For the Home Garden, Market and Canning 



This new variety developed by the New Jersey 

 Agricultural Experiment Station produces a sturdy 

 plant with thick stem and an abundance of foliage to 

 protect the fruits from sunscald. The fruits are large 

 and similar in shape to Marglobe but ripen earlier and 

 are of a bright scarlet color. The flesh is firm and red 

 throughout which makes it an ideal canning and juice 

 tomato. (See illustration.) 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 90c; \i lb., $2.50. 



905 THE PRITCHARD 



or SCARLET TOPPER 



For its disease resistant qualities, it supersedes all 

 others. The vines are very sturdy in growth — shorter 

 than the Marglobe — and they produce the heaviest 

 crops of any of its class. 



Unlike other early varieties, Scarlet Topper continues 

 to bear long after the other sorts have ceased. The 

 fruits are large, from 3 to 3 Yi inches in diameter, and 

 perfectly globe shaped. 



Price, pkt., 20c; oz., 90; M lb., $2.50. 



906 STONE 



One of the popular main crop varieties. The plant is 

 a strong growef, is very prolific and produces a crop of 

 large, smooth fruits almost round in shape, very deep 

 and slightly flattened at base and top. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; H lb., $1.75. 



916 A. Henderson's Variety Coll. of To- 

 matoes for the Home Garden. For slicing* 

 salads, or other table uses, it would be impossi- 

 ble to select a group of three that would be 

 more attractive or finer flavored. The Fruit, 

 The Orange, Winsall. Special one packet each 

 of the three varieties, 60c. 



881 CRIMSON CUSHION (Henderson's) 



Crimson Cushion is a scarlet "sport" from Ponderosa, and resembles 

 the original stock in nearly all respects, but the color is brilliant crimson- 

 scarlet. It bears a prodigious crop of perfectly shaped fruits of enormous 

 size that ripen clear to the stem, while its rich color is sustained through- 

 out the entire fruit. 



It ripens a few fruits immediately after the very early sorts, and from 

 then right up to frost it yields a constant supply of luscious fruits. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 75c; \i lb., $2.25. 



883 DWARF CHAMPION 



Of dwarf, stiff, upright growth, scarcely needing support; early and 

 prolific, smooth, medium-sized fruits of red-purple color. 

 Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; % lb., $1.75. 



893 GLOBE 



This variety is glossy pink with purple tinge. It is distinctly globe 

 shaped, large size, and of the finest quality, making it very desirable for 

 slicing. 



Price, pkt., 10c; oz., 60c; J4 lb., $1.75. 



894 MARGLOBE Resists Rust and Wilt 



Almost round; of large size, and bright red color. It is one of the most 

 productive tomatoes in cultivation. 



Marglobe is early and continues bearing over a long period of time. 

 It possesses a delicious flavor, it is attractive and it is immune to wilt 

 and rust, and the tenaciousness of its skin, minimizes cracking of the 

 fruit. 



Price, pkt., 15c; oz., 75c; M lb., $2.00. 



