PETEH HEfifcE^SOri 8t CO., JiHVt YOft*^ .— VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO. 



The Forerunner of a new race of Tomatoes that will entirely supersede the seedy acid sorts now in general use. 



The PONDEROSA possesses every good quality to be found in 

 a tomato. The vines are strong and vigorous and easily carry 

 their enormous weight of fruit. Its massive or ponderous fruits 

 are almost perfect in form, and so free from ridges or corrugations 

 as to seem nearly as smooth as glass ; and when we come to size, 

 weight and solidity, no other tomato begins to approach it. The 

 skin is exceedingly firm, which will cause it to be largely grown 

 for shipping purposes. The color, a rich crimson, permeates the 

 fruit from circumference to centre, so that when sliced for the 

 table its rare beauty never fails to elicit general admiration. Its 

 remarkable solidity is happily expressed in one of our testimonials, 

 which says "that it is nearly as firm as an apple." A marked 

 peculiarity of this variety is that it is almost seedless, and while 

 this characteristic commends its use to delicate persons, this 

 same peculiarity makes us pay five times as much to have the seed 

 grown as that of any other sort. Large fruits or vegetables are 

 usually obtained at the expense of earliness, but here the PON- 



DEROSA again steps in and floors our preconceived ideas on this 

 point by demonstrating that it is as early as most of the older 

 sorts whose only merit is that they are early. One patron writes 

 that he had splendid tomatoes of the PONDEROSA in 100 days 

 from sowing the seed. Its flavor is delicious, whether used raw or 

 cooked. A canner who grew it last year says it is going to be a 

 grand sort for him, because the tomatoes are so large and smooth 

 that there is no waste in handling. 



WARNING. — The great demand that is certain to be made 

 for the PONDEROSA Tomato this season will induce many seeds- 

 men and dealers to offer this variety. Beware of all such seed, as 

 the PONDEROSA requires constant selection to keep it at its 

 present high standard, and you are liable to get an inferior article. 

 Reject all seed unless in our original packages, sealed with our red 

 trade-mark label. 



PRICE, 10c. PKT., 75c. OZ., $2.50 1-4 LB. 



LIMITED SPACE PERMITS US TO PRINT BUT A FEW OF HUNDREDS OF TESTIMONIALS. 



"I tested Ponderosa with other prize tomatoes and found 

 yours to excel in 1st, earliuess ; >2d, magnificence 

 of size ; 3d, yielding- qualities ; ith, flavor j 6th, 

 uniformity of ripening 1 ; 6th, for slicing- for 

 table use it is 50 per cent, ahead of any other. In fact, 

 it has so many good qualities that lam in danger of forget- 

 ting some, and add keeping- qualities after being taken 

 from the vine. On the approach of frost I gathered a supply 

 of green fruit which has given us an abundance for frying , as 

 well as a goodly supply of ripe fruit. On Thanksgiving Day 

 we had as nice sliced tomatoes as we had during summer " 



Nov. 28, 1892. H. T. Maktin, Beaver Falls, Pa. 



" I have tried every brand of tomatoes, but have found 

 none equal to your Ponderosa. They are not only extra large, 

 but extra solid ; they have no soft pockets for seeds. 

 The seeds are in the meat and are few and small; they are 

 very prolific, and I do not exaggerate in stating that my vines 

 averaged a bushelto the vine. For slicing they haveno equal." 



Oct. 20, 1892. D. Gkiffiths, Newark, N. J. 



u Much has been said about the Ponderosa tomato, but the 

 half has not been told. Of 38 varieties, I consider Pon- 

 derosa the best and grandest tomato ever 

 grown on God's green footstool. It was the ad- 



miration of hundreds of people here and from several other 

 States. At our family reunion, August 25, 1892, it was 

 acknowledged by all to be the finest, largest, best quality ever 

 seen. Think of a single plant yielding over 22 

 lbs. of extra choice fruit, from 1 to 2 lbs. and 

 over, and only a few seeds in a nice, plump, 

 round, solid Ponderosa of \li lbs. /* would re- 

 quire several bushels to supply the demand for seed, hence I 

 refer all to Peter Henderson & Co. for first-class seed." 

 Akthub G. Thompson, 

 Sept. 18, 1892. Danville, Ind. 



