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Early Freedom Tomato. 



The best Early Tomato in existence. 



Not only Early, but a prodigious and continuous bearer until frost. 



Fruits of moderate size, as handsome and uniform as if moulded. 



Quality, solidity and flavor surpassingly fine. 



Early Freedom is unqualifiedly superior to any other early tomato grown. 

 Its value lies not only in the actual time of ripening its first fruit, but that 

 such enormous quantities of fruit can be gathered while all other so-called 

 "Earlies" are ripening only a few. The fruits are of good size, perfectly 

 round, and remarkably handsome, smooth as glass, and of brilliant scarlet. 

 The flesh is remarkably solid, having but few seeds. The flavor is perfect, 

 absolutely free from any acidity. The fruits are borne in large clusters, in 

 phenomenal abundance and contimiously, from the middle of July (in this 

 latitude) until killed by frost. We highly recommend it, not only for its 

 extreme and bountiful earliness, but as a good, all-season variety. Fine 

 fruits can be picked from it in the fall, long after other \ arieties have ceased 

 bearing; in fact, this variety even increases in size up to its last picking. 

 This last feature is a very valuable one to the trucker. It also has a very 

 tough skin and flesh is very firm, making it the best shipper and keeper of 

 the Early varieties. (See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 | lb., $4.00 lb. 



Sparks' Earliana is a wonderfully 

 early and exceedingly prolific me- 

 dium-sized, uniform, smooth and at- 

 tractively shaped, bright scarlet 

 tomato, of great solidity and fine 

 flavor. It is the earliest tomato 

 grown, having been evolved through 

 keen competition in a tomato-grow- 

 ing section in Southern New Jersey, 

 where "first in market " — appearance 

 and quality being inviting — secures 

 the more profitable returns. The 

 plant is of neat, moderate growth, 

 but quite hardy, and well set with 

 clusters of from 5 to 8 fruits, aver- 

 aging 2\ inches through, nearly all 

 ripening up remarkably early and 

 evenly; of great value to the market 

 gardener where early tomatoes are 

 an object. (See cut.) Price, 10c. 

 pkt., 40c. oz., $1.25 J lb., $4.00 lb. 



"I take pleasure in enclosing you a clipping 

 from the TROY fix ESS, to show you what 



Splendid Success 1 hail with i/our Freedom 

 ito. The reporter was heri himsel] Such 

 plants and such iiuantities of magnificent fruit! 

 FheSi tomatoes art considered one of the wonders 

 of this locality, and have been > ,■, wed by scores 

 of farmers." 



EDWIN C. CHA M BETH. MX. 

 Engine Co. No. l, Troy, X . )'. 



"/ used your Freedom Tomato last season; 

 it is the best tomato I ever gri u . and is a hi 

 cropper." 



G. W. SMITH, Ellenton, Fla. 



"The Freedom Tomato [raits arc esperiulh/ 

 perfect. I da nut think it can t» surpassed as 

 an all-around tomato." 



M. E. POXD, Conneaut, Ohio. 



"/ hail ripe fruits of your neiv tomato. 

 Freedom, the 16th <>j .lulu, which is early for 

 this climate. The same vines are still bearing 

 i Si /</. 8th > nii,l a ill ill, sa until frost, new fruits 

 i I'm . no on '/// tl>, lime.* 1 



Mrs. M. A . SMITH , White House, N.J. 



"1 want to thank you far the satisfaction that 

 I have experienced in growing your superb 

 Freedom Tomato. They m-, superior in every 



rrxjicct In "in/ other kind that I hare ever tried. 

 Il"< hud ripe tomatoes from the Freedom on 

 June 16th, weighing from IVi pounds and over. 

 The Freedom nns ript when those of other 

 i,i, -nit ,s were hardly in bloom. Thru arc the 

 liai.it tomatoes in this part o, /'<■ .<-»/,/,-//." 



Mrs. S. C. RHEBERG, Covington, Ga. 



"I consider Freedom the best and earliest 

 tomato I ho re i in- grown." 



JOSE I'll SI I. II MIX, Hamilton, Md. 



SPARttS' EARLIANA. 



EXTREMELY EARLY, 



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