20 PETE** HEri&E^SOH St CO., flEW YOf^.— VEGETABLE SEED flOVEIiTIES. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA" TOMATO. 



THE GRANDEST 

 TOMATO •*- GftOOlN- 



IT EXCEIiS Ifi 



• CD.agnifieent Size, 



• Enormous Yield 



• and Earliness. 

 Pop Slieing it has no 



Equal. 

 Of Surpassing Flavor. 



As Solid and Meaty • 



as Beefsteak. • 



Almost free from Seeds. 



HENDERSON'S "PONDEROSA" 

 TOMATO has received more praise 

 and taken more 1st prizes than any 

 other 6 vegetables since its introduc- 

 tion. 



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, 

 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 pur- 

 poses. The color, a rich crimson, permeates the fruit from 

 circumference to centee, 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 testi- 

 monials, 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 PODNEROSA 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 earlv. 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. (See cut.) 



PRICE, 10c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 }i lb. 



OUR CTSTOMERS WRITE OF IT: 



"Average a bushel to the vine.'' 



"A revelation of what nature can do." 



" Canned, they are the best ever eaten." 



" Tiro plants In my garden yielded" 

 Tomatoes weighing 77>4 lbs." 



"I was awarded 1st prize over 29 

 competitors with other varieties." 



"For size, solidity, flavor and general 

 excellence, no Tomato comes near it. " 



" Rrings 30c. per bushel more than any 

 other Tomato in market." 



"Have gathered from one plant alone 

 115 fine fruits." 



" Yesterday for the first time ate of 

 the ' Ponderosa ' Tomatoes, and now 

 am a complete convert to that 

 variety." 



"More than pleased; had several 

 weighing 2 lbs. and over apiece." 



Etc., etc. 



HENDERSON' S "PONDEROSA" TOMATO requires constant selection tor stock seed to keep it at its present high standard. ALL SEED 

 PURCHASED either direct from us or in our packages (sealed with our Red Trade-mark Label) insures the best grade, saved from selected fruits. 



