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Every customer for 

 Tomato Seed will re- 

 ceive, II asked lor, our 

 pamphlet, "TOMATO 

 CULTURE," and how to 

 grow the big fellows. 



ITET^JDERSONS PONDEROSA TOMATO. 



IT HAS RECEIVED MORE ENTHUSIASTIC PRAISE, AND HAS TAKEN MORE FIRST PREMIUMS, 

 THAN ANY OTHER 6 VEGETABLES COMBINED. 



Size: massiv 

 Often 18 inches aroiuid, 

 five filling a peck. 



SHAPE uniformly PERFEC 

 Smooth and 'beautiful, 

 ■without ■wrinkle or fissure 



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Glowing crimson 

 from skin to heart. 



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First picking in 10 weeks, 

 continuing ujitil frost. 



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A revelation to strangers. I 



An invariable prize ■winner. ^^ 



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Oiir customers say: T 1 



"It spoils them for any other." 1 1 



HE.NDE.RSON'S PONDEROSft TOMATO 



2|S in every way splendid. It excels in magnificent Hize, often 

 ?J attaining a circumference of 18 inches, often weighing 2. 

 8 and -i jtounds each, perfect in form, free from wrinl\!eH and 

 fissures, as smooth as glass and as solid and meaty as beef- 

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

 thoroughly from cen'tre to skin, its glowing crimson c()lor 

 permeatingthefleslitothe heart; it is free from rot, but. above 

 all. the delicious qu.ilit.v and fiavor are Its crowning merits — 

 toothsome 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 

 luxuriant, health.v growers, independent cjf droughts, free 

 from blight, and are prodigious, early andcontinuoiisbearers. 

 First ripe fruits are often picked in 10 weeks from seed sow- 

 ing, 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 [or the home gnrden. but equally valuable to grow 

 for sale. One of our market garden customers states that he 

 often gets 5c. apiece for Ponderosas. while other tomatoes 

 sell for l."c. a flasket. It also fruits well under glass. 



Henderson's Ponderosa, like " old Glor.v." is nowplant- 

 ed in both hemispheres. I'here is no State in the Union, no 

 civilized country on the globe, where it is not grown; and 

 from everywhere it receives notiiing but enthusiastic praise. 

 I'^ulogistic letters reg.arding it are received l>.v us in annually- 

 increasing thousands, and our sales of Ponderosa seed last 

 season were doui>le those of any pi-evious year, thus convinc- 

 ingly proving that the marvelous success and popuiarit.v it 

 has already achieved has not yet reached its zenith. (See cut.) 



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Price, lOc. pkt., 60g. oz., $2.00 K lb. 



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EIGHT PONDER 



Often 2 to 4 pounds each. 

 Fifty pounds to a plant. 



SOLID AS BEEFSTEAI/ 

 Almost seedless. I\ 



No ■watery cavities. I \ 



QUALITY BEYOND PRAISp 

 Sich and meaty— sliced. I 



Thick and delicious — canned. ^^ 



UXURIANT GROWE 



. TTnafFected by drought. 



J Free from blight or rot. 



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CUCCEEDS EVERYWHERE 



From California to Maine, 

 From Canada to Mexico. 



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Often sells for 5c. each, 

 ■while others go begging. 



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 DETTER 



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IcMh hut 10 M)B. of Hced, >rhero 

 fornii-rlj- ivo K*it 20 ll>s. 

 (Ordlnnrf tumutoes yield 100 Ibn. of seed.) 



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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 

 Ott. Please send me the true seed, and send as soon as you can." ■ • Egbert Habm, Denton, Texas. 



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