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A BRAND NEW TOMATO. MAULE’S “ago0.” 
$600 IN CASH PRIZES. 
A PACKET FREE OF THIS COMING LEADER 

At an enormous price, which I venture to say has seldom, if ever, | 
been paid for a new vegetable, I have secured from Mr. Miesse the 
privilege of introducing to the world at large his new tomato, which 
for all purposes will prove the coming leader either for forcing under 
glass or culture in the open ground, and is bound to make a name for 
itself among tomato growers everywhere. Besides being the best to- 
mato tor forcing purposes I have ever seen, after Enormous, its super- 
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_ MAULE’S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1900. 
to Every Purchaser of 50 Cents Worth of Geods from this Cat 
alogue, Six of Whom Will Each Receive $100, Nov. 1, 1900 

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ior for a late crop does not exist. It is exceptionally fine for canning 
purposes, being always of a beautiful, bright, brilliant red color. 1 
have never put out any variety with greater confidence, and on ac- @ 
count of the superior merits of Maule’s “1900” have decided not only > 
to give the variety a full page in my annual catalogue, but also to offer & 
the unheard of amount of $600 in cash prizes tor a single vegetable in ja 
one year, under the following conditions: 
$100 for the largest specimen of fruit 
without regard to shape. * 
$100 for the finest specimen of fruit 
without regard to size. 
$100 for the best testimonial and de- 
scription to be written on a pos- 
tal card, for publication in my 
1901 catalogue. 
$100 for the best report of a compar- 
ative test between “1900” and the 
greatest number of other varie- 
ties of tomatoes. 
$100 to the customer who suggests 
the best name for this blushing 
beauty, as “‘“Maule’s 1900” is not 
its name, but simply a number 
by which to designate it from 
other varieties. 
to the person sending me the 
greatest number of 50-cent orders 
from this catalogue, each of 
which will secure a packet of 
Maule’s “1900” free, and be en- 
titled to compete for the above 
prizes. Hach order to go to @ sep- 
arate address. 
$100 
Terms of Competition. 
These prizes can be competed for 
only by those whose names are regis- 
tered on my books as customers, and S 
have either received a packet of = 
Maule’s “1900” free with a 50-cent order, 
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sent in competition can be forwarded 
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A PORTRAIT OF MR. Miesse AND His Famous New Tomato M 
The plants grow between a standard and a dwarf with very short 
joints, and a large cluster at every second joint; the tomatoes hanging 
Ole Cluster on top of another right up the plant, so much so that the 
fomatoes themselves completely conceal the stems; these clusters con- 
tain 6 to 10 tomatoes and all ripen all over and through at the same 
time. Like any unusually solid variety it contains very few seeds, 
much less than the Stone and other standard sorts; of course, every 
one will recognize this is a very strong point in its favor. Its habit 
of growth is excellently shown in the accompanying illustration taken 
from a photograph, which not only shows the single tomatoes, clusters, 
etc.; but is also an excellent portrait of Mr. Miesse himself, who is now 

paid in accordance with my usual cus- 
tom. Nothing sent after this date, 
however, will enter the competition. 
AULE’s 1900.” 
ticulturist of the Ohio Experimental Station. Wooster, O., after a visit a 
last year to Mr. Miesse’s place, wrote me as follows: b f 
“T was very much impressed with the vigor and fruitfulness of this 
variety, and believe it will be most satisfactory for forcing purposes.” 
Last summer from the late crop in the open ground, Mr. Miesse 
supplied all the hotels and leading families in Lancaster, O., with fruit 
of this variety for several weeks. The general opinion of all his custo- 
mers, as well as of all those who tested this variety at Briar Crest the 
past Summer was unanimous, that Maule’s ‘1900” was absolutely the 
finest flavored tomato they had ever eaten, either raw or cooked. To 
give an illustration of its superior quality would say, Mr. Miesse wrote 
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celebrated from one end of the country to the other as the originator} me last September that the proprietors of the various hotels in xy 
of the Enormous Tomato, Emerald Cucumber, White Cob Evergreen | Lancaster, O., to whom he furnished these tomatoes, reported that = 
Corn, and half a dozen other popular and profitable varieties. Mr.|all commercial men stopping with them seemed to be unusually = 
Miesse has for a number of years fruited each winter 2500 plants under | impressed with the superior quality of his new tomato, and invariably & 
glass, sold the product at faney prices, and has averaged a net price | commented upon it, although naturally their knowledge of tomatoes = 
of $230 per season from each 100 foot of house. Mr. Wm. J. Green, hor- | was limited. = 
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Notwithstanding the fact that this New Tomato is the most startling novelty of the year, I will present A PACKET OF SKED OF: 
MAULE’S “1900” TOMATO FREE to every customer ordering goods fiom this catalogue to the amount _of 50 cents or over; but mo more q 
than one packet will be presented to a single customer, no matter how many orders they send. If, however, any of my friends - 
would like more than one packet, the price will be - mets : mn 
25 cents a single packet; 5 packets, $1.00; 12 packets, $2.00. ie 
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WMmENRY MAULE, No. 1714 Filbert Street, 
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