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Pages of this catalogue could be filled with statements and comments 
about the money value of this fine early tomato; but the best testimonial 
that I can present in regard to its worth is the fact that the gardeners, es- 
pecially the New Jersey truckers, exhausted my entire stock of seed last 
year, though I had imagined my supply to be quite sufficient for all de- 
mands. This profitable tomato is from five days to two weeks earlier than 
any other variety, nor is its extreme earliness its only virtue, for it is of 
large size, good color and delicious flavor. It does not crack and has no 
hard core. Color is a bright red, and though somewhat irregular in shape 
the fruit is not rough. The plant is a good yielder for so early a variety. 
The fruit commands high prices by being first in market, and has proved 
very profitable to my customers. Every gardener knows the value of the 
first home grown tomatoes, and is anxious to share in the prices which 
g@ characterize the opening of the season. Maule’s Earliest will meet the 
.~ requirements of the case, for it is the first to mature, and is really large, 
f handsome and good. Maule’s Earliest has a long list of good points, and 
= has stood the test of time. It is early and profitable and well worthy of trial 
= by every gardener in America. In some cases my customers have had to- 
matoes in market two or three weeks ahead of their neighbors and have 
reaped rewards accordingly. It not rarely happens that tomato prices 
vary as much as a dime a day on a basket, the high quotations for the first 
early, home grown fruit quickly dropping as the supply increases. On a 
hundred, or even on a dozen baskets of tomatoes, a dime makes a wide 
difference in the net profits, and hence the universal desire among truck 
growers to gain every possible day in the maturity of the tomato crop. 
Maule’s Earliest is the best variety for this purpose now in existence, and 
is widely recognized as the most profitable extra early sort. I heartily 
commend it for money making purposes. I have many good tomatoes 
on my list, and do not say that this is the best one, but it is distinctly best 
for the purpose here considered; that is of being the first good tomato in 
the market. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; 14 1b.; 75 ets.; lb., $2.50. 





Maule’s 
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MAULE’S NEW IMPERIAL TOMATO. 
“The earliest perfectly smooth tomato in cultiva 
tion.’ This was part of the claim of the originator, 
Mr. A. A. Halladay, of Bellows Falls, Vt.,and when I 
introduced this fine variety to the public I quoted fur- 
ther from the originator’s claim in describing it, as 
“the earliest, handsomest, smoothest, most solid and 
most productive tomato in the world.” It will be no- 
ticed that it is not called the largest tomato; and I do 
not offer it as the earliest. Otherwise, I endorse the 
originator’s claims. It is the best, earliest and hand- 
somest of the smooth sorts. The New Imperial is a 
sport or hybrid from that celebrated early variety, the 
Dwarf Champion, but earlier than its parent. It is 
} later than Maule’s Earliest. It is as large and smooth 
as Ignotum or Matchless and as solid as Turner Hy- 
|} brid. It has proved its adaptability to all sections of 
the country, including both North and South. Ip 
color it is between a pink-purple and a glossy 
crimson. It is of very superior flavor. It ripens 
evenly to the stem, and is highly productive, the yield 
under field culture having reached 144 bushels of ripe 
fruit per plant. It not only bears early, but continues 
to produce fine fruit until frost. Packet, 10 cts; 
ounce, 25 cts.;'4 pound 75 cts.; pound, $2.50. 
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WHITE’S EXCELSIOR TOMATO. 
This is a thoroughly first-class, main crop tomato, originated by Mr. 
F.S. White, of lowa. It isa purple tomato of large size. The vines are 
strong, with rich, dark green foliage. The bearing season begins early 
and lasts until frost. The fruit ripens soon after Dwarf Champion. The 
tomatoes are large, heavy and solid, coloring evenly around the stem, 
with no hard core and with few seeds. The quality is superior, and on 
account of its firmness it is a first-rate shipper. I am much piessee 
with this tornato, and class it as being of equal quality with Maule’s 
New Imperial, which it resembles in many ways. Indeed, I am in- 
clined to regard it as very much the same thing, except that it is a little 
later and somewhat larger, and hence rather more of a main crop to- 
mato. It is in all respects a fine fruit and I commend it highly to any 
one wanting a first-class tomato for the home garden or for marketing. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 4 pound, 75 cents ; pound, $2.50. 
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‘i Tomato cultivators are referred to the General List of Vege- 
table Seeds, elsewhere in this catalogue, for other varieties of 
tomatoes. I carry seeds of all the standard sorts. 
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