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WM. HENRY MAILE, Inc., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Maule's Tomatoes 



Extra Early Varieties 



Ready for Use in 80 to 85 Days 



Every garden should hare an early as well as a main or general crop of tomatoes. Either for market or home use, the idea of growing 

 early tomatoes is to get them as soon as possible and follow up with the main crop, which may be used in many ways and are especially desirable 

 for canning. Do not plant in over-rich soil as it Mill cause an over-growth of foliage and few fruits. 



Culture. — Sow the seed in February or March in a hotbed, greenhouse or in shallow boxes in the house in rows 4 to 6 inches apart and half 

 an inch deep. When the plants are about 2 inches high transplant to 3-lnch pots or into shallow boxes i inches apart each way. Transplant 

 in the open ground after all danger of frost is past, 3 to 4 feet apart each way. Cultivate frequently. A packet will produce about 100 plants, 

 an ounce about 3,500 plants, enough for an acre. Neponset paper pots, offered on page 175, are ideal for starting tomatoes. 



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(Bright Red) £. ^<i =— -i=V* ( 



The Greatest of All Early Tomatoes 



Four Days to a Week Earlier Than Any Other Tomato 



If yon have not given this wonderful variety 

 a trial yon will neglect your own interests if you 

 do not include it in your order for 1921. Maule's 

 Earliest of All is the best extra earl}?^ tomato in 

 America for the home or market gardener. 



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 large core. Color is 

 a bright red, a httle irregular in shape, but not 

 Ready to pick in 80 days. 



Pages of this Seed Book could be filled with 

 statements and comments about the money value 

 of this fine, early tomato. Maule's Earliest of All 

 is all its name implies, namely : the earliest tomatO 

 in existence, not^^-ithstanding the claims made for 

 June Pink, Earliana, King of the Earlies, Early 

 Michigan, Chalk's Earl}^ Jewel, John Baer, etc. 



Pacliet, 15 cents; half ounce, 30 ceuts; ounce, 55 cents; quarter pound 81.35; pdund, $5.00, postpaid. 



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658 Spark's Earliana 



Extremely Early, Good Size and Quite Smooth 

 (Scarlet red.) Very popular with many growers of tomatoes for early 

 market. The fruits are of good size, scarlet red color and crowded in 

 clusters over the entire plant. An excellent first early tomato for home 

 use. Matures its good size red fruit in 85 days. 



Pacbet, 10 cents; half ounce, S5 cents: ounce, 45 cents; 

 quarter pound, $1.10; pound, Sl.OO, postpaid. 



660 John Baer 



Extremely Early; Smooth, Solid and Meaty 



(Brlgtit red.) On our tiial grounds at Newfield, New Jersey, this 

 tomato produced in 85 days, very lars;e and attractive bright red colored 

 fruit. The Introducer has this to say: John Baer produces large, beauti- 

 ful, solid tomatoes which ripen early right up to the stem and is an 

 enormous cropper, and when dead ripe will not burst. Unexcelled foi 

 earlj' home or market use. 



Packet, 10 cents; half ounce, 30 cents; ounce, 50 ceuts; 

 quarter pound, $1.95; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 



