One of the most Important market cropa, used In enor- 

 mous quantities, and eaoli year improving in quality. 



Culture.— Ttie tomato plant is tender. Sow seed in a 

 hotbed, and transplant at least once. When danger of frost 

 Is over, set in garden or open field, 4 to 5 feet apart each 

 way. Cultivate thoroughly until the vines interfere with the 

 work. At the South make successional plantings, sowing 

 the seed in the open gi-ound soon after setting out the first 

 plants. This will insure good fruit until the end of the season 

 of seed will produce about 3,500 plants; enough for an acre. 



MAULE'S EARMEST — This profitable tomato is from five days to two 

 weeks earlier than any other variety. Its extreme earliuess is not its only 

 virtue, for it is also of large size, magnificent color and delicious flavor. It 

 does not crack and has no hard core. The color is bright red and the shape 

 is somewhat irregular, but not rough. It is a good yielder for so early a va- 

 riety. It commands high prices by being first in market, and has proved 

 very profitable to many of my customers. Every gardener knows the value 

 of the first home grown tomatoes, and is anxious lo share in the prices 

 which 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, 

 handsome and good. Maule's Earliest has a long list of good points, and 

 has stood the test of time. It is early, good and profitable, and well worthy 

 of trial by every gardener in America. In some cases my customers have 

 had tomatoes in market two or three weeks ahead of their neighbors, and 

 have reaped rewards accordingly. I heartily commend this variety to all 

 my friends as the best and most profitable extra early sort. Packet, 

 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



£ARL.IEST ADVANCE The first of all the tomatoes to mature, ex- 

 cept Maule's Earliest. The fruit is readj', under favorable circumstances, 

 In 90 days from the sowing of the seed. It is not only early, hut is charac- 

 terized by good form and productiveness. It is a conspicuously smooth 

 tomato, bright red in color, not extra large in size, and without a hard core. 

 It is an excellent shipper, exempt from rot, free from cracks, and ripening 

 all over at once. Packet, 5 ots.; ounce, 20 cts.; Y^ lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.75 



EXTRA EARLY PURPLE ADVANCE New. (See specialties.) 



WHITE'S EXCELSIOR A very fine new tomato. (See specialties.) 



ENORMOUS.— See back of cover for accurate illustration in colors, and 



.1, .. page 11 for full account of this 

 ' l"\ wonderful new tomato. The 



largest of them all. 



MAULE'S 

 NEW 



IMPERIAL 

 TOMATO. 



MAULE'S EARLIEST. 



MAULE'S NEW IMPERIAL TOMATO. 



The peer of any variety known, embracing earliness, 

 form, solidity and every quality found In a perfect to- 

 mato. Not as quick to mature as Maule's Earliest, but 

 as large and smooth as Ignotum or Matchless; and as 

 solid as Turner Hybrid. More good traits than any 

 other sort, and one of the best tomatoes for North, 

 South and the whole country. Such, in brief, are the 

 high claims of the New Imperial tomato, which I re- 

 cently introduced. This variety originated with Mr. 

 A. A. Halladay, of Bellows Falls, Vt. It is a sport or 

 hybrid from that celebrated early sort, the Dwarf 

 Champion, and is earlier than its parent. In color it 

 is between a pink purple and a glossy crimson. It is 

 smooth and of very superior flavor. It ripens evenly 

 to the stem, and Is very productive, the yield under 

 field culture, having reached 1J4 bushels of perfectly 

 ripe fruit per plant. The originator claimed it to be 

 the "earliest, handsomest, smoothest, most solid and 

 most productive tomato in the world." I do not say 

 that it is the earliest, but otherwise I endorse this high 

 praise of it, and also the originator's other statement 

 that it is "the earliest perfectly smooth tomato in cul- 

 tivation." It not only begins bearing very early, but 

 holds out all through the season until killed by frost. 

 My experience and repeated trials of this grand to- 

 mato only emphasize its virtues. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, 82.50. 



LONGKEEPER.— This bright purplish crimson tomato was 

 originated by Mr. E. S. Carman, editor of the Rural New Yorker. 

 It combines long keeping qualities with uniformity in shape, 

 earliness in ripening and productiveness. Packet, 5 cents; 

 ounce, 20 cents; ]4 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 



SELECTED ACME. — A celebrated and very productive 

 purple or pink purple tomato. The form is round and the skin 

 very smooth. It is of delicious flavor, and has long been a 

 standard purple sort. The size is medium to large and the flesh 

 ts firm ai-,d solid. It comes into bearing early, and produces 

 fruit until the vine is killed by frost. Desirable for market gar- 

 deners and also for amateurs. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; 

 '4 pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 



BUCKEYE STATE.— Claimed by the introducers to be the 

 heaviest cropper known. The fruits grow in clusters of from 

 four to ten. Color glossy, darlc crimson, with a slight tinge of 

 purple. Shape very thick from blossom end to stem end. Sea- 

 son medium to late. Fruit large and of good quality. Packet, 

 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; % pound, 50 cents; pound, $1.75. 



IGNOTUM.— This tomato grows to a large size and is of a 

 deep red color. It is round and regular in shape, and always 

 smooth and solid. It bears continuously until frost, the last 

 pickings being equal in both quantity and quality to the first. 

 It is re^'arded as a productive and profitable variety. Ignotum 

 was discovered and described by Prof. L. H. Bailey, now of Cor- 

 nell University. It does not crack and resists drought well. 

 Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; M pound, 50 ots.; pound, $1.75. 



TOMATO. 



