86 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1907 



Culture.— Sow seed in a box or hot-bed and transplant at least once to get strong roots. When danger of frost is 

 -over set in open ground, three to live feet apart each way, and cultivate thoroughly. An ounce of seed will produce 

 about 3,500 plant: ; enough for an acre. 



The Euoi-mous Tomato, bred by Mr. 

 Miesse, was first introduced to the 

 public in my catalogue for 1899, hav- 

 ing been sent out the previous year 

 in packets for trial, under the name 

 "Eight to the Yard." Enormous, 

 however, was not bred merely for 

 large size. The name was selected 

 from the fact that it seemed to apply 

 better to this wonderful tomato than 

 any other. In comparative trials with 

 other sorts, under ordinary condi- 

 tions, Enormous has made a record 

 for both quality and quantity, while 

 the beauty of the fruit makes it an 

 easy and quick seller in all markets. 

 The fruit is remarkably solid and 

 firm ; flesh is thick and heavy and 

 there are but few seeds. In color, 

 Enormous is a clean, deep red with 

 no purple tint or shading. One cor- 

 respondeut says it was free from rot 

 where others rotted. Another says 

 that in size and flavor it was the 

 leader. Another praises its abUity 

 to bear right up to the coming of 

 hea's^ frosts. Another alludes to its 

 email seed product. Another dilates 

 upon its great size and fine color. 

 Another praises its smoothness and 

 its keeping qualities. Another reports 

 double prices for all he could raise, 

 his customers were so pleased with it. 

 Another writes for canning purposes 

 it is unsurpassed by any other known sort. And, finally, 

 truckers of long experience, after revie-A-ing its various attri 

 butes, say it is the best tomato they ever raised. 

 now universally recognized as a standard main 

 Packet, 10 cents 

 :'1 



Tlie Enormous Tomato. 



ENGRAVED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH SENT BY W. L. CORY, DUNREITH, IND. 



ounce, 



Enormous is 

 crop red 

 40 cents ; 



tomato, of great size and productive ability, and of the highest 

 amateur and commercial quality. No American garden is 

 up-to-date until Enoiiaous Tomato has a place in it. Every- 

 body is pleased with it for domestic aud shipping purposes. 



quarter pound, $1.25 ; pound, $4.00. 



ImnPriill TAtnafA a sport or hvbrid from the Dwarf Champion. 

 lUipeildi lOmaiO. but matures sooner. It is later than Maiile's 

 -Sarliest, but of superior appearance and table quality. It Is as large 

 and smooth as Ignotum or Matchless, and as solid as Turner Hybrid. 



New Imperial in color is between pink-purple and a glossy crimson. 

 The flavor is of the best. It ripens evenly to the stem, and is highly 

 productive, the yield under field culture having reached l}-i bushels of 

 ripe fruit per plant. It not only bears early but produces fruit until frost. 



Mr. A. A. Halladay. of Bellows Falls. Vermont, says it is "the earliest, 

 handsomest, smoothest, most solid and most productive tomato." 



Imperial is no longer an experiment, but a recognized sort of estab- 

 lished merit. It has proved its adaptability to all sections of the 

 country, and is now a standard and satisfactory tomato in all respects. 



Packet, 10 cts.; onnce, 35 cts.; ]4 poand, SI. 00; pound, S3. 50. 



A. C. Coles. State Lines. Miss.— I have been trying to start the Fruitdale grov.ers 

 to get seeds from you. Two of them, Messrs. Irving and Hyland. netted ?600 per 

 acre with your Imperial Tomato last year. Twenty-four tbmatees would some- 

 times fill a bushel carrier. 



K. D. Jackson, Marceline, Mo.— I have planted your seed for 20 years in lUinois, 

 Iowa and Missouri; am now too old to garden, was 82 last spring; but as long as I 

 can scratch the ground with a hoe I shall plant Maule's Reeds. 



