JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA. 



See also Colored Illustration, Painted &om Nature, on 

 the Back of tliis Book. 



ATLANTIC^ PRIZE. 



The Vet>y Eavllest of all Tofioatoes. 



In placing this new tomato before the pub- 

 lic, for the first time, we do so with the fullesl 

 assurance that it is the iiiost valuable variety 

 ever int7'oduccd, and is sure to come out ahead oi 

 all others. It is the result of many years careful 

 selection bj- one of the most successful tomato 

 growers of Atlantic County, New Jersey, who, to 

 our certain knowledge, has for a few years past 

 shipped, to New York and Philadelphia markets, 

 fine large tomatoes, fullj- tzco iceeks ahead of all 

 competitors, being the first Northern fruit that 

 has reached those markets, and selling at from 

 three to four dollars per basket. His first ship- 

 ment in 1888 reached Philadelphia June 23d, 

 having been picked the day pre%nous, while such, 

 varieties as Paragon, Acme, Favorite and Beauty- 

 did not begin to arrive from the same section 

 until about the middle of Jul}', selling then at 

 seventy-five cents per basket. The vines grow 

 strong, stiff and very rapidly, setting the crown 

 fruit when quite young, the buds appearing before 

 the plant is four inches high. The fruit is borne 

 in immense clusters of ten to twelve, as shown 

 in our colored illustratio7i on the back of this book, 

 which is a perfect representation, painted by our 

 artist from nature. Each vine produces from 

 sixty to eight}' large perfect fruits, verj' solid and 

 of the finest quality, being unusually free from 

 core and seeds. Another great feature, besides 

 extreme earliness, about this wonderful tomato, 

 and one which must prove of great advantage to 

 market gardeners, is that when first fruiting it 

 ripens more evenly and abundantly than any 

 other tomato known. We control this season the 

 originator's entire stock of seed, and can only 

 oflfer it in original sealed packages. Pkt, 20c.; 

 3 pkts., 50c.; 7 pkts., |i.oo. 



X^g l^eicucom p adish. 



In this new radish, which we first introduced last 

 spring, we have a most valuable variety, and in describing 

 it do not think we can do better than to quote the follo'wing 

 from a letter written us by that well-known practical market 

 gardener, Mr. Theo. F. Baker, ex-President of New Jersey 

 Horticultural Society, and a reliable authority on gardening, 

 from whom we obtained our original seed. He writes : 



" I have known the Newoom Radish for twenty-five years. It was 

 held by one man for a number of years, until I purchased radishes in 

 the market and set them out again and secured seed in that way, as he 

 refused to sell seed. They are the earliest and largest white radish in 

 cultivation to-day. I have grown all varieties ever introduced tliat 

 came under my notice, and in the comparison the Newcom came out 

 ahead. I have grown Strasburg and Stuttgart alongside, but they don't 

 compare. The past season I planted, same day (March 21st), Long 

 Salmon, Newcom and Chartier. Resulted in radishes lit for market 

 May loth. Long Salmon and the Newcom both on the same day, the 

 Long Salmon bringing three cents per bunch, and the Newcom five 

 cents, with double the demand for the Newcom. The Salmon were only 

 fit to pull for a fe'w days, and then became pithy, ^vhile the Newcom 

 was fit to market until ilune 4th, or twenty-five days from first pulling, 

 which is longer than any other I can find. It stands heat and drought 

 best of all. and stands up longest in the market. Small top and slow to 

 run to seed, usually a shv seeder, unless transplanted." 



Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c".; 14 lb., 50c.; lb., S1.50, post-paid. 



A Few other Opinions of the Newcom. 



Har%-ey Smali,, Little Falls, N. Y., -B-rites : " The Newcom Radish 

 Is the finest ever seen in this market." 



T. S. Pyle, Whitewater, Ind., writes: "The Newcom Radish 

 gro'ws large and quickly, remains tender and sweeter longer than any 

 I have ever grown." 



G. M. Redfeen, Reno, 111., writes: "The Newcom Radish is 

 pronounced the most excellent of all varieties, by myself and all my 

 neighbors." 



