JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



/V/r BEST BEEf Y^^ Ff^ODUQED. '^' 



DZew S^eet for 1899 ^'^"^ ^""'^ Uhe Meteor 



We distributed last spring several thousand packages of this valuable Xew Beet among our custom- 

 ers for trial, offering $ioo in Cash Prizes for the best name suggested for it. In response to this 

 offer 1,306 of our customers sent in names. We referred these names to a disinterested committee, 

 consisting of the following well-known gentlemen: Wilmer Atkinson, editor of the Farm Journal, 

 Philadelphia; Wm. li. Roberts and Sam'l L. Allen, of S. L. Allen & Co., the well-known manu- 

 facturers of Planet Jr. implements, all of Miiom kindly consented to act. After careful consideration, the 

 committee decided to accept the name of "The rieteor" for the New Beet, and awarded the cash 

 prize of SIOO.OO to the two persons who had sent in that name, viz.: INIiss S. Schooley, Lovettsville, 

 Ya., and H. M. Young, Fish House, X. J., and we immediately sent our check for §50.00 to each. 



The New Meteor Beet is the result of eight years' liard work and intelligent selection by a success- 

 ful Philadelphia gardener, who has kept it entirely in his own hands until last season, when w-e secured 

 his entire stock of seed at a fabulous price. That it is the handsomest in form, best in quality, and a 

 decided improvement over all other deep blood Turnip Beets, will be realized by all who will read the 

 following sample testimonials of over 1,000 received, and regret our limited space w"ill not permit us to 

 publish more of them. 



What Others Say of the SKeteor S^eet — Samples of over 1 ,000 testimonials 



A\-HAT THE PRESIDENT'S TTIFE SAYS. 



TNIiss Fannie Loudermieleh, Halifax, Pa., Aug. 25, 1898, 

 writes : " New beets are perfection. I sent to Mrs. McKinley, 

 at the Wliite House, a small box of them, and received a 

 ^reek later a kind note from her, in which she stated that 

 the beets were the sweetest and best she ever ate." 



BEST EV HAEF A CENTURY. 



Julius A. Arnold, Piedmont, Kan., Sept., 1898, writes : 

 " I have grown beets for fifty years and find your new beet 

 the best I ever raised. It is the sweetest and tenderest and 

 free from that sponginess possessed by so many." 



A BEET THAT CAN'T BE BEAT. 



G. W. Boardman, Olney, Pa., writes: " Of all the beets 

 I ever tried to beat, I never saw a beet to beat this beet." 



AHEAD OF AXL KITAXS. 



Dr. A. V. Wright, Corsicaua, Tex., Aug. 27, 1S9S, writes : 

 "Your new beet led in the market here, away ahead of all 

 rivals. It is the fastest grower, the soundest, handsomest 

 and sweetest of all known varieties." 



THE BEST OF NINE OTHERS. 



C. W.Kent, Newark, Ohio, July 21, 189S, writes: "Your 

 new beet is by far the finest among nine varieties which I 

 am raising for exhibition at our countj- and State fair." 



Prices for 1899 of Originator's Seed of 

 35c.; lb., $1.25. 



BEST FN 30 YEARS' EXPERIENCE. 



Willet Scott, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 26, 1898, 

 writes: "Your new beet I found to be the nicest shaped, 

 quickest growth and finest quality of any I ever tested, and 

 I have been a market gardener for thirty years." 



FIRST PREMIUM AT NTETY YORK STATE FAIR. 



O. M. Lincoln, Newark, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1898, writes: 

 "Your new variety of beet received first premium at the 

 New York State Fair just closed; there was a large number 

 of competitors — a great record for a new beet." 



FINEST HE EVER SATT. 



Rev. S. Irwin Horr, Pipestone, Mich., July 27, 1898, 

 writes : " New beets are the best and finest I ever saw." 



SURE TO BECOME FAjMOUS. 



S. E. Hunt, Hope, Ark., May 1, 1898, writes : " Your new 

 beet is sure to become famous. I have beets that measure 

 nine inches in circumference ; they are finest in quality." 



THE EARLIEST OF ALE. 



John E. Hall. Dexter, Mich., Sept. 27, 1898, writes: 

 "Your new beet is the finest we ever had ; it is extraordinarily 

 sweet and crisp and matures the earliest of all." 



STANDS ^YITHOUT A KFV'AL. 



C. S. North, Supt. of Education, Raymond, Miss., Junel, 

 1S9S, writes : " Your new beet in earliness, smoothness and 

 beauts* stands without a rival." 



The Meteor Beet 



Pkt., loc; oz., 15c.; % lb., 



