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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



i'4'- specimens of the 



DZew Sfomato for 1899 ^q'q Called Sfhe 8arly Siird 



THE EARLIEST TOMATO IX THE WORLD. A REAL WOXDER 



This new variety, the seed of which is now offered for sale for 

 the first time, gave such remarkable results in our trials at Flora- 

 croft in 1897 that we last season distributed free among our cus- 

 tomers 5,000 trial packets, at the same time oflFering $100 in Cash 

 Prizes for the best name suggested for it. After careful considera- 

 tion of all the names sent in, the committee, consisting of Wihuer 

 Atkinson, Sam'l L. Allen and Wm. H. Eoberts, all well known in 

 the agricultural community, decided on the name *' Early Bird," 

 which was sent in by the eleven persons whose names and 

 addresses appear alongside, among whom the prize money was 

 equally divided. Not since the introduction of our Atlantic Prize 

 in 1889 has any new tomato created such a sensation among grow- 

 ers as this one. Its great earliness, fine size, smoothness, firm- 

 ness, beautiful bright pink skin and wonderful productiveness are 

 far beyond what the most enthusiastic growers ever expected to 

 realize. 



0^/ie S'rize 70/nners 



Hurry McConnell, Drakesville, 



Iowa. 

 H. A. Wetraore, Tuscan, Arizona. 

 H. L. Barnes, Fort Washington, Pa. 

 Kutli L. Hall, Glendale, Md. 

 M. Jrurry, Kidder, Mo. 

 Mrs. Frank Dovel, Pickerington, 



Ohio. 

 John D. Sanger, Ea.st Woodstock, 



Conn. 

 Allen Brennen, Muddy Creek. Pa. 

 Charlotte Story, Greenville, N. Y. 

 Mrs. Maud A. Suntz, Attica, Ind. 

 W. F. INIcCord, North East, Pa. 



S^/ie StCarvel of the Jtge. Stead below a few of over "f ,000 Jestimonials Steceived 



FKOM MINNESOTA 



N. C. Hoffman, Maple Plain, Minn., Sept. 1, 1898, writes : 

 " New Tomato, 1899, proved to be three weeks eailier than 

 any of six other kinds planted at same time and grown 

 side by side. This new tomato stood the drought better than 

 any of the rest and produced marvelously." 

 FROM ARKANSAS 



G. B. McKaighan, Hardy, Ark., Aug. 22, 189S, writes : 

 "Your New Tomato, 1899, is the earliest I have ever seen. 

 I sowed the seed May 10th, and had ripe tomatoes the 10th 

 day of July. I pronounce this the earliest and best 

 tomato in the world." 



FROJI TEX.\S 



R. J. Higgans, Beaumont, Texas, July 25,1898, writes: 

 " New Tomato grows very large. I had a cluster of just 

 three which weighed S^<, pounds. Knocks all others clean 

 out of sight in earliness." 



FROM tennt:ssee 



C. Barrondale, Lueilla, Tenn., July 20, 1898, writes: " I 

 have never had as fine a tomato nor one so early in my 40 

 years' gardening experience than this new one of yours." 

 FROM ALABAMA 



C. M. Ingersoll, Bayou Labatre, Ala., May 16, 1898, 

 writes : " I thought I had the earliest tomato, but this new 

 one of yours is a month earlier. It outyields any I ever saw ; 

 a perfect surprise." 



FR03I NEW JERSEY 



Andrew M. Rocap, Bridgeton, N. J., Sept. 1, 1898, writes : 

 "New Tomato, 1899, is a month earlier than any other, 

 ripening in 80 days from seed. First and foremost in quality 

 and productiveness." 



FROM MISSOURI 



E. Nollister, Wellston, Mo., Aug. 27, 1898. writes: " New 

 Tomato, 1899, fruited in advance of tomatoes set a month 

 previous in the field. The large tomatoes are a handsome 

 pinkish purple in color. Tlie vines are very vigorous and 

 more productive than any other." 



FROai MASSACHXTSETTS 



Geo. W. Almy, Jr., Newtonville, Mass., July 28, 1898, 

 writes: " I have kept a record for ten years on tomatoes and 

 find this new one far earlier and much superior to all others. 

 I had your tomatoes this se.ison before I had cucumbers, 

 ■which is something never known here before." 



FROM CALIFORNIA 



John Allbring, Hillsdale, Cal., July 24, 1898, writes: 

 "New Tomato is finest ever grown in this State; all other 

 tomatoes could not stand the hot season here, and many 

 rotted badly, but this new variety stood up wonderfully, 

 absolutely free from rot and proved a great success. The 

 only Tomato for California." 



Prices, choice seed of The Early Bird Tomato : Per pkt., 15c.; oz,, 40c.; \ lb., $1.25 ; 



