^ Maule's- 

 Earliest Tomato. 



Prom five days to two weeks earlier than any 



other variety. Maulc's BarHestand the New 



Imperial are the greatest novelties in 



Tomatoes offered in many years. 



The qualification above all others I have to make for this toma 

 •wonderful earllness. Until 1892, when I offered for the first time 

 Earliest, I had recommended Earliest Advance as the ne plus ultra 

 tomatoes; but Earliest Advance will now have to take a back s 

 Maule's Earliest is not only fully three days earlier, but at the same 

 of much larger size, of a magnificent color and delicious flavor, 

 tion it is not liable to crack, and is very free from core. While poss 

 quite as sniooth as the Matchless, It is by no means rough, as can 

 from the illustration herewith, which is a good representation of tb 

 rior variety. Graham & Johnson, of Reynoldsburg, O., probably tl 

 est growers of tomato seed in the country, having made it their 

 business for years, are considered by all the leading seedsmen ai 

 best judges of tomatoes in America; they have this to say al 

 "Maule's Earliest is of bright red color and good size, a little irreg 

 Bhape and a good yielder for so early a variety. We consider it as 

 any ever grown. Its fruit was all picked earlier than any other 

 although the plants were set several days later." Such a recoramei 

 from si'ich ce_lebrated growers, who have experimented with hundre 

 hundreds of varieties, should at once stamp Maule's Earliest as a 

 worthy of trial by every gardener in Auierica. It is well to bear 

 that while there are half a dozen new tomatoes olTered every year, 1 

 few ever amount to anything. We already have in the Matchl 

 Ignotum about the perfection as to size, shape, productiveness, 

 remains for Maule's Earliest to fill the only niche that is vacar 

 recent improvement of this delicious vegetable. A really first-cla; 

 Tomato has not been offered the American public, since the introdt 

 the Advance, almost a dozen years ago, consequently it is with gre 

 sure I offer my customers a tomato of such superlative merit in t 

 feature, viz., earliness, which is really the most important qualit 

 not alone to the market gardener, but to the home gardener as well 

 sands of dollars were made by my oustoiixers last year by planting 

 Earliest. In some cases my friends report that they had tomatoes 

 ket two or three weeks earlier than any other gardener, thereby r 

 fancy prices. This same experience is sure to occur again, and if y 

 to get the top fancy prices, include Maule's Earliest in your order. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; J^ pound, $1.00; pound; $3.Cw 

 GARLIKST AOVANCK. — Unquestionably the earliest after 

 Maule's Earliest of All. If you sow Advance, you will have with favor- 

 able weather, fine tomatoes in 90 days from sowing of the seed. A cross 

 between Alpha and Perfection, it surpasses the former in early ripening 

 qualities, and equals the latter in beautiful form and productiveness. 

 It is an excellent shipper, being exempt from rot or cracking, ripi ns 

 all ovei at once, and is a wonderfully smooth tomato, none smoothei. 

 Packet, 10 cents, ounce, 2.> cents; i^ pound, 76 cent ^ Iimind, S2 50. 



L.OMGKEKPER.— This new tomato of recent introduction w,\s 

 originated by E. S. Carmen, editor of "The Rural New Yorker " It is 

 claimed by the originator to combine long keeping qualities, uniform 

 shape, earllness in ripening, as well as productiveness to a remarkable 

 degree. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; % pound, 60 cts.; pound, $2.00. 



AC3IE. — Very productive; form round, smooth; delicious in flavor. 

 My strain of this famous Tomato is surpassed by none. Desirable for 

 the market gardener. Packet, 5 cts.; oz., 20cts.; ^ lb., 50 cts.; lb., 81.75. 



D 



VII 



important in this catalogue. 



THE TURNER HYBRID. ^ 



THE $1,600 T©MaT0. 

 Nothing I have ever introduced has excited sO much 

 comment as this magnificent tomato. It is unques- 

 tionably one of the largest, most solid and most pro- 

 ductive tomatoes grown. They ripen very early, 

 evenly up to the stem, are free of all core, and in 

 flavor surpass anything you ever tasted, espe- 

 cially when eaten raw. Skin, thin, but so tough 

 that they Will keep longer in good condition 

 than any other. Color, a rich, uhSurpassed 

 red. A Btrong, x-igorous grower, its foliage 

 differs from all others, leaves being entire 

 and not cut. In enormous productiveness 

 it leads all. Over 75,000 gardeners, have 

 pronounced It the most remarkable toma- 

 to they have ever seen. In 1886, bearing of 

 iust half an ounce of seed taken from se- 

 lected specimens of the Turner Hybrid, I 

 paid S50 for it, or at the rate of $1,600 per 

 pound. The seed rai-sed from the $1,600 

 stock can only be obtained froWi me, and 

 from no other source. The $100 premium 

 in 1895, Was secured by J. S. Hunter, Sa- 

 vannah, Mo., With a mammofh toma:to, 

 the largest raised. If you ^ish to sur- 

 prise your Neighbors with finer, larger 

 and niore delicious tornatoes than you 

 have ever sees, you mum sow this $1,600 

 strain of Turner Hybrid. Packet, 10 cts.; 

 ounce, 25 cts.; ]4 lb., 75 cts.; lt>., $2.50. 



BEAUTY.— Stands at the head of Mr. 



Ijivi'ngston's introductions. It grows in 



clusters of 4 or 5 large fruits. Color, a 



rich, glossy •crimso'n. For shipping and 



early market, it cannot be excelled for solidity, 



toughness of Bkin, and especially on account of 



color, as it can be picked when quite green, and 



will ripen up nicely. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 



20 cents; 14 pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 



STONE. — Of great favor among canners, 

 Southern growers and market gardeners every- 

 w here. Its solidity and carrying qualites are 

 remarkable; color is a very desirable red, good 

 shape, perfectly smooth, free from rot and a 

 very good cropper. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 

 20 cents; 14 pound, 60 cents; pound, $2.00. 



PARAGOBT — Color, dark red, flesh solid, of 

 excellent flavor. Ripens very evenly. Desir- 

 able; largely used for canning. Packet, 5 cts.; 

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

 PERFECTION — Almost Identically the same as 

 'aragon. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; ]4 lb., 50 cts.; lb., $1.50. 



FAVORITE. — It Is smoother than Paragon; does 



ot crack like Acme; after ripe, it is a darker red than 



Perfection, and is larger than either. Has few seeds; 



weighs heavier than any ot its size. Ripens up evenly all 



t;round. Packet, 5 cts; oz., 20 cts.; 14 lb., 50 cts; lb., $1.75. 



