CULTURE.—Sow seed in a box or hot. 
-bed and transplant at least once to get strong roots. 
over set in open ground, three to fiv y ni = 
When danger of frost is ! 
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TOMATOES, 
about 3,500 plants; enough for an acre. 4 
© WMAULE’S EARLIEST TOMATO, Magen, Parcses 
The earliest 0) 
of all 
5 to 15 Days Ahead of all Rivals in Time 
and 100 per cent. ahead in Quality. Remark- 
able for its large size. The Most Profitable 
Early Tomato in the World. 
My own careful and complete trials of tomatoes serve to emphasize the 
superior value of Maule’s Karliest. I have compared it with scores of other } 
sorts, including every celebrated early variety on the market, and find it to 
be not only earlier but fully 100 per cent. higher in quality than anything else. 
Maule’s Harliest is the best tomato in America to-day for truckers, market 
gardeners and money makers. 
Pages of this catalogue could be filled with statements and comments 
about the money value of this fine early tomato; but the best testimonial } 
that I can present in regard to its worth is the fact that the gardeners, 
especially the New Jersey truckers, have again and again exhausted my 
entire stock of seed, even when I had imagined my supply to be quite suf- 
ficient for all demands. 
This profitable tomato is from five days to two weeks earlier than any other 
variety, nor is its extreme earliness its only virtue, for it is of large size, 
good color and delicious flavor. It does not crack and has no hard core. 
Color is a bright red, and though somewhat irregular in shape, the fruit is E 
not rough. 
The plant is a good yielder for so early a variety. The fruit commands 
high prices by being first in market, and has proved very profitable to my f 
customers. Every market gardener knows the value of the first home grown 
tomatoes, and is anxious to share in the prices which characterize the 
opening of the season. Maule’s Earliest will meet the requirements of the 
case, for it is the first to mature, and is really large, handsome and good. 
Maule’s Earliest has a long list of good points, and has stood the test of 
time. It is early and profitable and well worthy of trial by every gardener 
in America. In some cases my customers have had tomatoes in market 
two or three weeks ahead of their neighbors and have reaped rewards 
accordingly. 
It not rarely happens that tomato prices vary as much as a dime a day on 
a basket, the high quotations for the first early, home grown fruit quickly 
jropping as the supply increases. On a hundred, or even a dozen baskets 
of tomatoes, a dime makes a wide difference in the net profits, and hence the if 
universal desire among truck growers to gain every possible day in the ma- 
turity of the tomato crop. Maule’s Earliest is the best variety for this 
purpose now in existence, and is widely recognized as the most profitable 
extra early sort. I heartily commend it for money making purposes. 
Pkt., LO cts.; oz., 30 cts.; 14 1b., $1.00; Ib., $3.00; 2 lbs., $5.00, postpaid. 
tomatoes, 
et NU ee —— 
~~ WAULE’S NEW IMPERIAL. 
The Earliest Truly Smooth Tomato in 
Cultivation. 
A Color Betweena Pink Purple and a Glossy Crimson 
—A Grand Cropper.—Has Yielded Over a Bushel 
of Ripe Fruit Per Plant. 
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This is the earliest perfectly smooth tomato in cul- 
tivation, and it continues to make a splendid record 
for itself. Not only does it behave nobly on my trial 
grounds, at Briar Crest, in comparison with all other 
sorts, but it brings flattering testimonials from my 
customers. 
It is a sport or hybrid from that celebrated early 
variety, the Dwarf Champion, but matures sooner. 
It is later than Maule’s Earliest, but of superior ap- 
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pearance and table quality. It is as largeand smooth ; 
as Ignotum or Matchless, and as solid as Turner = 
Hybrid. It has great market value. & 
New Imperial in color is between pink-purple and 2 
a glossy crimson. The flavor isof the best. It ripens 
evenly to the stem, and is highly productive, the yield 
under field culture, having reached 11% bushels of ripe 
fruit per plant. It not only bears early but continues > 
to produce ripe fruit until frost. a 
The originator of this tomato, Mr. A. A. Halladay, m= 
of Bellows Falls, Vermont, says it is ‘‘the earliest, | 
handsomest, smoothest, most solid and most produce + 
tive tomato in the world,” and I can endorse this high 4 
praise. I have larger tomatoes on my list, but none © 
that are better, or which bring me more numerous j= 
testimonials of their worth. 
The New Imperial is no longer an experimental © 
novelty but a recognized sort of firmly established 
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 cents; ounce, 25 
cents; 144 pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 
Maule’s 
New Imperial 
Tomato. 
myles THE ENORMOUS TOMATO.—Seven to the yard! 
The largest tomato now offered. (See specialties.) 
THE QUARTER CENTURY TOMATO.—New. 
Bright scarlet, early, upright. (See specialties.) 
The Maule Seed Business is 25 Years Old This Year. 
Two years ago I began making preparations for this year’s business. I made up my mind at that time that the Silver 
Anniversary of the Maule Seed business was a good time in which to make an extra effort to extend my trade, and with 
this end in view, last year I planted a largely increased acreage of almost every thing listed in this Catalogue, from Onion 
Seed to Dahlia Roots. This was a most fortunate occurrence, as owing to short crops, if iv had not been for this increased 
acreage,.I would have had to advance prices on many things; as itis you will notice I have advanced very few things 
indeed, so that taking my prices all the way through, they will be found to average no higher than in other years, as I 
certainly do not think it would be good policy in my Silver Anniversary Catalogue to advance prices all along the line as I 
understand many other dealers propose doing, on account of the shortages in many crops of seed. : 
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