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Photograph of new santa rosa tomato — specimen weighing 23 ounces, 17Ji^ inches in circumference. 



Hew mannDOtn Plain Gron Tomato— now calieii SfllTll BOSfl 



Three years ago one of our customers at Santa Rosa, California, sent us a few seeds of this valuable 

 new tomato for trial. Upon growing we found in it a new race of tomatoes, differing from all others in 

 its brilliant crimson untinged color, thick symmetrical shape, solid, meaty and almost seedless flesh. We 

 were also astonished at its great size, eclipsing all very large tomatoes such as Ponderosa, Enormous and 

 all others we have ever seen, many fruits 5 to 6 inches across and almost as deep through. Desiring that 

 it be given a trial in all sections of the country, before offering the seed for sale, we sent out several thou- 

 sand trial packages last Spring, and publish below a few extracts from several hundred letters received. 



AN OBJECT OF AMAZEMENT 



Hon. Benj. M. Frisbee, Rideout, Fla., July 7, 1903, writes: 

 "YournewMaiii Crop Tomato (Santa Rosa) is an object of 

 amazement to all. I have just picked one that measures 16 

 inches around and weighs 20!2 ounces. Although so large, 

 they are solid and firm. They are smooth and round, and as 

 a main cropper cannot be surpassed ; they are about 14 days 

 later than Sparks' Earliana." 



A WONDER IN SIZE AND QUALITY 



J. C. Sutton, Blacks, Ind., Sept. 14, 1903, writes: " Your 

 new tomato (Santa Rosa) is a wonder in size and quality; I 

 never saw its equal. I shall want to buy the seed next season." 



A CONTINUOUS BEAKER 



R. H. Denney, Smyrna, Del., Sept. 14, 1903, writes : "Early 

 in the Spring I sowed in our plant house your New Mammoth 

 Main Crop Tomato Seed (Santa Rosa); they made us very 

 strong, thrifty plants. I set them out in due time and they 

 made excellent vines. The tomatoes were the largest I ever 

 saw. Our crop is now about over ; they have been bearing 

 since the early part of July." 



BEST FOR CANNING AND MARKET 



P. Webek, Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. Ifl, 1903, writes : " Your 

 new California tomato is the finest main crop variety, being 

 very large, firm and solid, with but few seeds. I highly 

 recommend it as the best for canning and market." 



WHAT A NEWSPAPER SAYS 

 Lela M. Bradley, of Maiden, Mo., sends, July 3, 1903, a 

 clipping from The Dunklin News, which reads : " Three mam- 

 moth tomatoes were brought to this office yesterday that are 

 fine specimens of that luscious fruit. They were raised by J. 

 N. Howard in this city and he says he has great quantities 

 that are nearly as large as these specimens. Two of them 

 measure 14 Inches in circumference and weigh over one pound 

 each. The seed (Santa Rosa) came from Johnson & Stokes. 

 The plants had no particular cultivation more than is usual." 



TOMATOES OVER 7 INCHES ACROSS 



J. M. McCracken, Bucyrus, Ohio, Aug. 9, 1903, writes : 

 " I have plants growing of your large California Main Crop 

 Tomato (Santa Rosa) from seed received last Spring and I 

 now have tomatoes on them measuring over 7 inches across." 



VIGOROUS AND W^ONDERFUEEY PROI.IFIC 



RoET. C. May, Miamo, Fla., May 2, 1903, writes : "Your 

 new Main Crop California Tomato (Santa Rosa) is a very fine 

 variety. The plant is a vigorous grower, wonderfully prolific 

 and the fruit solid; very large and excellent in quality." 



LARGEST AND BEST HE EVER GREW 



J. M. Murtland, Dawson, Pa., Sept. 22, 1903, writes: 

 "The fruit of your new Main Crop Tomato (Santa Rosa) 

 ripens very evenly. It is the largest and best 1 ever grew." 



Prices for 1904 of new Santa Rosa Tomato seed of our own growth and selection: Pkt., 15c. ; 2 pkts., 

 25c.; oz., 70c.; J lb., $2.00; lb.,?7.00. 



A New Extra Early Tomato Free 



Which We Desire to Have Tested in Comparison with our Famous Sparks' Earliana 



Very early tomatoes have of late years been such a profitable crop that almost every grower in 

 Southern New Jersey boasts, with more or less justice, that he has the earliest tomato. This new 

 variety comes from the same trucking section as Sparks' Earliana, and the originator, Mr. E. A. Locke, 

 claims it to be even earlier than that wonderful variety. So strongly was it recommended by Mr. Locke 

 and many of his neighbors that we have secured from him, at high cost, a limited quantity of the seed, 

 so that we may include a liberal trial packet to all customers whose orders amount to $2.00 and over. 



