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JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA 



Photograpli of a singfe plant of sparks' earliana tomato, showing its wonderful pioductivenesa 



NAMED AND INTRODUCED 

 BY US IN 1900 



SPARKS' EARLIANA TOMATO 



THE EAKLIEST LARGE, SMOOTH TOMATO IN THE WOKtD 



The most perfect of all tomatoes. Of large uniform size and beautiful red color. Quality almost beyond praise. 



Ripens thoroughly all over, the stem=end coloring up perfectly. Almost seedless and as solid as 



beefsteak. Most vigorous grower. A prodigious bearer, continuing until frost. 



Succeeds everywhere from Maine to California, and Canada to Mexico. 



The above claims may seem 

 strong, but they have been 

 abundantly proven by thou- 

 sands of planters who have 

 grown this grand tomato in the 

 past 3 years. Nothing we have 

 ever introduced has brought us 

 80 many strong unsolicited tes- 

 timonials. Tomato growers of 

 the United States have realized 

 hundreds of thousands of dol- 

 lai's from this remarkable va- 

 riety. The demand for the seed 

 was so great in 1903 that we 

 were obliged to refuse all large 

 orders from planters and seeds- 

 men. We have positive knowl- 

 edge that another and greatly 

 inferior tomato was sold last 

 season, and will again be offered 

 in 1904 as Sparks' Earliana, and 

 warn our customers to beware 

 of such. 



Sparks' Earliana is as near 

 seedless as any tomato we ever 



saw, giving but 12 to 15 pounds A single cluster of SPARKS' EARLIANA taken from our field. 



of seed to the acre, while other varieties yield from 75 to 100 pounds per acre. For this reason the 

 genuine seed can never be sold at a low price. We control the entire supply of seed grown direct from 

 the originator's selected stock seed. Per pkt., 15c. ; i oz., 40c.; oz., 80c. ; \ lb., $2.50 ; lb. , |9.00. 



