iC& NOVEIvTiES AND SPECIALTIES IN VEGETABLES 



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READ WHAT GROWERS SAY 



of the greatest novelty in 

 Tomatoes ever offered 



4f space would permit, we could print hundreds 

 of letters similar to the following : 



THREE TIMES AS PRODUCTIVE AS OTHERS 



J. T. Mauzy, Princeton, Ind,, Aug. 19, 1903, writes: 

 "I never saw any tomato that would begin to equal 

 Sparks' Earliana in earliness, productiveness and fine 

 -quality. I can get more tomatoes off of 300 Sparks' 

 Karliana plants than I could get off 1000 of any other 

 ■variety." 



OVER TWO WEEKS AHEAD 



Geo. M. Harwood, Platte, Mich., Sept. 13, 1903, 

 ^rrites: "I had tomatoes over two weeks before 

 ■any one else here, they were your Earliana. I sold 59 

 baskets of them at $1.25 per basket. Everybody 

 praises them. They are so large and solid and have 

 « better flavor than any other tomato." 



RIPEN IN CANADA JULY lOtli 



A. H. Leonard, Prescott, Ont., Canada, July 29, 

 1903, writes : " Your Sparks' Earliana is the earliest 

 *nd best tomato I ever saw. I gathered bushels of 

 Tipe ones in this northern latitude on the 10th of 

 July." 



FINEST FRUITS FROM JULY TO 

 SEPTEMBER 



W. H. Clark, New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 11, 

 1903, writes: "Your Sparks' Earliana tomatoes are 

 very large, solid and perfect; flavor is excellent: the 

 color perfect; it gave finest fruits from July 4tn to 

 September 12th. An enormous yielder." 



8300 FROM ^ OUNCE OF SEED 



C. MT. Emerory, Knoxvllle, Tenn., Oct. 17, write 

 "The % ounce Sparks' Earliana Tomato Seed pi 

 •chased from you gave me 1500 plants from which 1. 

 made over 8300. I have been growing tomatofes 1 

 18 years and have never seen its equal. Fine lai 

 tomatoes more than three weeks ahead of all othi i 

 •on the market." 



MOST VAIiUABIiE NOVELTY IN A CENTURY 



John W. Millett, Bismarck, N. Dakota, writes: 

 " I congratulate you on having introduced the most 

 •valuable tomato novelty of the past century, which 

 Sparks' Earliana surely is. It is earlier than all other 

 varieties ever brought forward ; it produces three 

 •times the amount of fruit of any variety I ever grew. 

 This superb tomato not only equals, but far surpasses 

 <all you claim for it." 



TWO WEEKS AHEAD OF ATLANTIC PRIZE 



Mrs. B. R. Miller, McKeesport, Pa., July 31, 1903, writes: 

 "Your Sparks' Earliana is the best all-around Tomato we 

 -ever had; It is perfectly smooth, very meaty, a good keeper 

 •and first of all to ripen, being two weeks ahead of Atlantic 

 Prize." 



CAN HAVE TOMATOES BY JUNE 80th 



George W. Cornish, Inwood, L. I., N. Y., Feb. 20, 1903, 

 •writes; "I have raised tomatoes 32 years, but have never 

 ■seen any as good as your Sparks' Earliana. I believe by 

 raising these plants in house I can have tomatoes for the 

 table by the 20th of June." 



FIRST PRIZE IN CANADA 



Thos. Bulman, Winnipeg, Canada, Sept. 3, 1903, writes: 

 " Y'our Sparks' Earliana Tomatoes have given great satis- 

 faction ; they are by far the earliest. At the Horticultural 

 Exhibition I received first prize for them. You will find a 

 great demand for the seed in Manitoba and Canada." 



176 TOMATOES ON ONE PLANT 



Wm. H. Kirby, Chestertown, Md., writes: " Your Sparks' 

 Earliana is the finest tomato I ever saw. It is the earliest and 

 most productive. In the past thirty years I have tried many 

 varieties of tomatoes, but this one beats them all ; yesterday 

 one of my men counted 176 tomatoes on one plant." 



WITHSTOOD WET WHEN OTHERS ROTTED 



C. W. Macmillan, Savannah, Ga., writes : " I found your 

 Sparks' Earliana everything you claim for them ; not only 

 were they heavy bearers and at least ten days earlier than 

 any other varieties planted at same time, but they withstood 

 an exceedingly wet season without damage, whilst other 

 kinds rotted badly." 



8800 ON LESS THAN ONE-HALF ACRE 



R. E. L. Bradford, Forth Worth, Texas, August 2, 1902, 

 writes : " I sold 8200 worth of tomatoes from less than one- 

 half acre of your Sparks' Earliana. It beats any tomato ever 

 grown for this market in earliness and productiveness. I 

 will plant three acres of them next season." 



EARLIEST AND BEST OF 100 VARIETIES 



Alfred Palmer, Salem, N. C, writes: "After forty years' 

 experience in tomato raising I must say that of over 100 

 varieties I have tried, I found your Sparks' Earliana to be the 

 very earliest and best in every way. Its quality and merits 

 are perfection." 



HEAVY CROP WHEN OTHERS FAILED 



Geo. Wolfrdm, Jr., Kresson, N. J., writes: "I have 

 grown your Sparks' Earliana Tomato since its introduction, 

 and find it the very earliest and best. Last year I had a heavy 

 crop of them while my neighbors had hardly any from other 

 varieties." 



Sparks' Earliana Tomato requires intelligent and constant selection for stock seed to keep it at ita 

 present high standard. All seed purchased from us (the introducers) insures the highest possible grade 

 saved from selected fruits of the genuine variety. We planted in 1903 in Sparks' Earliana by far the 

 largest acreage we have ever grown in any one variety of tomato and hope to be able to fill all orders that 

 we may receive this season. Prices for 1904: Per pkt., 15c.; J oz., 40c.; oz., 80c.; i lb., |2.50; lb., $9.00. 



