92—Vegetable Seeds THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1911 
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Named and introduced by me in 1895 
657 Maule *s Impe rial Tomato Called afterwards by some, Trucker’s Favorite 
(Purplish pink.) Maule’s Imperiai is unquestionably the best purple | productive, the yield under field cuiture having reached 144 bushels of 
fruited tomato in the market to-day. Not quite as early as Maule’s| ripe fruit per plant. Itnotonly bearsearly but produces fruit until frost. 
Earliest of All, but only a few days later. The fruits are beautifully Maule’s Imperial is no longer an experiment, but a recognized sort 
smooth, and in market this variety invariably commands the highest | of established merit. It has proved its adaptability to all sections 
prices at all times and in all seasons. of the country, and is now a standard and satisfactory tomato in all 
Maule’s Imperial! in color is between pink-purple and glossy crimson. | respects. A desirable home garden tomato or long distance shipper. 
The flavor is of the best. It ripens evenly to the stem, and is highly | Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 35 cents; 14 pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50. 
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«s Dwarf Champion 
(Purplish pink.) The famous Dwarf Cham- 
pion tomato owes its wide popularity to its 
stiff, vigorous, upright growth, with fruit well 
above the soil, and to the earliness with which 
it reaches maturity. In color the fruit is a pur- 
plish pink, and it is always round, Smooth and 
symmetrical. Size medium. Table quality supe- 
rior. A good shipper. Plants may be set 3 feet 
apart in rows < feet apart. One of the earliest 
and most profitable tomatoes grown. The dark 
green wrinkled leaves bespeak a strong type. 
It is one of the best of the so-called tree toma- 
toes, and everywhere recognized as @ money 
maker, a valuabie home or market sort. 
Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts.; 14 pound, 
85 cts.; pound, $3.00. 
681 THE TURNER HYBRID.—(Purplish pink.) This is one of the largest, and most pro- 
ousting tomatoes grown. The color isa ath a Pe ieh reat with a suggestion of purple. The skin 
1s thin, but so tough as to preserve the fruit a long time in good condition. The fruit ripens 
evenly, to nee pea with no hard core and in flavor linear passed | It ee e Be Repialobeds 2 
grower, e foliage differs from all others, the leaves being entire and not cu , 
resembling potato foliage. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 35 ots,3 14 pound, 91,00; pound, $3.50, OWARF CHAMPION TOMATO. 
