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PETER HENDERSON & CO., MEW YORK- 



SRSON'S 



' SUPERIOR 



NOVEITIES^SPECIAITIES 



PONDEROSA INSPIRES 



Hundreds of letters annually 

 similar to the following: 



" It is impossible to exaggerate the merits of your 

 Ponderosa Tomatoes. They are magnificent, simply per- 

 fect, I had dozens 18 inches in circumference." 



E. W. HILLY ER, Decatur, Ga. 



"Ponderosa Tomatoes are the finest-flavored toma- 

 toes I ever raised ; they are delicious. I want nothing 

 better." Mrs. L, M. GREELEY, Plymouth, N. H. 



" / have been cultivating tomatoes for 50 years, for 

 4 years have been growing Ponderosas. They are grand. 

 I think I have the finest specimens on earth. One day 

 I picked 50 fruits none less than 2 pounds in weight 

 and one $J pounds, as perfect as ever grew." 



Dr. E. J. PERDEW, Keokuk, Iowa. 



" Your Ponderosa Tomatoes were the wonder of my 

 neighbors. It was no unusual occurrence to pick a 

 dozen for a friend, weighing from 15 to 18 pounds to the 

 dozen." J. G. BRITTAIN, Hagerstown, Md. 



" Your Ponderosa Tomatoes are the fineit for flavor 

 and size of any I ever grew. Several weighed 2 pounds 

 each and many li pounds." 



LUELLA RICHARDS, Alton. Ills. 



" Ponderosa, I think, the best tomato on earth. 

 Have grown it every year since introduced." 



JAKE ECHTERMAN, Sterling, Ills. 



"Cannot get along without Ponderosa — will not be 

 ■persuaded to plant anything else." 



H. S. STOUT, Oak Lane, Pa. 

 " We find no tomato to equal Ponderosa. It's like 

 carving a slice of steak to cut up one weighing li to 2 

 pounds, and then th° flavor ?'i so fine." 



S. S. ROCKWELL, Vermontville, Mich. 



HENDERSON'S GENUINE 



PONDF.ROSfl TOMATO 



(ILLUSTRATED ON OPPOSITE PAGE.) 



The Grandest Tomato on Earth 



It has received more enthusiastic praise and has taken more 

 first premiums than any other six vegetables combined. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO 



HJiS HMD 16 YEARS OF COMTINUOUS SUCCESS! 



IT is now planted in both hemispheres. There is no State in the Union, no 

 civilized country on the globe where Henderson's Ponderosa is not grown ; 

 and from everywhere it receives nothing but praise — enthusiastic praise. 

 Eulogistic letters regarding it are received by us in annually increasing 

 numbers. Our sales of Ponderosa seed every season nearly double those of 

 the preceding year, thus proving that the marvelous success and popularity 

 it has achieved are due to the fact that 



HENDERSONS PONDEROSA TOMATO 



IS BETTER JtMD BETTER EVERY YEMRl 



IT is now so highly bred, so free from seeds, that we only get ten pounds 

 of seed from an acre, where formerly we harvested twenty to thirty 

 pounds, while ordinary tomatoes yield one hundred pounds or more of seed 

 per acre ; this fact alone shows that Henderson's Ponderosa is almost all solid meat, 

 and as nearly seedless as is possible to perpetuate it. Our strain of seed for 1908 has 

 attained the zenith of perfection. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO 



IS in every way splendid. It excels in magnificent size, often attaining a circum- 

 ference of eighteen inches, frequently weighing two, three and four pounds each, 

 perfect in form, free from wrinkles and fissures, perfectly smooth and as solid 

 and meaty as beefsteak, free from watery cavities and almost seedless ; it ripens 

 thoroughly from center to skin, its glowing crimson color permeating the flesh to the 

 heart ; it is free from rot ; but above all, the delicious quality and flavor are its crown- 

 ing merits — toothsome and rich when sliced, savory and delicious when canned, very 

 little boiling being required for it to thicken. 



The plants of Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato are of luxuriant, healthy growth, 

 independent of droughts, free from blight, and are prodigious, early and continuous 

 bearers. First ripe fruits are often picked in ten weeks from seed sowing, while late 

 fruits may be gathered until frost. Some of our customers store the unripened late 

 fruits, which ripen and are served at Thanksgiving dinner. 



SEED OF PONDEROSA TOMATO 



Purchased from us direct insures your getting Henderson's Genuine and 

 Perfected Strain. 



" We know there is no true Ponderosa seed but yours: tomatoes raised from others so-called do not begin to 

 compare with yours." J. B. MEACHAM, Rockville.lnd. 



"I have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato the last two years. I got the seed from other parties, and 

 they are not like the ones I got from you. Please send me your true seed." ROBERT HARM. Denton, Texas. 



EXPLANATION : Henderson's Genuine Ponderosa Tomato seeds too sparingly 

 to be profitable for most sellers of seeds; that is why many degenerate strains are being 

 offered as Ponderosa. 



Price 10c. pkt, 60c. oz., $2.00 quarter pound. 



SKix: How to Grow Tomatoes in 



Garden, Field and Greenhouse 



including method of 

 raising, the Big Fellows 



PPPP to customers 

 rluD it asked for. 



