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"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. ME A CHAM. Rockrille. Ind. 



"Your Ponderosa Tomato is just all we could 

 ask: large and meaty with few seeds." 



A. J. MATTHEWS. New Florence. Pa. 



"We have grown Ponderosa for several years 

 with amazing satisfaction. Our neighbors 

 are astonished at their immense size, weight and 

 flavor." H. N. K. GOFF. Washington. D. C. 



"The Ponderosa Tomato cannot be beaten 

 for quality, quantity and size; it seems as if 

 they grow better every year." 



Mrs. M. J. DEXTER. Mountain Yiew.Cal. 



"Your Ponderosa is undoubtedly the finest 

 Tomato ever raised; I had some weighing 2i 

 and 3 pounds each." 



CHARLES B. PEARRE. Waco, Texas. 



"Ponderosa is the finest Tomato I ever raised; 



the flavor is delicious. I want nothing better." 



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



"We had one plant of Ponderosa that bore 

 SO tomatoes, most of them weighing 1 J to 2% 

 lbs. each. What do you think of that?" 



R. REYNOLDS. Ionia, Mich. 



"Your Ponderosa Tomatoes were the wonder 

 of my neighbors. It was not unusual for me to 

 pick a dozen for a friend and have them weigh 

 15 to 18 pounds to the dozen." 



J. G. BRITTAIN, Hagerstown. Md. 



"Dear old Ponderosa .' I have only room, for 

 one dozen plants, but they supply my table every 

 day with delicious fruit; we think there is no 

 tomato like Ponderosa." 



Mrs. J. B. THOMPSON, Waverly, N. Y. 



"1 never liked the taste of tomatoes until we 

 raised Ponderosa. and now I never gel tired of 

 them." Miss G. BA TES, Minneapolis. Minn. 



Ht™ E PONDEROSA TOMATO. 



the: grandest tomato on earth. 



It has received more enthusiastic praise and has taken more 

 first premiums than any other six vegetables combined. 



QUALITY BEYOND PRAISE. SOLID AS BEEFSTEAK. 



SHAPE PERFECT. SIZE MASSIVE. EARLY AND LATE. 



LUXURIANT GROWER. PRODIGIOUSLY PROLIFIC. 



SUCCEEDS EVERYWHERE. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO is in every way splendid. It excels in 

 magnificent size, often attaining a circumference of 18 inches and weighing 2, 3 and 4 pounds 

 each ; perfect in form ; free from wrinkles and fissures ; as smooth as glass and as solid and 

 meaty as beefsteak, free from watery cavities and almost seedless. It ripens thoroughly, 

 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 crowning merits — toothsome and rich when sliced, 

 savorv and delicious when canned. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO is a luxuriant, healthy grower, independent 

 of droughts, free from blight, and a prodigious, early and continuous bearer. First ripe 

 fruits are often picked in 10 weeks from seed sowing, while late fruits may be gathered 

 until frost. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO is now grown in every State in the Union 

 and every civilized country on the globe, and from everywhere it receives nothing but enthu- 

 siastic praise. Eulogistic letters regarding it are received b}' us in annually-increasing 

 thousands, and our sales of Ponderosa seed last season were double those of any previous 

 year, thus convincingly proving that the marvelous success and popularity it has already 

 achieved has not vet reached its zenith. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO is better and better every year. 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 n^irlv seedless as is possible to perpetuate it. 



HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA TOMATO SEED, purchased direct from us, insures 

 the best grade, saved from selected fruits. It seeds too sparingly to be profitable for most 

 sellers of seeds, so many inferior stocks of Tomato are being offered under the name of 

 "Ponderosa." pri(;e 1Qc pkt ^ 60c QZ $2 0Q } lb 



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