
over set in open ground, three to five feet apart each way, and cultivate thoroughly. An ounce of seed will produce 
TOMATOES CULTURE.—Sow seed in a box or hot-bed and transplant at least once to get strong roots. When danger of frost is 
' about 3,500 plants ; enough for an acre. 



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5 to 15 Days Ahead in Time and 100 per cent. Ahead 
in Quality. The Most Profitable Early 
Tomato in the World. 
Maule’s Farliest is the best tomato in America to-day for truckers, market 
gardeners and money makers. 
This profitable tomato is from five days to two weeks earlier than any other 
variety, nor is its extreme earliness its only virtue, for it is of large size. 
good color and delicious flavor. It does not crack and has no hard core, 
Color is a bright red, and though irregular in shape, the fruit is not rough. 
Pages cf this catalogue could be filled with statements and comments 
about the money value of this fine early tomato; but the best testimonial 
that I can present in regard to its worth is the fact that the gardeners, 
especially the New Jersey truckers, have again and again exhausted my 
entire stock of seed, even when I had imagined my supply to be quite suf- 
ficient for all demands. 
Last year was no exception to the rule, in fact, the demand was so 
great that by the first of March I had to decline orders for even so 
small a quantity as one ounce of seed. This extraordinary demand, 
however, was, I think, occasioned by the fact that the previous year, 
owing to the glowing advertisements sent out in regard to Sparks’ Earli- 
anna, a number of my Earliest of All customers had been persuaded to 
try that variety, with the result that after one year’s trial they made up 
their minds that while Earlianna was a good tomato, Maule’s Earliest of 
All was not only just as early, but, in many cases, five to six days ahead of 
the Earlianna. Bothare good early tomatoes, but Earliest of All is all its 
name implies, namely: The earliest tomato in existence, notwithstanding 
the claims made for Earlianna, Early Jewel, Early Richmond, etc., etc. 
I had fully intended to give Maule’s Earliest of All Tomato a full page 
in this year’s catalogue, but again the supply is so limited I am very sure 
I will not have half enough to go around, and this notice is big enough to } 
sell every grain of seed I have on hand long before the end of the season. THM My 






























Packet, 15 cts.; 14 ounce, 40 cts.; oune€e, 75 cis.; 14 pound, $2.00. — ll ! 
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New Imperial is a Sport or hybrid from that celebrated early variety,| Mr. A. A. Halladay, of Bellows Falls, Vermont, says it is “the earliest, 
the Dwarf Champion, but matures sooner. It is later than Maule’s | handsomest, smoothest, most solid and most productive tomato in the 
Earliest, but of superior appearance and table quality. It is as large | world.” 
and smooth as Ignotum or Matchless, and as solid as Turner Hybrid. | The New Imperial is no longer an experimental novelty but a recog- 
New Imperial in color is between pink-purple and a glossy crimson. | nized sort of firmly established merit. It has proved its adaptability 
The flavor is of the best. It ripens evenly to the stem, and is highly | to all sections of the country, and is now a standard and satisfactory 
@ productive, the yield under field culture having reached 1% bushels of | tomato in all respects. 3 
% ripe fruit per plant. Itnot only bears early but produces fruit until frost.| Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 35 cts.; ly pound, $1.00; pound, $3.50. 
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