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CULTURE — For the first crop sow seeds of very early varieties like Avon Early, Globe, or Spark's Earliana, under glass, or in the 

 house, about middle of Februarj', giving the young seedlings plenty of light for rapid development. When they are 3 to 4 inches tall, 

 transplant them into flats or a spent hotbed, to stand 4 inches apart each way. Give plenty of air on sunny da3'S to harden them properly. 

 Such plants shoidd start bearing middle of June, and continue for the best part of 2 months. For the main crop, sow seeds of later vari- 

 eties in a hotbed, or warm cold frame by April 1st. Around Decoration Day, prepare spaces 3 feet apart each way, digging the hole a 

 foot deep and of equal diameter and filling this with well rotted stable manure or humus. Set the plants into these spaces and to prevent 

 loss from cut worms surround the young plants with a collar of cardboard. Where the young plants are grown in paper pots, set them 

 into the ground, pots and all, just tearing out the bottom. One ounce of seed will produce about 2500 plants. 



How to Grow the Most Perfect 

 Crops 



Cultivate freely and bj' July 1st you should have nice 

 stocky plants about a foot tall and 12 to 18 inches across. 

 Drive stakes 5 to 6 feet tall to these plants, and reduce them 

 to 3 or 4 of the strongest branches. Waste no sympathy 

 on the rest for the cutting out of superfluous foliage and 

 branches will throw the energy of the entire plant into 

 those selected to bear the crop. Tie the plants to the 

 stakes and go over the patch on an average of once a week, 

 to remove side shoots and suckers that will appear in great 

 quantities at the leaf joints or at base of plant. By August 

 1st, these plants will have reached the top of the 5 foot 

 stakes and should be liberally loaded -nath well-shaped fruits 

 free of all the blemishes to which fruits grown on the ground 

 are subject. Any standard variety treated in this fashion 

 should bear from 10 to 15 pounds of fruit per plant during 

 the season. 



The Earliest Sorts 



888 Avon Early. An exceedingly early variety, matur- 

 ing a few days before Earliana. Fruits large, round, 

 and very solid, of deep scarlet. Pkt., 10 cts.; | oz., 

 35 cts.; oz., 65 cts.; i lb., S2.00. 



894 Bonny Best. An early and productive variety. 

 Fruits are round, scarlet, somewhat flattened at stem 

 end, and are produced in abundance. A good forcing 

 Tomato. Pkt., 10 cts.; * oz., 25 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; 

 i lb., SI. 25. Avon Early Tomato 



919 June Pink. May be called a pink "Spark's Earliana." 917 John Baer. Matures within 110 days of sowing seeds and 

 Identical in all but color, this bemg a purplish pink. Pkt., perfects large, weU-shaped, solid red fruits of fine flavor. The 



10 cts.; 5 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; j lb., $1.25. vines do not grow very large, but are productive. Pkt. 10, cts.; 



J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; i lb., S1.25. 

 938 Spark's Earliana. A standard e.xtra early. 

 Fruits bright red, solid and of fine flavor. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; i oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; J lb., S1.25. 



Second Early and Main Crop 

 Varieties «■ 



897 Crimson Cushion. Large size, nearly round, 

 solid and smooth. Pkt., 10 cts.; -J oz., 30 cts.; 

 oz., 50 cts.; ilb., $1.50. 



910 Dreer's Select Strain of Globe. (See Special- 

 ties, page 8.) Pkt., 20 cts.; | oz., 65 cts.; oz., 

 Sl.OO; i lb., $3.50. 



947 Dreer's Superb Salad. Distinctly a salad 

 Tomato, as it is just the right size for serving in 

 halves or quartered, with lettuce or for putting up 

 whole in jars. The color is a rich scarlet. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; 4 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



904 Dwarf Champion. Early. Color purplish- 

 pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 

 ilb., S1.25. 



906 Dwarf Stone. Very solid, ripens evenly and of 

 excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 5 oz., 25 cts.; 

 oz., 45 cts.; ilb., $1.25. 



902 Early Detroit. An early sort of large size, nearly 

 round, skin purplish-pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; 5 oz., 

 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; J lb., S1.25. 



912 Golden Ponderosa. (See Specialties, page 8.) 

 Pkt., 20 cts.; J oz., 65 cts.; oz., $1.00; }lb.,S3.50. 



913 Golden Queen. A large solid yellow Tomato. 

 Pkt., lOcts.; ioz.,35cts.; oz.,60ct.s.; Jib., $1.75. 



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