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

 house, about middle of February, 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 days to harden them properly. 

 Such plants should 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. 



HOW TO GROW THE MOST 

 PERFECT CROPS 



Cultivate freely and by July 1st you should have 

 nice stocky plants about a foot taU 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 branche; ^\ill 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 -nill 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 with well-shaped fruits free of aU 

 the blemishes to which fruits grown on the ground are 

 subject. Any standard variety treated in this fashion 

 should bear from 10 to IS pounds of fruit per plant 

 during the season. 



THE EARLIEST SORTS 



Avon Early. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 20 cts.,• 

 | oz., 65 cts.; oz., Sl.OO; ilb., S3.50. 

 Bonny Best. One of the most uniform and most 



dependable early varieties in cultivation. Fruits 



are scarlet, round, somewhat flattened at stem end. 



It is a good forcing Tomato. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 



25 cts.; oz., 40cts.; i lb., $1.25. 

 Spark's Eariiana. Fruits bright red; verj' solid and of fine Dreer's Superb Salad. (See cut.) Distinctly a salad Tomato, 



flavor._ Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., S1.25. ^3 j^ j3 -^^^ ^l^g ,.; j^^ ^-^g f^,. serving in halves or quartered, 



June Pink. May be called a pmk "Spark s Eariiana." Pkt., . , , , . , , • - -,,, , • 



10 cts • oz 45 cts • i lb SI 25 with lettur^ or for puttmg up whole in jars. The color is a rich 



Early Detroit. An early sort of large size, nearly round, skin scariet. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; i lb., $1-25. 



purplish-pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



SECOND EARLY AND MAIN 

 CROP VARIETIES 



The modem type of Tomato is way ahead in every way of the old 

 "Love Apple." A good fruit of John Baer. 



Dreer's Select Strain of Globe. See Specialties, 

 page 10. Pkt., 20 cts.; \ oz., 65 cts.; oz., $1.00; 

 } lb., S3.50. 



John Baer. (See illustration.) Matures within 110 

 days of sowing seeds and perfects large, well-shaped, 

 solid friuts of fine flavor. The vines do not grow very 

 large, but are productive, bearing the fruits in clusters 

 and abundant^'. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 

 45 cts.; ilb., $1.25. 



Beauty. Of bright pink or purple color, large size, 

 solid and productive. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 20 cts.; 

 oz., 35 cts.; ilb., Sl.OO. 



Selected Stone. (See Specialties, page 9.) Pkt., 

 10 cts.; i oz.,.25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; ilb., $1.00. 



Matchless. One of the most dependable scarlet 

 main crop sorts, very solid and meatj'. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; i lb., §1.25. 



Crimson Cushion. Large size, nearly round. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; J oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; i lb., S1.50. 



Ponderosa. Fruits very large, purpHsh-pink. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; i oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; } lb., $1.50. For 

 plants, see page 212. 



Golden Queen. A large yellow Tomato. Pkt., 10 

 cts.; 5 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; i lb., $1.25. 



Golden Ponderosa. (See Specialties, page 10.) Pkt., 

 20 cts.; ioz., 65cts.; oz., $1.00; ilb., $3,50. 



