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TOMATO 



Liebesapfel, Ger. 



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 February, giving the young seedlings plenty of light for rapid development. 'UTien 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 hardfen 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 aU, just tearing out the bottom. One ounce of seed will produce about 2500 plants. 



The Earliest Sorts 



887 Alpha, A new extra early. (See colored plate and 

 page 9.) Pkt., 25 cts.; |oz., S1.50; oz., S2.75. 



888 Avon Early. An exceedingly early variety, maturing 

 a few days before Earliana. Fruits large, round, and ' 

 very solid, of deep scarlet. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 35 cts.; 

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



894 Bonny Best. An early and productive variety, 



popular aU over the country. Fruits are round, 



scarlet, somewhat flattened at stem end, and are 



produced in abundance. This is also a good forcing 



Tomato. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 



} lb., SI. 25. 

 938 Earliana, Spark's. A standard extra early. Fruits 



bright red, solid and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 



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

 917 John Baer. Matures within 110 days of sowing 



seeds and perfects large, well-shaped, red fruits of fine 



flavor. The vines do not grow very large, but are pro- 

 ductive. Pkt., 10 cts.; i oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 



Jib., SI. 25. 

 919 June Pink. May be called a pink "Earliana." 



Identical in aU but color, this being a purplish pink. 



Pkt., 15 cts.; J oz., SO cts.; oz., 75 cts.; i lb., $2.00. 



Marglobe Tomato 

 923 Marglobe. This is a recent introduction of great merit, 

 developed by the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. of 

 Agriculture. It is as early as Bonny Best and produces large 

 smooth, meaty, globular red fruits, which ripen evenlj', and 

 are free from cracks. An extremely hea\=y cropper, immense 

 yields of excellent fruits being reported from every region 

 where tried. At the department's Experimental Farm at 

 _^ Arlington, from a 3j acre field, 21 tons per acre were picked, 

 with stUl another light picking to make. This variety should 

 be especially valuable to those who are in districts troubled 

 with rust and wilt, and particularly in the Southern States, 

 as this strain is immune. Pkt., 25 cts.; § oz., SI. 00; oz., 

 SI. 75; ilb., S5.00. 



Second Early and Main Crop 

 Varieties 



891 Beauty. A ver>- productive sort with large smooth fruits 

 of purplish pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 

 }lb., S1.25. 



897 Crimson Cushion, or Beefsteak. Large size, nearly 

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

 50 cts.; i lb., SI. 50. 



910 Dreer's Select Strain of Globe. Fruits are borne in 

 clusters of 4 to 6, and average 6 ounces each, are perfectly 

 globe-shaped, except in the first clusters on which the largest 

 specimens are inclined to be somewhat flat. Globe is among 

 the most solid of aU tomatoes, of delightfully mild flavor, and 

 of beautifxil pink or pirrple color which never fails to attract 

 the eye. Pkt., 20 cts.; J oz., 65 cts.; oz., Sl.OO; i lb., $3.50. 



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

 skin purplish-pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; § oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 

 ilb., S1.25. 



904 Dwarf Champion. Very strong dwarf plants, fruits smooth 

 and solid of purplish-pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; i oz., 25 cts.; oz., 

 45 cts.; i lb., $1.25. 



906 Dwarf Stone. Round fruits, deep scarlet, verj' solid, ripens 

 evenly and of excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; 

 oz., 45 cts.; } lb., SI. 25. 



Globe Tom\to, Properly Suked and Prlxkd 



"TOMATO CULTURE" (Tracy). A very complete work on the subject. POSTPAID 90 CTS. 



