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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 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 weU-rotted stable manure or humus. Set the plants into these spaces and to prevent 

 loss from cut worms surround the young plants with a coUar 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 by 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. Tic 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 with 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 



Avon Early. (See Specialties, page 6.) Pkt., 20 cts.; 

 ^ oz., 65 cts.; oz., $1.00; i lb., $3.50. 



Bonny Best. (See Specialties, page 5.) Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 

 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; J lb., $1.25. 



Spark's Earliana. Fruits bright red; very solid and of 

 fine flavor. Vines bear heavily producing the fruit in 

 clusters. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; J lb., 

 $1.25. 



June Pink. May be called a pink "Spark's Earliana." 

 Identical in all but color. Pkt., 10 cts.; § oz., 25 cts.; oz., 

 45 cts.; i lb., $1.25. 



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

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

 1 lb., $1.25. 



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.; § oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 

 i lb., $1.25. 



Second Early and Main Crop 

 Varieties 



Selected Stone. Probably the most widely grown Tomato 

 in the Country. Very dependable and will produce large 

 crop of deep red, solid fruits. A splendid canner. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; j lb., $1.00. 



Matchless. One of the most dependable scarlet main crop 

 sorts, very solid and meaty. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 

 45 cts.; i lb., $1.25. 



Crimson Cushion. Large size, nearly round, solid and smooth. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; \ lb., $1.50. 



Ponderosa. Large purplish-pink, solid, and our strain produces 

 very smooth fruits. Pkt., 15 cts.; § oz., 50 cts.; oz., 80 cts.; 

 \ lb., $3.00. 



Golden Ponderosa. Like the original Ponderosa, listed above, 

 this golden yellow variety reaches an immense size. Very 

 attractive when sliced and served with the purple variety. 

 Pkt., 20 cts.; J oz., 65 cts.; oz., $1.00; i lb., $3.50. 



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

 J oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



John B.\er Tomato 



Dreer's Select Strain of Globe. See Colored plate, and page 

 9. Pkt., 20 cts.; ^ oz., 65 cts.; oz., $1.00; \ lb., $3.50. 



John Baer. Matures within 110 days of sowing seeds and 

 perfects large, well-shaped, solid red fruits of fine flavor. The 

 vines do not grow very large, but are productive, bearing the 

 fruits in clusters and abundantly. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 30 cts.; 

 oz., 45 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



Beauty. Of bright pink or purple color, large size, solid and pro- 

 ductive. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



Paragon. A fine early variety. Fruit of large size, deep red, 

 solid and smooth as an apple. This is a good Tomato either 

 for slicing or canning. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; 

 fib., $1.00. 



Acme. A good Tomato for family use; ripens evenly; of medium, 

 uniform size, round, very solid of a pinkish color. Pkt., 10 cts.; 

 h oz., 20 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



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