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Tomate, FR. TOM ATO Lisbesapee, ee 
CULTURE — For the first crop sow seeds of very early varieties like Alpha, 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 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. 
The Earliest Sorts 
887 Alpha. (See Specialties, page 8.) Pkt., 20 cts.; 4 oz., $1.00; oz., $1.75. 
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.; 4 0z., 35 cts.; oz., 65 cts.; 3 lb., $2.00. 
894 Bonny Best. An early and productive variety, popular all over the 
country. Fruits are almost round, scarlet, somewhat flattened at stem 
end, and are produced in abundance. This is also a good forcing Tomato. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; $ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; $ lb., $1.25. 
938 Earliana, Spark’s. A standard extra early. Fruits bright red, solid 
and of fine flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 0z., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; ¢ 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 productive. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; % lb., 
$1.25. 
919 June Pink. May be called a pink “Earliana.” Identical in all but 
color, this being a purplish pink. Pkt., 15 cts.; 3 0z., 50 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; 
1 yb., $2.00. 
936 Red River. This isa meritorious introduction the result of the work of 
Dr. Yeager, of the North Dakota Experiment Station. A cross of Sun- 
rise and a selected strain of Earliana, quality fruits are produced very 
early. They are of medium size, good depth, a bright scarlet color, while 
the flesh is quite solid. Red River undoubtedly is a valuable variety 
for customers in the short season Northern States. Pkt., 15 cts.; 
3 oz., 50 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; + lb., $2.00. 
Second Early and Main Crop Varieties 
891 Beauty. A very productive sort with large smooth fruits of purplish 
pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 oz., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; £ lb., $1.25. 
897 Crimson Cushion, or Beefsteak. Large size, nearly round, solid 
and smooth. Pkt., 10 cts.; } 0z., 30 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; ¢ lb., $1.50. 
904 Dwarf Champion. Very 
strong dwarf plants, fruits 
smooth and solid of purplish- ° 
pink. Pkt., 10 cts.; } oz., 25 
cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 4 Ib., $1.25. 
906 Dwarf Stone. Round 
fruits, deep scarlet, 
very solid, _ripens 
evenly and of excellent 
flavor... Pkt.;, 10'cts.; 
2VOZsi (29) CtS.; OZ., 45 
cts.; 4 lb., $1.25. Bonny Best—A.tways PRo.iric 
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947 Dreer’s Superb Salad. 
Distinctly a salad Tomato, 
just the right size for serving 
in halves or quartered, with 
lettuce or for putting up 
whole in jars. Very smooth 
fruit, in color a rich scarlet. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; 4.025 25 ‘cts.. 
07; 45° ctse: 2 olb., $1225: 
902 Early Detroit. An early 
sort of large size, nearly 
round, skin purplish-pink. 
Pkt 1Olctsi 3 0z.5, 2ovets!; 
oz., 45 cts.; + Ib., $1.25. 
DreeEr’s ALpHA—A SPLENDID SOLID LONG-BEARING EXTRA EARLY 
Strong Pot-grown Tomato Plants are offered on page 212 
