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Novelties and Specialties for 1908 



The novelties and specialties annually offered by seedsmen should be of great interest to progressive gardeners, no 

 matter how many old favorites they ma)' have among the standard varieties. I am careful, in this department, to try 

 to offer nothing but varieties, not only of real merit, but those that are an advance in quality or productiveness over 

 the standard varieties that are already vvell-knov\ n, or such as have been highly recommended by specialists or gardeners 

 in whom I have confidence. I believe you will not be disappointed in any of the no\elties herein offered. 



I am always glad to receive samples of any new, rare or superior varieties of garden or flower seeds from my customers, 

 and will give them a careful test at my Floracroft Trial Grounds and report results at the end of the season. 



Very Early 



Enormously Prolific 



Strong Vine 



Plenty of Foliage 



Uniform Size 



Beautiful Scarlet 



Splendia Shape for 

 Slicing 



Stokes* Bonny Best Early Tomato 



The place of honor — the first page in the book— is given this magnificent novelty, now offered for the first time. 

 For eight years it has been carefully re-selected each season by one of the best growers of Tomatoes in this country, for 

 earliness, solidity of fruit, smoothness and evenness in the ripening up to the stem. 



It is fully ten days to two weeks earlier than "Chalk's Early Jewel" and within a day or two, if not quite, as early 

 as the "Sparks Earliana." Many who have tested it the past season have declared it was as early as the celebrated 

 "Earliana." It is a vigorous grower, enormously prolific and with splendid foliage, which will protect the fruits from 

 the hot sun on days when other varieties, with less foliage, would scald. As a shipping Tomato it will be found to be 

 one of the very best, as the entire picking will grade into the same crate owing to its remarkable evenness of size. 



I predict the Stokes' "Bonny Best" Early Tomato will soon be known from one end of the land to the other as 

 the finest shipping Tomato ever introduced. In color it is an intense velvety glowing scarlet, the very best color for the 

 table or for canning, and ripens evenly all over up to the stem. In shape it is beautiful as can be seen from the above 

 illustration and from the colored illustration on the front cover. It is roundish and slightly flattened at the stem end, 

 but thicker through than most other Tomatoes of its class. This makes it a magnificent variety for slicing. Its greatest 

 characteristic, however, is its marvelous uniformity of size and smoothness in shape. 



In a field of nearly two acres growing for seed, which I carefully inspected the past season, I could not find a single 

 rough fruit or one that would not make a select market specimen. The fruit setting at the crown are all of a uniform 

 size and ripening evenly up to the stem to a remarkable degree. The fruit on the branches are equally choice. I want 

 to popularize this Tomato right from the start, so I am making a low price for a novelty of its class. 



Price, pkt. 10 ets., Koz. 35 cts., oz. 60 cts., ViVo $2, lb. $7.50, by maU postpaid 



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