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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



FORDHOOK FIRST TOMATO. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts.. 



FORDHOOK FIRST TOMATO. 



This new variety is really the only Smooth. Early 

 Tomato introduced so far, as early as the earliest, 

 solid, and extra good quality. The introducer says: 

 Notwithstanding the frequent production of new 

 Tomatoe*, it is five years fince we have found one 

 really worthy of introduction. This new TomatO, 

 Fordhook First, will fill a long-felt want, for while 

 it is, as shown in our illustration, a perfectly smooth, 

 solid Tomato of first-class appearance, it is also 

 Extremely Early, ready to market as soon as the 

 rough, unshapel}" fruits of poor quality of the old 

 Early Richmond type, as we considered their quality 

 and form too poor for either market or home use. It 

 ripens up evenly about the stem, is heavy, with a 

 tough skwi, of medium size, color of a beautiful 

 crimson, tinted with purple, 

 oz. 30 cts., 14 lb. $1.00. 



BOND'S 7*^1 



EARLY MINNESOTA 



TOMATO. 



Mr. Brinton, the tomato specialist, who tested 110 vari- 

 ■eties of Tomatoes the past season, states that this was the 

 first to ripen. The fact that while most of the extra earlv 

 varieties are irregular in shape, this is always round and 

 -smooth. It origiuatod in Minnesota and has been thor- 

 oughly tested. Vines vigorous, with rather small leaf. 

 When quite small begin producing fruits, which are of 

 medium si/e, of good shape, and dark red color. They ripen 

 <'venly, remain solid a long time, and never crack. Im- 

 mensely productive. 



Price per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 2.5 cts., I4 lb. 75 cts., Jb. $2.50. 



ARLIEST 

 OMATO 



IN THE 



WORLD 



NEW IMPERIAL TOMATO. 



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This new variety comes highly endorsed. Mr. 

 Hailaday of Vermont, its originator, claims it 

 the peer of every known variety, early or late, 

 being the earliest of all large, smooth tomatoes, 

 solid, heavy, and the most productive variety in 

 the world. In his trials of all the leading va- 

 rieties so-called best and earliest, this new to- 

 mato lias always come out ahead about a week 

 in ripening. That it will produce more and 

 l)etter fruit than any variety known. It will not 

 only produce the earliets. but will hold out all 

 through the season until killed by frost. It also 

 proves one of the longest keepers. If it does as 

 well elsewhere as it has on the grounds of its 

 originator it is an acquisition, and every gar- 

 dener will make a mistake not to include a 

 package of this variety in their order. 



Price per pkt. ID cts., 3 pkts. 25 cts., oz. 30 cts., 

 ^4 lb. 11.00, lb. $3.00. 



