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BECKERT SEED AND BLXB COMP.\NY 



Bonny Best Tomatoes 



LUSCIOUS TOMATOES 



One ounce will produce about 2,000 plants 



Sow the seed in late February or early March in the hotbed or a box 

 indoors, placed in a sunny window. When the plants are 2 to 3 inches 

 high, transplant them to other boxes or paper pots, and transplant again 

 if possible when about 6 inches high, to make them stocky and stimulate 

 root growth. Set the plants in the garden, 3 to 4 feet apart, in late May. 

 A rich, moist, loamy soil is best for Tomatoes. An occasional applica- 

 tion of Nitrate of Soda will push the young plants along rapidly. Sow 

 3 or 4 different ^-arieties in order to have a succession of fruit all summer. 

 Supporting the plants with stakes or trellis will increase the yield. 



Wayahead. A new extra-early which will outyield the old favorite . 

 Earliana, commences to bear as early and continues longer. Dis- 

 tinguished by coarse potato-leaf foliage; hardy and disease resistant. 

 Pkt. 20 cts., 'li oz. -to cts., }i oz. 75 cts., oz. Sl'.50. 



Earliana. The standard extra-early for market. Good-sized, bright 

 red fruits: quite productive. Pkt. 10 cts., ^ •? oz., 25 cts. oz. 40 cts., 

 M lb. SI. 20. 



June Pink. Similar in every way to Earliana except that the fruits 

 are pink in color. Pkt. 10 cts., 3-2 oz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., 34 lb. SI. 20. 



John Baer. Follows right after Earliana: fruit more solid, globe- 

 shaped, and of better qualitv. Productive. Pkt. 10 cts., }■■■> oz. 25 cts., 

 oz. 40 cts., li lb. SI. 20. 



Bonny Best. A profitable variety coming in shortly after John 

 Baer and producing large crops of large, solid, deep scarlet fruits of 

 superb quality. The best extra-early for the home garden and largely 

 grown for market. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., 34 lb. 31.20. 



Livingston's Globe. Medium early, productive under all condi- 

 tions and one of the finest in quality. Fruits distinctly globe-shaped, 

 purplish pink, solid, sweet and mild in fla\"or. An excellent shipper and 

 highlv recommended for the second earh- in the home garden. Pkt. 

 10 cts. 1 2 oz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., M lb. SI. 20. 



Beauty. A favorite, large, pink or purple fruited main crop variety. 

 Productive. Pkt. 10 cts., 3^ oz. 25 cts., oz. 40 cts., ^ lb. SI. 20. 



