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TOMATO 



BONNY BEST 

 TAKEN FROM 

 PHOTOGRAPH 



ONE CLUSTER 



ONE-THIRD 

 NATURAL SIZE 



For early fruit sow the seed in 

 March or April, in the hotbed or 

 in pots in a sunny exposure in 

 the house. When the plants are 

 about three or four inches high 

 they should be set out four or five 

 inches apart in another hotbed or 

 cold frame or removed into small 

 pots, allowing- a single plant to a 

 pot. Expose to the air as much as 

 possible to harden, and about the 

 middle of May set the plants in 

 the open ground at a distance of 

 four or five feet each way. Water 

 freely at the time of transplant- 

 ing, and shelter from the sun for 

 a few days until the plants are 

 established. Sufficient plants for a 

 small garden may be had by sow- 

 ing a few seeds in a shallow box 

 or flower pot and placing in a sunny 

 window in the house. Cultivate 

 thoroughly as long as the vines 

 will permit. 



Tomatoes will admit of training 

 to stakes or trellis of various kinds, 

 and the fruit is very much im- 

 proved both in appearance and 

 quality. This mode of cultivation 

 is now quite common among gardeners who grow for early market. The usual method is to set one strong plant to a 

 stake, using stakes five to seven feet in height, tying the plant up with wool or other strong, soft twine, pruning out 

 quite freely as the vines advance in growth. By adopting this method the plants may be set much closer than in 

 the ordinary way. 



EXTRA EARLY RED 



VARIETIES 



BONNY BEST TOMATO 



As its name signifies, it is the best extra early tomato yet introduced. Is fully ten days earlier than Chalk's Early 

 Jewel, and within a day or two, if not quite as early as Spark's Earliana. Truckers who tested it claim it is as early 

 as Earliana. 



It is a vigorous grower, very prolific, with dense foliage, which protects the fruit from the hot sun when other va- 

 rieties like the Earliana have scalded fruits. The fruit is even size, smooth, round, red, of delicious flavor, ripening to 

 stem 



It does not have the gre en surface like Earliana and other extra early varieties. 



CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL. — Deep fruited and solid. The growth is very compact. Fruit of uniformly good size; 

 very solid; briehtest scarlet, ripening up to the stem without cracks or green core; sweet flavor. 

 JOHN BAER. — New, early prolific. Fine flavor and shape; quite as early as Bonny Best. 



TOMATO 



Fit. 



Oz. 



1,4 Lb. 



1 Lb. 



BONNY BEST 





$ .40 



$1.10 



$4.00 



CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL 



10 



.40 



1.00 



3.50 



JOHN BAER 



10 



.40 



1.10 



4.00 



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WITHOUT 



NOTICE. 





