P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. 



TOMATO Liebesapfel, Qer. 



One ounce will produce about 1,200 plants; quarter pound to transplant for an acre. 



For very early fruit the seed should be sown in a hot-bed 

 about the first week in March in drills 5 inches apart and half 

 inch deep. Later sowings may be made until the last of April. 

 Sufficient plants for a small garden may be started by sowing a 

 few seeds in a shallow box or flower pot and placing in a window 

 in the house. When the plants are 3 or 4 inches high they should 

 be set out 4 or 5 inches apart in another hot-bed or cold-frame, 

 or removed into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot. Ex- 

 pose to the air as much as possible to harden. Water freely at time 

 of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a few days until the 

 plants are established. Cultivate thoroughly as long as vines 

 will permit, but the last two or three workings should be very 

 shallow (surface cultivation) or the crop may be badly injured, 

 especially if the cultivator is run too near the plants. Tomatoes 

 will admit of training to stakes or trellises, and the fruit is very 

 much improved, not only in appearance but in quality. 



"Bonny-Best" Early Tomato. 



Enormously prolific, scarlet red, globe-shaped 

 fruits, smooth and ripening evenly without crack- 

 ing. This new variety is fully ten days earlier 

 than Chalk's Early Jewel, and within two or three 

 days as early as Earliana. It is a vigorous grower, 

 enormously prolific, with larger foliage than the 

 Earliana, which will protect the fruit from the 

 hot sun, on days when early varieties with less 

 foliage would scald. In shape it is roundish and 

 slightly flattened at the stem end but thicker 

 through than most other tomatoes in its class. 

 In color it is a beautiful scarlet red. Packet, 10c. 

 Ounce, 25c. \ pound, 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



Chalk's Early Jewel. — An extremely early 

 variety of brightest scarlet color, deep fruited, 

 very hardy and solid, with few seeds and of ex- 

 cellent flavor. The popular early variety. Pack- 

 et, 5c. Ounce, 20c. \ pound, 50o. Pound, $1.75. 



Earliana. — The Earliest large Tomato. Is 

 not only remarkable in earliness, but for its very 

 large uniform size, handsome shape, red color and 

 wonderful productiveness. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 20c. | pound, 50c. Pound, $1.75. 



Acme. — One of the earliest and best purple 

 sorts; of medium size, perfectly smooth, very solid 

 and a great bearer, crimson color with pinkish 

 cast. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. | pound, 50c. 

 Pound, $1.50. 



Livingston's Beauty Tomato. — The finest, 

 large-fruited early purple variety. A decided 

 favorite for home market or shipping, being early, 

 hardy, a strong grower, productive, large, always 

 smooth, perfect shape and excellent in quality. 

 Color a very glossy crimson, with a tinge of purple. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. \ pound, 50c. Pound, 

 $1.50. 



RED ROCK. — One of the finest for canning, beirsg 

 extraordinarily solid, smooth and red. No other variety 

 has any better qualities than the Red .Rock. Of fine 

 flavor, very meaty and wonderfully free from acid. A 

 heavy producer and good shipper. We think it is the 

 coming Tomato for main crop and canners' use. Packet, 

 10c. Ounce, 30c. £ pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



PRIZE -TAKER TOMATO 



June Pink Tomato.- — In habit of growth 

 this is similar to the Earliana. The plant 

 is compact, branching freely, has fruits 

 hanging in clusters. Claimed to be as good 

 a yielder as Spark's Earliana, and shows 

 no tendency to blight. Per packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 30c. | pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



Prizetaker. — A splendid marketable 

 tomato. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. £ pound, 

 50c. Pound, $1.50. 



Dwarf Champion. — This tomato is 

 dwarf and compact in growth, the plants 

 growing stiff and upright, with thick jointed 

 stems and foliage unlike any other tomato. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. \ pound, 60c. 

 Pound, $2.00. 



TOMATO PLANTS— Ready after April 

 15th. 



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