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_ _ . , n^/N^^i « + /n Six to eight ounces to an acre 



V. e prepay postage on all tomato seed J, OmatO One ounce to 1,500 plants 



All our tomato seeds are grown expressly for seed and are the best the world produces 



Culture of Tomato. Seed may be 

 started in hotbed in March, or sufficient 

 plants for family use can be grown in pots 

 or boxes indoors with very little trouble. 

 Be particular to give plants the benefit of 

 fresh air and sun whenever judicious, for 

 the purpose of hardening them, and cover 

 with mats when necessary to prevent them. 

 from frosting. The two extremes of heat 

 and cold are equally injurious. It is cus- 

 tomary with the best Hardeners to remove 

 the plants from hotbeds to the cold frames, 

 allowing a distance of several inches be- 

 tween the plants. In May select and pre- 

 j'.ire the soil, and set the plants 3 feet each 

 way. Hoe and draw earth to the stems. 

 When the plants crowd, the fruit will be 

 small. Have the soil very rich. For gen- 

 eral crop, sow from the middle of April or 

 during May in the open air, selecting good 

 soil in a location much exposed to the sun 

 and sheltered by a hill or woods on the 

 north. 



"John Baer" Tomato. Earliest 

 Tomato on earth. In introducing, 

 this tomato we believe we are of- 

 fering to our trade the best, tht-' 

 earliest, and finest tomato ever 

 offered to the market gardeners — 

 Fruit large, solid, weighing about 

 tY2 ounces; great cropper and 

 ripens over the entire tomato 

 evenly — Bright red in color and 

 shaped somewhat like the Globe 

 Tomato and about its size. Pkt., 

 25 and 50c; 1 ounce, $2.00; \i lb., 

 $7.50; per lb., $25.00. 



"Bonny Best" Early Tomato. 

 For ten years it has been selected 

 for earliness, solidity, smoothness 

 and evenness of ripening up to 

 stem. Fifteen days earlier than the 

 Beauty Tomato, and as early as the 



Earliana. Vigorous grower; bright red color, enormously productive, with a vigorous growth of foliage, which protects the 

 being scalded by the direct sun. Pkts., 5 and 10c; 1 ounce, 20c; \i lb., 60c; 1 lb., $2.00. 

 Boliviano's I. X. L. Extremely Early Tomato. Large, handsome fruit. Bright red color. Finest quality and ex- 

 early and solid. Pkts., 5 and 10c; \i lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 

 Spark's Earliana. This is undoubtedly an early, large, smooth Tomato. Perfect as to shape, color and quality. It 



is beautiful red and ripens thoroughly, even to the stem end. Almost seedless and very solid. There is no Tomato brought 



out that is as prolific in vield; it bears its fruit in large clusters and continues to fruit until frost. Pkts., 5 and 10c; ounce, 



15c; Klb., 50c; lb., $L75. 



Bolgiano's Grand Tomato- 

 Few introductions of late years 



have taken as well as this 



GRAND NEW TOMATO. It 



has become a standard main 



crop Tomato. The large, 



smooth, pink fruit, makes it 



the finest Tomato that has 



come to the Washington mar- 

 ket the past two seasons. This 



is no old variety with a new 



name, but a Grand New Pink 



Late Tomato. We are sure 



that wherever it has once been 



used it will be used again. 



Pkts., 10c; 1 ounce, 25c; 



J^lb., 75c; lib., $2.50. 

 June Pink Tomato. The 



pleasing color, with its splendid 



large size and firmness, is all 



that can be expected. We get 



our seed each season from the 



originator, knowing as we do 



that he who introduced it will 



take best care to see that his 



seed is as nearly perfect as 

 Pkts., 5 and 10c; 



ounce, 20c; M lb., 65c; 1 lb., 



$2.50. 



