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TOMATO 



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 an- 

 other 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 transplanting and shelter from the sun for a few 

 days until the plants are established. Sufficient plants 

 for a small garden may be had by sowing 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 '/ill admit of training to stakes or trellis 

 of various Kinds, and the fruit is very much improved, 

 both in appearance and quality. This mode of cultiva- 

 tion 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 ad- 

 vance in growth. By adopting this method the plants 

 may be set much closer than in the ordinary way. 



BOI^NIE BEST TOMATO 



As its name signifies, it is the best extra early to- 

 mato 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 

 •antrtafp ■bvcp mn-rur a rrirt foliage, which protects the fruit from the hot sun when 



. B±.s>j. XUMATO . Other varieties like the Earliana have scalded fruits, 



ine iruit is even m size, smooth, round, red, of delicious flavor, ripening to stem. 

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



MARGLOBE TOMATO 



EARLY WILT-RESISTANT VARIETY 



which originated from a cross between Marvel and 

 Globe. This cross was made by an expert plant 

 breeder of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, with the purpose in mind of developing an early 

 type of Wilt-Eesistant tomato. 



By crossing with the Globe it was found possible 

 to select from the resulting hybrids a very desirable 

 type of second-early tomato, combining the scarlet 

 color of the Marvel with the globular form, fine tex- 

 ture and mild flavor of the Globe. With this excel- 

 lence of fruit was carried the equally .desirable 

 character of Wilt-Resistance to the extent that Mar- 

 globe will continue to bear fruit and retain its green 

 foliage when planted on wilt-infested soils, where the 

 early varieties such as Earliana and Bonny Best 

 will be overcome by the disease before their maximum 

 fruit-bearing period has been reached. 



UIABGI^OBX: TOIUATO 



CHAIiK'S I!ARZi7 JEWEH. — Deep fruited and solid. The growth is very compact. Fruit of uniformly good size; 

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

 JOEN BAEK. — New, early prolific. Fine flavor and shape; quite as early as Bonny Best. 



TOMATO 



Pit. 



Oz. 



Vt Lb. 



1 Lb. 



BONNV BEST 



$ .10 



$ .30 



$ .90 



. $3.00 



MABGIiOBB (I^imited Supply) 



10 



.40 



a.oo 



3.50 



CHAX.K'S EARLY JEWEL 



10 



.30 



.90 



3.00 







.30 



.90 



3.00 



