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tami* ATA Six to eight ounces to an acre 



*« prepay postage on all tomato seed TOMA 1 O One ounce to L500 plants 



All our tomato Beds are grown e\pres*lv for seed and are the best the world produces. 



BofeiMO'l O rami Tomato 



CULTURE OF TO- 

 MATO. 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 par- 

 ticular to give plants 

 the benefit of fresh air 

 and sun whenever judi- 

 cious, 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 In- 

 jurious. It is custom- 

 ary with the best gar- 

 deners to remove the 

 plants from hotbeds to 

 the cold frames, allow- 

 ing a distance of sev- 

 eral inches between the 

 plants. In May select 

 and prepare 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 general 

 crop, sow from the 

 middle of April or dur- 

 ing May in the open air, 

 selecting good soil In a 

 location much exposed 

 to the sun and shel- 

 tered by a hill or woods 

 on the north. 



"JOHN BAER" TOMATO. Earliest Tomato on earth. In introducing this tomato we believe we are offering to our 

 trade the best, the earliest, and finest tomato ever offered to the market gardeners— Fruit large, solid, weighing about 

 6 l j 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., 5 and 10c; % lb., $1.00; 1 lb., $3.50. 



"BONNY BEST" EARLY TOMATO. For ten years it has been selected for earliness, solidity, smoothness and 

 evenness of ripening up to stem. Fiften 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 fruit from being 

 scalded by the direct sun. Pkts.. 5 and 10c; 1 ounce. 20c; V4 lb., 60c; 1 lb., $2.00. 



SPARK'S EARLIANA. This is un- 

 doubtedly 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 yield; it 

 bears its fruit in large clusters and con- 

 tinues to fruit until Trost. Pkts., 5 and 

 10c; ounce, 20c; 46 lb.. 65c; lb., $2.50. 



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 market 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 

 our.ce. 25c ; r4 lb., 75c ; 1 lb., $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 origi- 

 nator, knowing as we do that he who in- 

 troduced it will take best care to see 

 that his seed is as nearly perfect as pos- 

 sible. Pkts., 5 and 10c; ounce, 20c; % 

 !b. 65c; 1 lb„ $2 50. 



