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



TOMATO 



Liebesapfel, Ger, 



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. 

 Expose 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. Cult'vate 

 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, egpecially 

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

 admit of training to stakes or trellises, and the fru't is 

 very much improved, not only in appearance but in qual- 

 ity. This mode of cultivation is quite common among 

 gardeners who grow for early market. 



EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 



Chalk's Early Jewel. — An extremely early 

 variety of brightest scarlet color, deep fruited, 

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

 cellent flavor. The popular early variety. Pack- 

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



Earliana. — The -earliest large Tomato. Is not 

 only remarkable in earliness, but for its very 

 large uniform s.'ze, 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. 



PRIZE-TAKER TOMATO. 



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 excel- 

 lent in quality. Color a very glossy crimson, 

 with a tinge of purple. Grows in clusters of 4 

 to 6 large fruits, retaining its large size late in 

 the season. Packet, Sc. Ounce, 20c. ^ pound,. 

 50C. Pound, $1.50. 



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

 being extraordinarily solid, smooth and red. No- 

 Red Rock. Of fine flavor, very meaty and won- 

 other var'ety has any better qualities than the 

 derfully free from acid. A heavy producer and 

 good shipper. We think it is the coming Tomata 

 for main crop and canners' use. Packet, loc. 

 Ounce, 30c. }i pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



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 Sparks' Earliana, and 

 shows no tendency to blight. They are of 

 medium size, uniform, smooth, without 

 cracks of any green core. Per packet, 5c 

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



FOR GENERAL CROP. 



Przetaker. — 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. i^' 

 pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00. 



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