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PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



Early Freedom Tomato. 



THE BEST EAKLY 

 TOMATO in EXISTENCE 



Not only the best Early Tomato, 

 but a prodigious and continuous 

 bearer. Fruits of moderate 

 size, as handsome and uniform 

 as if moulded. Quality, solidity 

 and flavor surpassingly fine. 



Early Freedom is unqualifiedly 

 superior to any other early tomato 

 grown. Its value lies not only in 

 the actual time of ripening its 

 first fruit, but that such enormous 

 quantities of fruit can be gathered 

 while all other so-called " Earlies" 

 are ripening only a few. The 

 fruits are of good size, perfectly 

 round, and remarkably handsome, 

 smooth as glass, and of brilliant 

 scarlet. The flesh is remarkably 

 solid, having but few seeds. The 

 flavor is perfect, absolutely free 

 from any acidity. The fruits are 

 borne in large clusters, in phe- 

 nomenal abundance and con- 

 tinuously, from the middle, of 

 July (in this latitude) until 

 killed by frost. We highly recom- 

 mend it, not only for its extreme and bountiful earliness, but as a 

 good, all-seasons variety. Fine fruits can be picked from it in 

 the fall, long after the other varieties have ceased bearing; in 

 fact, this variety even increases in size up to its last picking. 

 This last feature is a verv valuable one to the trucker. It also 



f/^RLY FREEDOI 



has a very tough skin and flesh is very firm, making it the best 

 shipper and keeper of the Early varieties. {See cut.) Price, 

 25c. oz., 80c. I lb., $2.60 lb. 



"I used vour Freedom Tomato last season; it is the best tomato I ever grew, and is a 

 heavy cropper." G. W. SMITH. Ellenton, Fla. 



BEAUTY TOMATO. 



Early, prolific, medium sized, smooth and solid; fruits until 

 late in the season. We wish to call special attention to our stock of 

 this tomato. It has been bred to such perfection that it is the 

 best all-round variety for the market gardener. The plant is 

 robust and yields enormous crops of perfectly shaped fruits during 

 the entire season. It is almost round, solid and meaty, the color 

 is deep purplish-red and is not affected by extremes in temperature, 

 and the tough skin makes it an ideal shipper; the best of the "purple" 

 varieties. Price, 25c. oz., 70c. \ lb., $2.25 lb. 



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Ponderosa Tomato. 



This grand variety, though not recommended as Early nor a 

 shipping tomato yet is very salable in home markets, often 

 bringing 5c. a fruit. 



It is not only the largest-fruited Tomato grown, frequently 

 weighing 2 to 4 pounds each, but the handsomest and finest in 

 quality; almost as solid as beefsteak, nearly seedless, with firm, 

 meaty, rich red flesh; unequalled and delicious either sliced, cooked 

 or canned; a healthy, luxuriant grower, prodigious and continuous 

 yielder from early in the season until frost. A favorite from 

 Maine to California. {See cut.) Price, 10c. pkt., 50c. oz., $1.50 

 a lb., $5.00 lb. 



"/ enclose a photo of my Ponderosa tomatoes from your seed growing on my truck 

 farm. This crop is acknowledged by all who have seen them to be the finest ever produced 

 in this section and they are commanding much better prices than any other tomatoes being 

 sold on this market." J. B. LATHAM, Washington, N. C. 



"Last year I raised Ponderosa Tomatoes that weighed 2i lbs. each, and sold them all 

 when no one else could market their tomatoes." 



W. O. CHRISTIE, Dyersburg, Tenn. 



"I raised from your Ponderosa Seed the finest tomatoes ever grown in this county. 



I had one that weighed 4 pounds. I sold 20 bushels from a piece of ground 20x60 feet." 



G. COGSWELL, Newaygo, Mich. 



Oar New Leaflet, 



'How to Grow Tomatoes in Harden, Field and Greenhouse," J£i d 55B?fti£j, Free to Customers if asked for. 



