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



TOMATO -Liebesapf el 



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. Cultivate 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, especially if the cultivator is run too 

 near the plants. Tomatoes will admit of training to stakes or trellises, and the fruit is very much improved, 

 not only in appearance but in quality. 



Prize-Taker Tomato 



"BONNY-BEST" EARLY TOMATO. 



Enormously prolific, scarlet red, globe-shaped fruits, 

 smooth and ripening evenly without cracking. This 

 new variety is fully ten days earlier than Chalk's 

 Early Jewel, and within two or three days as early as 

 Earliana. It is a vigorous grower, enormously prolific, 

 with larger foliage than the Earliana, which will pro- 

 tect the fruit from the hot sun on days when early 

 varieties with less foliage would scald. In color it is 

 a beautiful scarlet red. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 25c. % 

 Pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL.— An extremely early va- 

 riety of brightest scarlet color, deep fruited, very 

 hardy and solid, with few seeds and of excellent 

 flavor. The popular early variety. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 20c. ^A Pound, 50c. Pound, $1.50. 



EARLIANA. — The Earliest large Tomato. Is not 

 only remarkable in earliness, but for its very large, 

 uniform size, handsome shape, red color and wonder- 

 ful productiveness. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. % 

 Pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



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, $1.75. 



JOHN BAER EXTRA EARLY.— Scarlet fruited, 

 hardy and productive. Shippers should try it. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 25c. *4 Pound, 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



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

 extraordinarily solid, smooth and red. No other vari- 

 ety has any better qualities than the Red Rock. Of 

 fine flavor, very meaty and wonderfully free from acid. 

 A heavy producer and good shipper. We think it is 

 the coming Tomato for main crop and canners' use. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 25c. H Pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00. 



JUNE PINK TOMATO.— In habit of growth this is 

 similar to the Earliana. The plant is compact, branch- 

 ing freely, has fruits hanging in clusters. Claimed to 

 be as good a yielder as Spark's Earliana, and shows 

 no tendency to blight. Per Packet, 5c. Ounce, 25c. 

 % Pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00. 



CRIMSON CUSHION, OR BEEFSTEAK TOMATO. 



Is very large, round and regular; bright scarlet 

 skin, flesh solid, best quality, seed cells small and few. 

 Plants are very prolific, fine appearance, good ship- 

 per. Packet, 10c. y 2 Ounce, 20c. Ounce, 30c. % 

 Pound, 75c. 



TOMATO PLANTS.— Ready after April 15th. 

 Best varieties in any quantities. 



LIVINGSTON'S BEAUTY TOMATO.— The finest, 

 large-fruited, early purple variety. A decided favor- 

 ite for home market or shipping, being early, hardy,, 

 a strong grower, productive, large, always smooth,, 

 perfect shape and excellent 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. Ripens early and is entirely free 

 from ribbed and elongated fruit. Flesh very firm, 

 has a tough skin and but few seeds. Seldom rots or 

 cracks after a rain. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. %.. 

 Pound, 50c. Pound, $1.75. 



