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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 ¢ 
hot-bed about the first week in March in drills 5 in- 
ches 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 seed 
in a Shailow box or flower pot and placing in a win- 
dow in the house. When the plants are 3 or 4 in- 
ches 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. Cul- 
tivate thoroughly as long as vines will permit, but 
the last two or three workings should be very shal- 
low (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 im- 
proved, not only in appearance but in quality. This 
mode of cultivation is quite common among garden- 
ers who grow for early market. 
EXTRA EARLY VARIETIES. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel.—An extremely early 
variety of brightest scarlet color, deep fruited, 
very hardy and solid, with few seeds and of ex- 
cellent flavor. The popular early variety. 
Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. % pound, 50c. Pound, 
$1.75. 
Earliana.—The earliest large Tomato.—lIs 
not only remarkable in earliness, but for its 
very large uniform size, handsome shape, red 
color and wonderful productiveness. Packet, 
5c. Ounce, 20c. %4 pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00. 
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). Ounces 16% 234 
pound, 50c. Pound, $1.50. 
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PRIZE-TAKER TOMATO. 
Livingston’s Beauty Tomato.—The finest, 
lerge-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. Ripens early and is entirely free 
from ribbed and elongated fruit. Flesh very 
firm, has a tough skin and but few seeds. Sel- 
dom rots or cracks after a rain. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 20c. % pound, 50c. Pound, $1.50. 
“JUNE PINK” TOMATO. 
As Early as Sparks’ Earliana.—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, uni- 
form, smooth, without cracks or any 
green core. The skin is reasonably 
tough, so that it is excellent for ship- 
ping purposes. In color is a pleasing 
pink, and the quality is of the very best. 
Per packet, 5c. Ounce, 30c. % pound, 
50c. Pound, $1.75. 
FOR GENERAL CROP. 
Prizetaker.—A splendid marketable to- 
mato. 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. 
%4 pound, 6oc. Pound, $2.00. * 
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