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SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 



"|"0 ^^ y^~["0^— Liebesapfel. 



One ounce will produce about 1200 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. L,ater 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 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 re- 

 moved 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 thor- 

 oughly as long as vines will permit, but the last two or 

 three workings should be very shallow (surface cultiva- 

 tion) or the crop may be badly injured, especially if the 

 cultivator is run too near the plants. Tomatoes will ad- 

 mit of training to stakes or trellises, and the fruit is very 

 much improved, 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 Jewell.— 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, 

 IOC. Ounce, 25c. % pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



Earliana. The earliest large Tomato. — Is not 

 only remarkable in earliness, but for its very 

 large uniform size, handsome shape, red color 

 and wonderful productiveness. Packet, loc. 

 Ounce, 25c. ^ 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, $1.50. 



FOR OENERAL. CROP. 



Buckeye State.— Very ' productive ; 

 large, smooth, purple. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 20C. y^ pound, 60C. Pound, $2.00. 



Trophy. — Very large, solid and generally 

 smooth ; selected strain. Packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 20C. % pound, 6oc. Pound, $2.00. 



Prizetaker — A splendid -marketable 

 tomato. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. ^ 

 pound, 50C. Pound, $1.50. 



Dwarf Champion.— This new tomato 

 is dwarf and compact in growth, the 

 plants growing stiff and upright, with 

 thick jointed stems and foliage unlike 

 any other tomato. It is early, smooth, 

 medium size, sound, handsome and abund- 

 ant bearer. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. 

 % pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. PRIZE-TAKER TOMATO. 



Trucker's Favorite.-The best of all main crop, purple colored tomatoes. It is one of the largest 

 tomatoes grown and is most regular m shape and size. Color purplish-red, very solid, firm flesh, a 

 Pound $3^ "''^ ""^ ^° '''' °' "'^'^ °" ^^^ '^'"''' ^^'^''' ^'- Ounce, 30c. k pound, 75c 



MARKET GARDENERS WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICE LIST 



L-ivingston's Beauty Tomato.— The 



finest, large-fruited, early purple variety. A de- 

 cided favorite for home market or shipping, be- 

 ing early, hardy, a strong grower, productive, 

 large, always smooth, perfect shape and .excel- 

 lent in quality. Color a very glossy cnmson, 

 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. 

 yi pound, 50C. Pound, $1.75. 



