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TOMATO— Continued 



Ponderosa Tomato. 



DWARF STONE.— Vine dwarf, but vigorous and 

 productive. While maturing with the later sorts, the 

 bright red fruit is of good color, exceedingly smooth, 

 very solid and the largest of any of the dwarf va- 

 rieties. Packet, 10c. Ounce, 35c. % pound, $1.00. 

 Pound, $3.50. 



"BONNY BEST" EARLY TOMATO. — Enor- 

 mously prolific, scarlet red, globeshaped fruits, 

 smooth and ripening evenly without cracking. This 

 new variety is fully 10 days earlier than Chalk's 

 Early Jewel, and within 2 or 3 days as early as 

 Earliana. It is a vigorous grower, enormouslly pro- 

 lific, with larger foliage than the Earliana, which 

 will protect 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. 30c. H pound, $1.00. Pound, $3.50. 



CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL.— An extremely early 

 variety of brightest scarlet color, deep fruited, very 

 hardy and solid, with few seeds and of excellent 

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

 Ounce, 30c. ^4 pound, $1.00. Pound, $3.50. 



EARLIANA. — The earliest large tomato ; is not 

 only remarkable in earliness, but for its very large, 

 uniform size, handsome shape, red color and won- 

 derful productiveness. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. ^/i 

 pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



JOHN BAER EXTRA EARLY.— Scarlet fruited. 

 hardy and productive. Shippers should try it. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. ^ pound, 75c. Pound, $3. 



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

 extraordinarih' solid, smooth and red. No other va- 

 riety 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, 20c. % pound, 

 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



GREATER BALTIMORE.— An excellent main- 

 crop sort, producing large, solid, smooth fruit of a 

 brilliant red color. It ripens evenly to the stem and 

 is entirely free from ridges. Used extensively by 

 canners. 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, 20c. ^ pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



NEW STONE.— This variety has obtained great 

 favor wiih canners and m.arket ga.rdeners every- 

 where. Its solidity and carrying qualities are re- 

 markable. Its color is a desirable red; in shape 

 perfectly smooth and thicker from stem to blossom 

 end than most varieties. Packet. 5c. Ounce, 20c. 

 j4 pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



PONDEROSA.— It is the largest-fruited deep- 

 colored tomato known ; of very fine quality, solid, 

 almost seedless and free from acid. The vines are 

 strong, rather open growth ; fruits largely oblong 

 in form ?nd deep through. Packet, 10c. Ounce, 40c. 

 % pound, S1.25. Pound, $5.00. 



MATCHLESS.— One of the best main-crop toma- 

 toes. The solidity, absence of core, size and color of 

 the fruit, together with its freedom from rot, all 

 unite in mc^king this well worthy of the name of 

 "Matchless." Fine both for private and market 

 gardening and canning. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. 

 % pound, 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



PEAR-SHAPED YELLOW TOMATO.— Hand- 

 some, bright, pear-shaped yellow fruit. Packet, lOc. 

 Ounce, 35c. Si pound, $1.25. Pound, $4.50. , 



PLUM-SHAPED YELLOW TOMATO.— Round 



and regular, bright yellow ; used for pickling. 

 Packet, 10c. Ounce, 35c. % pound, $1.25. Pound, 

 $4.50. 



TOMATO PLANTS 



Ready After April 15th 

 Best Varieties in Any Quantities 



Livingston's Beauty 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 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, 75c. Pound, $2.50." 



