ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



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Chalk's Early Jewell. 



Five Million Dollar Tomato. The worst fault I 



this tomato is its name. It is a 

 tremendous strain on any fruit or 

 vegetable to carry snch a heavy 

 name and a number of really good 

 ones have been named to death. 

 I was induced to plant this tomato 

 by the many strong claims made 

 for it and not by its name -which in 

 itself was an objection. Its season 

 of ripening is early medium, size 

 large, and by far the finest tomato 

 I ever saw. Its shipping qualities 

 are superb. It can be picked ripe 

 and shipped by express 500 miles in 

 good condition, a test I have never 

 seen any other tomato that would 

 stand. The color is a beautiful 

 red. My shipments of this tomato 

 sold in New York and Boston last 

 July for §1.50 to $2.25 per carrier, 

 holding % bushel, after most o" the 



have to find with 



