1009 B STREET. N. W.. WASHINGTON. D. C. 



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We prepay postage on all tomato seed 



Tomato 





\ Grand Tor 



Six to eight ounces to an acre 

 One ounce to 1,500 plants 

 All our tomato seeds are grown expressly for seed and are the best the world produces 



Culture of Tomato. 



Seed may be started in 

 hotbed in March, or suffi- 

 cient plants for family use 

 can be grown in Dots or 

 boxes indoors with very lit- 

 tle trouble. Be particular to 

 give plants the benefit of 

 fresh air and sun whenever 

 judicious, for the purpose 

 of hardening them, and 

 cover with mats when nec- 

 essary to prevent them from 

 frosting. The two extremes 

 of heat and cold are equally 

 injurious. It is customary 

 with the best gardeners to 

 remove the plants from hot- 

 beds to the cold frames, al- 

 lowing a distance of several 

 inches between the plants. 

 In May select and prepare 

 the soil, and set the plants 

 3 feet each way. Hoe and 

 draw earth to the stems. 

 When the plants crowd, 

 the fruit will be small. 

 Have the soil very rich. 

 For general crop, sow from 

 the middle of April or dur- 

 ing May in the open air, 

 selecting good soil in a lo- 

 cation much exposed to the 

 sun and sheltered by a hill 

 or woods on the north. 



"John Baer" To- 

 mato. Earliest To- 

 mato on earth. In 

 introducing this toma- 

 to we believe we are 

 offering to our trade 

 the best, the earliest, 



and finest tomato ever offered to the market gardeners— Fruit large, solid, weighing about 6V^ ounces; great crop- 

 per and rioens over the entire tomato evenly — Bright red in color and shaped somewhat like the Globe Tomato and abou t 



its size. Pkt.. 5 and 10c.; H lb.. $1.00; 1 lb.. S3. 50 



"Bonny Best" Early Tomato. For ten years it has been selected for earliness, solidity, smoothness and evenness 



of ripening up to stem. Fifteen days earlier than the Beauty Tomato, and as early as the Earliana. Vigorous grower; 



bright red color, enormouslv productive, with a vigorous growth of foliage, which protects the fruit from being scalded by 



the direct sun. Pkts., 5 and 10c. ; 1 ounce, 20c.; \i lb., 60c.: 1 lb.. S2.00. 



Bolgiano's I. X. L. Extremely Earlv Tomato. Large, handsome fruit. Bright red color. Finest quality and ex- 

 tremely early and solid. Pkts., 5 and 10c. ;'M lb., 75c.; 1 lb., $2.50. 



Spark's Earliana. This is undoubtedly an early, large, smooth Tomato. Perfect as to shape, color and quality. It 



is beautiful red and ripens thoroughly, even to the stem end. Almost seedless and very solid. There is no Tomato brought 



out that is as prolific in yield; it bears its fruit in large clusters and continues to fruit until frost. Pkts., 5 and 10c. ; ounce, 



20c.; ^Ib., 60c.; lb., $2.00. 



Bol^iano's Grand Tomato- 

 Few introductions of late years 



have taken as well as this 



GRAND NEW TOMATO. It 



has become a standard main 



crop Tomato. The large, 



smooth, pink fruit, makes it 



the finest Tomato that has 



come to the Washington mar- 

 ket the past two seasons. This 



is no old variety with a new 



name, but a Grand New Pink 



Late Tomato. We are sure 



that wherever it has once been 



used it will be used again. 



Pkts., 10c.; 1 ounce, 25c.; 



Jilb., 75c.; lib., $2.50. 

 Jane Pink Tomato. The 



pleasing color, with its splendid 



large size and firmness, is aU 



that can be expected. We get 



our seed each season from the 



originator, knowing as we do 



that he who introduced it will 



take best care to see that his 



seed is as nearly perfect as 



possible. Pkts., 5 and 10c. ; 



ounce, 20c.; 14 lb., 65c.; 1 lb., 



$2.50. 



