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TOMATO 



For early fruit sow the seed in March or April in the 

 hotbed or in pots in a sunny exposure in ine house. 

 When the plants are about three or four incnes high 

 they should be set out four or five inches apart in an- 

 other hotbed 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, and about the middle of 

 May set the plants in the open ground at a distance of 

 four or five feet each way. Water freely at the time 

 of transplanting and shelter from the sun for a few 

 days until the plants are established. Sufficient plants 

 for a small garden may be had by sowing a few seeds 

 in a shallow box or flower pot and placing in a sunny 

 window in the house. Cultivate thoroughly as long as 

 the vines will permit. 



Tomatoes -/ill admit of training to stakes or trellis 

 of various Kinds, and the fruit is very much improved, 

 both in appearance and quality. This mode of cultiva- 

 tion is now quite common among gardeners who grow 

 for early market. The usual method is to set one strong 

 plant to a stake, using stakes five to seven feet In 

 height, tying the plant up with wool or other strong, 

 soft twine, pruning out quite freely as the vines ad- 

 vance in growth. By adopting this method the plants 

 may be set much closer than in the ordinary way. 



BONNIE BEST TOMATO 



As its name signifies, it is the best extra early to- 

 mato yet introduced. Is fully ten days earlier than 

 Chalk's Early Jewel and, within a day or two, if not 

 quite as early, as Spark's Earliana. Truckers who 

 tested it claim it is as early as Earliana. 



It is a vigorous grower, very prolific, with dense 

 ■BftwuTTT" 'DT<eip tnniur A ifn foliage, which protects the fruit from the hot sun when 



„^ ^ . . BOHWIB BES»x TUMATO ojf,gr varieties like the Earliana have scalded fruits. 



The fruit IS even m size, smooth, round, red. of delicious flavor, ripening to stem. 



It does not have the green surface like Earliana and otlier extra early varieties. 



MARGLOBE TOMATO 



EARLY WILT-RESISTANT VARIETY 



which originated from a cross between Marvel and 

 Globe. This cross was made by an expert plant 

 breeder of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture, with the purpose in mind of developing an early 

 type of Wilt-Resistant tomato. 



By crossing with the Globe it was found possible 

 to select from the resulting hybrids a very desirable 

 type of second-early tomato, combining the scarlet 

 color of the Marvel with the globular form, fine tex- 

 ture and mild flavor of the Globe. With this excel- 

 lence of fruit was carried the equally desirable 

 character of Wilt-Resistance to the extent that Mar- 

 globe will continue to bear fruit and retain its green 

 foliage when planted on wilt-infested soils, where the 

 early varieties such as Earliana and Bonny Best 

 will be overcome by the disease before their maximum 

 fruit-bearing period has been reached. 



MABGI.OB£ TOMATO 



CHAi;X'S EABXiV JEWEI.. — Deep fruited and solid. The growth is very compact. Fruit of uniformly good size; 

 very solid; brightest scarlet, ripening up to the stem without cracks or green core; sweet flavor. 

 JOHN BAEB. — New, early prolific. Fine flavor and shape; quite as early as Bonny Best. 



TOMATO 



Pkt. 



Oz. 



V4 tb. 



1 lib. 



BONNY BEST 



$ .10 



$ .30 



$ .90 



$3.00 



MABOIiOBE (Iilmited Supply) 



10 



.40 



1.00 



3.50 



CHAIiK'S EABI.Y JEWEI. 



10 



.30 



.90 



3.00 



JOHN BAEB 



10 



.30 



.90 



3.00 



