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For very early fruit the seed should be sown in a hot- 

 bed about the firfet week in March in drills 5 inches 

 apart and half inch deep. Later 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 shal- 

 low 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 trame, or removed 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 transplant- 

 ing, and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants 

 are established. Cultivate thoroughly as long as vines 

 will permit, but the last two or three workings should 

 be very shallow (surface cultivation) or the crop may be 

 badly injured, especially if the cultivator is run too 

 near the plants. Tomatoes will admit 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 gardeners who 

 grow for early market. 



Sparks' Earliana. — An extremely smooth, 

 bright red tomato of good size and flavor. De- 

 veloped on the warm, sandy soil of New Jersey, 

 where the greatest icompetition exists among grow- 

 ers to be first in the market. Seed we offer is 

 grown from selected stock. Backet, loc. Ounce, 

 35C. Ya pound, $i.oo. Pound, $3.00. 



Acme. —One of the earliest and best purple 

 sorts ; of medium size, perfectly smooth, very solid 

 and a great bearer, crimson color with a pinkish 

 cast. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. ^4 pound, 40c. 

 Pound, $1.50. 



Buckeye State.— Very productive; large, 

 smooth, purple. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. yi 

 pound, 60C. Pound, $2.00. 



Trophy. — Very large, solid, and generally 

 smooth ; selected strain. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. 

 ^ pound, 60c. Pound, $2.00. 



Prizetaker. — A splendid marketable 

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

 50c. Pound, $1.50. 



Queen. — Large perfect tomato. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 20c. % pound, 50c. Pound, $2.00. 



Dwarf Champion.— This new tomato 

 is dwarf and compact in growth, the plants 

 growing stifif and upright, with thick jointed 

 stems and foliage unlike any other tomato. 

 It is very early, smooth, medium size, 

 sound, handsome, and abundant bearer. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 25c. y^ pound, 75c. 

 Pound, $2.50. 



New Favorite.— This is a large, per- 

 fect shaped tomato. One of the best. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. ^ pound, 50c. 

 Pound, $1.75. 



Livingston's Magnus. —New; large, 

 late, purple ; potato-leaf foliage, and most 

 delicious flavor. Packet, loc. Ounce, 35c. 



Perfection Tomato. —An old reliable 

 sort of much merit. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 20c. y^ pound, 50c. Pound, $1.75. 



Livingston's Beauty Tomato. — The 



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

 cided 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 elon- 

 gated fruit. Flesh very firm, has a tough skin and 

 but few seeds. Seldom rots or cracks after a rain. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. ^4 pound, 60c. Pound, $1.75. 



PRIZB=TAKBR TOMATO. 



Trucker's Favorite.— The best of all main crop, purple colored tomatoes. It originated in Bur- 

 lington County, N. J. It is one of the largest tomatoes grown, and is most regular in shape and size. 

 Color purplish-red, very solid, firm flesh, a good keeper, and not subject to rot or crack on the vines. It is 

 an excellent shipper, and sold in Philadelphia markets at better prices than any other variety at the same 

 time. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 30c. % pound, $1.00. 



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