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P. MANN & CO., WASHINGTON, D. C. 



TOM ATO— Liebesapf el 



One ounce will produce about 1,200 plants; quarter pound to transplant for an acre. 



For very early fruit the seed should be sown in a hot-bed about the first 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 seeds in a shallow 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-frame, 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 transplanting, 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. 



Prize-Taker Tomato. 



"BONNY-BEST" EARLY TOMATO. 



Enorifiously prolific,- scarlet red, globe-shaped 

 fruits, smooth and ripening evenly without cracking. 

 This new variety is fully ten days earlier than 

 Chalk's Early Jewel, and within two or three days 

 as early as Earliana. It is a vigorous grower, enor- 

 mously prolific, with larger foliage than the Earli- 

 ana. 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, 25c. ^ Pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



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. Tlie popular earlv variety. Packet, 5c. Ounce 

 20c. 1/4 Pound, 50c. Pound, $1.50. 



EARLIANA. — The Earliest large Tomato. Is not 

 onh- remarkable in earliness, but for its very large, 

 uniform size, handsome shape, red color and won- 

 derful productiveness. 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, 15c. % Pound. 50c. Pound, $1.75. 



JOHN BAER EXTRA EARLY.— Scarlet fruited, 

 hardy and productive. Shippers should try it. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 25c. ^4 Pound, 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



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

 extraordinarily solid, smooth and red. No other vari- 

 ety 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, 25c. V4, Pound, 60c. Pound, 

 $2.00. 



JUNE PINK TOMATO.— In habit of growth this is 

 similar to the Earliana. The plant is compact, branch- 

 ing freely, has fruits hanging in clusters. Claimed to 

 be as good a 3'ielder as Spark's Earliana, and shows 

 no tendency to blight. Per Packet, 5c. Ounce, 30c. 

 % Pound, 75c. Pound, $3.00. 



TOMATO PLANTS.— Ready after April 15th. 



Best varieties in any quantities. 



LIVINGSTON'S BEAUTY TOMATO.— The finest, 

 large-fruited, early purple variety. A decided favor- 

 ite 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, 25c. % 

 Pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



