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T O M A T O , -(Liebesapfel.) 



For verj^ 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. I^ater 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 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 re- 

 moved into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot. 

 Kxpose 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 tho- 

 roughly 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 cultiva- 

 tor 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 ol cultivation is quite common among gardeners who 

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

 strong plant to a stake 5 to 7 feet high, tying the plants 

 up with wool or other strong, soft twine, pruning out quite 

 freely as vines advance in growth. By this method plants 

 may be set much closer than in the ordinary way. For fine, 

 large specimens of high color and attractive appearance 

 generallj^, grow the clusters of the fruit in paper sacks, as 

 is commonly practiced by grape growers. The sacks should 

 be put on when the tomatoes are about three-fourths grown^ 



^out 2,000 plants from one ounce of seed is a safe estimate.* 



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. Pkt. Sc. Oz. 15c. X lb. 40c. Lb. $1.50. 



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Buckeye State. — Very productive ; large, 



smooth, purple. 

 Lb. .S2.00. 



Pkt. 5c. Oz. 20c. 



lb. 60c. 



I'^ropliy. — Very large, solid and generally 

 smooth ; selected strain. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 20c. >4 lb. 

 60c., Lb. $2.00. 



^Prizetaker.— A splendid marketable to- 

 mato. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 20c. )( lb. 50c. Lb. 

 1.75. 



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Queen.- 



Oz. 20c. Va 



-Large perfect tomato. Pkt. 5c- 

 lb. 50c. Lb. $2.00. 



.-' Dwarf Champion.— This new tomato 

 ^is dwarf and compact in growth, the plants 

 growing stiff and upright, with thick jointed 

 stems and foliage unlike any other tomato. It 

 is very early, smooth, medium size, sound, 

 handsome and abundant bearer. Pkt. 5c. 

 ^z. 25c. X lb. 75c. Lb. $2.50. 



Parag-on.— Somewhat resembles the 

 Queen and an immense cropper. Pkt. 5c. 



Oz. 20c. 



lb. 50c. Lb. $1.75. 



^ Favorite. —This is a large, perfect shaped 



tomato. One of the best. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 



^6c. X lb. 50c. Lb. $1.75. 

 »^ liiving-ston's Mag-nus.- New ; large, 



late, purple ; potato-leaf foliage, and most 



delicious flavor. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 25c. % lb. 



60g. Lb. $2.00. 

 14 Perfection Tomato.— An old reliable 



sort of much merit. Pkt. 5c. Oz. 20c. 5/ 



lb. 65c. Lb. $2.00. 



A decided 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 

 elongated fruit. Flesh very firm, has a tough skin 

 and but few seeds. Seldom rots or cracks after 

 a rain. For shipping and early market it cannot 

 be excelled. Can be picked quite green, look well, 

 ripen nicely and keep a week after ripe. Pkt. 5c. 

 Oz. 20. 'X lb. 60. Lb. $2.00. 



PRIZE-TAKER TOMATO. 



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

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

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

 lent shipper, and sold in Philadelphia markets at better prices than any other variety at the same time. 

 Pkt. 5c. Oz. 30c. X lb. 75c. Lb. $3.00. 



