TT has been some time since I offered a 

 ■ L prize on Turner Hybrid Tomato; but 

 notwithstanding the fact many new varie- 

 ties have been introduced, it is still the 

 largest Tomato of all. To prove it Twill pay 



$100 October 15th, 1895, 



jk FOR THE LARGEST AND BEST- 

 SHAPED TURNER HYBRID TO- 

 % nATO SENT ME, RAISED 

 FROM SEED PURCHASED 

 OF ME THIS SEA- 

 SON. - - - 



Nothing I have ever introduced has excited so much comment as this 

 magnificent tomato. It is unquestionably one of the largest, most 

 solid and most productive tomatoes grown. They ripen very early, 

 evenly up to the stem, are free of ail core, and in flavor surpass anything 

 you ever tasted, especially when eaten raw. Skin thin, but so tough that 

 they will keep longer in good condition than any other. Color, a rich, un- 

 surpassed red. A strong, vigorous grower, its foliage differs from all others, 

 leaves being entire and not cut. In enormous productiveness it leads 

 all. Over 80,000 gardeners, the last six seasons, pronounced it the most re- 

 markable tomato they had ever seen. In 1886, hearing of just half ounce of 

 seed taken from selected specimens of the Turner Hybrid I paid S50 for 

 it, or at the rate ol SlfiOO per lb. The seed raised from the 81600 

 stock can only be obtained from me and from no other source. The ?100 

 premium in 1890 was secured by I. S. Davis, Daisy, N. C, with a mammoth 

 tomato, the largest raised. Such a tomato 

 I am sure was never raised before. If you 

 wish to surprise your neighbors with finer, 

 larger and more delicious tomatoes 

 than you have ever seen, you must sow 

 this $160u strain of Turner Hybrid. Packet, 

 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; \ pound, $1.00; 

 pound, $3.00. 



EARLIEST ADVANCE.— Unquestionably the earliest af- 

 ter Maule's Earliest of All. If you sow Advance, you will 

 have, 'with favorable weather, fine tomatoes in 90 

 days from sowing of the seed. A cross between 

 Alpha and Perfection, it surpasses the former 

 in early ripening qualities, and equals the 

 latter in beautiful form and productive- 

 ness. It is an excellent shipper, being 

 exempt from rot or cracking, ripens all 

 over at once, and Is wonderfully 

 smooth, none smoother. Packet, 10 

 cts.; ounce, 25 cts.; J.J lb., 75 cts. 



BEAUTY Stands at the head of 



Mr. Livingston's introductions. It 

 grows in clusters of 4 or 5 large fruits. 

 Color, a rich, glossy crimson. For 

 shipping and early market, it cannot 

 be excelled for solidity, toughness of 

 6kin, and especially on account of 

 color, as it can be picked when quite 

 green, and will ripen up nicely. Pkt., 

 6 cts.; oz.,20cts.; V. lb., 60 cts.; lb., ¥2.00. 



OPT1MUS.- Highly spoken of by 

 many experienced growers. Smooth, 

 good color, excellent shipper. Pkt., 5 

 cts.; oz„ 20 cts.: If, lb., COcts.; lb., S2.00. 



PERFECTION.— Almost identi- 

 cally the same as Paragon. Pkt., 



EARLIEST ADVANCE. 



hard and sijlid"; "a~vi'"orous grower; fruits evenly on the vines. Just the sort 

 -for shipping M..nv New England growers plant the Essex variety largely. 

 Packet. 5 cents; ounce, 20 cents; \4 pound, 00 cents; pound, S2.00. 



BIAULE'S TROPHY.— My strain of this old favorite has been very care- 

 fully selected for years, and produces the most perfect fruit of very large 

 6ize. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.25. 



FAVORITE. — It is smoother than Paragon; does not crack like Acme; 

 after ripe, it is a darker red than Perfection, and is larger than either. Has few 

 eeeds; weighs heavier than any of its size. Ripens evenly all around at once, 

 no hard core. Packet, 5 cents.; ounce, 20 cents; \i pound, 50 cents; pound, SI. 75. 



PARAXON.— Color, dark red, flesh solid, of excellent llavor. Hipens very 

 evenly. Desirable; largely used for canning. Pkt., 5c; oz.,20c; % lb., 50c; lb., SI. 75. 



AC Bin..— Very productive; form, round, smooth; delicious in flavor. My 

 Strain of this famous Tomato is surpassed by none. Price same as Paragon. 



GOLDEN QUEEN.— The perfection of yellow Tomatoes. There is no 

 question It is the best. In size, smoothness, solidity and productiveness, the 

 equal of the Paraxon. In color, a beaut iful yellow, and there Is none better 

 suited for pres»- ing. Packet, 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 75 cts.; lb., 82.50. 



PEAB-ShAPKD. — Rod or yellow, either variety. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents pound, S2.25. 



M\NSFIELT> fllEE TOMATO. — Has attained a height of 10 feet, 7 

 Inches, has prod" *ed tomatoes weighing 34 ounces, with a diameter of 

 inches. Mr. Mansfield, the originator, writes me as follows : 



"I a-ill state facts, and nothing but facts. I have laid by a sample tree to 

 Ghow vou or veil customers, winch measures 10 feet and 7 inches; and can 

 Show testimonials to back all my statements. I had my first ripe Tomato 



J -. v 4th, and my best t rees July 25th stood 10 feet high, and I had Tomatoes 

 c 'them' that we're 5 inches in diameter at that time and still growing. They 

 ■cTk as solid all the way through as a hard-boiled egg, and with very few seeds. 

 There are several otiier tomatoes called the "Tree Tomato," but all have 

 proven to be poor, worthless and sour tomatoes, while the Mansfield has 

 proven to be all that is claimed for It, from Dakota to Vermont, and from 

 the Lakes to Florida and California." Packet, 10 cunts; ounce, 40 cents. 



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5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; \i pound, 50 cents; pound. S1.50. 



ESSEX HYBRID. — A valuable variety, rapidly gaining great popularity. Very 

 rich llavor, perfect ly smooth, large s i ze, very productive . Ripens all over a like ; 

 flesh Is very 



