92 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1912 



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Maulers Imperial Tomato 



Named and introduced by me in 1895 



Called afterwards by some, Trucker's Favorite 



(Purplish pink.) Maule's Imperial is unquestionably the best purple 

 fruited tomato in the market to-day. Not quite as eaily as Maule's 

 Earliest of All, but only a few days later. The fruits are beautifully 

 smooth, and in market this variety invariably commands the highest 

 prices at all times and in all seasons. 



Maule's Imperial in color is between pink-purple and glossy crimson. 

 The flavor is of the best." It ripens evenly to the stem, and is highly 



productive, the yield under field culture having reached 114 bushels of 

 ripe fruit per plant. Itnotonly bears early but produces fruit until frost. 

 Maule's Imperial is no longer an experiment, but a recognized sort 

 of established merit. It has proved its adaptability to all sections 

 of the country, and is now a standard and satisfactory tomato in all 

 respects. A desirable home garden tomato or long distan<-e shipper. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 30 cents; i^ ponnd, 85c.; pound, $3.00. 



6S3 Bonny Best Early 



A Good Large Second Early Red Tomato 



(Scarlet red.) 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, enormously prolific, with 

 larger foliage than tiie Earliana, which will protect the fruit from the hot sun, on days when 

 early vaiieties with less foliage would scald. In shape it is roundish and slightly flattened at 

 the stem end but thicker through than most other tomatoes in its class. In color it is a beauti- 

 ful scarlet red; setting its fruit in clusters of five or more at close intervals. When ripening 

 each set ripens nearly all at once, and ripens evenly all over up to the stem. JIakes a magnifi- 

 cent variety for slicing; its greatest characteristic is its uniformity of size and smoothness in 

 shape. A good early red skin variety for all purposes. Pkt., lOc; oz., 30c.; J4 lb., 85c., lb., $3.00 



678 Dwarf Champion 



(Purplish pink.) The famous Dwarf Cham- 

 pion tomato owes its wide popularity to Its 

 stifle, vigorous, upright growth, with fruit well 

 above the soil, and to the earliness with which 

 it reaches maturity. In color the fruit is a pur- 

 plish pink, and it is always round, smooth and 

 symmetrical. Size medium. Table quality supe- 

 rior. A good shipper. Plants may be set 3 feet 

 apart in rows 4 feet apart. One of the earliest 

 and most profitable tomatoes grown. The dark 

 green wrinkled leaves bespeak a strong type. 

 It is one of the best of the so-called tree toma- 

 toes, and everywhere recognized as a money 

 maker, a valuable home or market sort. 

 Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 30 cts.; }/^ pound, 

 85 cts.; pound, $3.00. 



BONNY BEST EARLY TOMATO. 



DWARF CHAMPION TOMATO. 



