MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1901. 



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I The Enormous Tomato. (8 to the yard.) 



1 The Greatest of 



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* Main Crop Tomatoes. 



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5 Absolutely the Finest 

 5 Large Tomato, 

 5 Without Exception. 



| The enormous Tomato, 

 . bred by Miesse, was first 

 * introduced to the public 

 b in my catalogue for 189°, 

 < having been sent out the 

 S previous year in packets 



for trial, under the name 

 ''Eight to the Yard". It 

 was a great success, great 

 in every way, and it is 

 even greater now than at 

 the outset. Originally, 8 

 to the vard, in 1899 a 



* number of tomatoes were 

 E raised 7 to the vard, while 

 £ Mr. Edward S. Smith, 

 g Groveport, O., reports last 

 - year 6 to the yard. Enor- 

 t mous, however, was not 

 % bred merely for bigness : 

 £ I also claim it is the best 

 2 all round, main crop to- 

 < mato on the market, and 

 , only surpassed for ship- 

 ! ping purposes by the 

 § "Success''. The name was 

 a selected from the fact that 

 it seemed to apply better 

 2 to this wonderful tomato 



1 than any other. The actual field tests of Enormous wherever 

 g, made have always been satisfactory and highly significent; in 

 a comparative trials with other sorts, under ordinary conditions, 



2 Enormous has made a record for both quality and quantity, 

 5 while the beauty of the fruit makes it an easy and quick seller 

 a in all markets. The fruit is remarkably solid and firm; flesh 



3 is thick and heavy aDd there are but few seeds. In color, 



PHOTOGRAPH SENT BY W. L. CORY, DUNREITH, IND 



Enormous is a clean, deep red with no purple tint or shading. 

 Everybody is pleased with it, both for domestic and shipping 

 purposes. Private gardeners, market gardeners and my fellow 

 seedsmen testify to the sterling merits of Enormous Tomato. 

 At Briar Crest for four years, it has excited the admiration of 

 all visitors. During a visit to the trial grounds at Fordhook 

 Farms, where any number of tomatoes are tried side by side 

 eveiy year, I had the satisfaction of 

 being told that Enormous was not ex- 

 ceeded by any thing tried during 1899; 

 practically the same statement 

 reaches me from all directions. One 

 correspondent says it was free from 

 rot where others rotted. Another says 

 that in size and flavor it was the 

 leader. Another praises its ability to 

 bear right up to the coming of heavy 

 frosts. Another alludes to its smail 

 seed product. Another dilates upon 

 its great size and fine color. Another 

 praises itssmoothness and its keeping 

 qualities. Another reports double 

 prices for all he could raise, his custo- 

 mers were so pleased with it. Another 

 writes for canning purposes it is 

 unsurpassed by any other known 

 sort. And, finally, truckers of 

 long experience, after reviewing its 

 various attributes, say it is the best 

 tomato they ever raised. Enormous 

 is now universally recognized as a 

 standard main crop red tomato, of 

 great size and productive ability, 

 and of the highest amateur and com- 

 mercial ability. No American gar- 

 den is up-to-date until Enormous 

 Tomato has a place in it. Pkt., 10c.; 

 oz., 30c; \ lb., $1,00; lb., $3.00. 



