The New Tomato Q| ICf FSS" all ITS name impl ies. 



known last year as Maule's 1900. W ^S^S m-+\~M See Colored Plate Painted from Nature nn Fir^t rnun'X p a$e. 



My great 1900 Tomato soon found a name for itself, in fact, forced a name for itself, and the name 

 is " Success." No other name would have been appropriate, and no better title has been found for a 

 new fruit, vegetable or flower, for manv a day, and my thanks go to the thirty-seven customers who 

 suggested the name. 



Two years ago I bought the " Success" Tomato from Mr. Miesse, the originator, and while the 

 price paid was a high one, 1 waa confident that it was all Mr. Miesse claimed it to be, and well worth 

 the money. Last year, the first of its introduction, planted by more than 70,000 of my customers, 

 Maulc'B 1900 proved all claims made for it, and in many oases went far ahead of them. 



In shape, " Success " is smooth, well formed and extremely deep from stem to blossom, making it 

 unusually heavy. It ripens evenly to the stem and is without ridges or cracks. It has great meali- 

 ness and few seeds. It is firm without being hard, an unrivalled home tomato and an unequalled 

 shipper. The vines are vigorous but compact. The joints are short, it always fruits in large clusters 

 at every second joint, and the whole plant is well adapted to the production of a heavy and long con- 

 tinued crop. *' Success " is not the largest tomato in the world, but I think it is the heaviest for its 

 ■ize. On account of its brilliant red oolor, depth and solidity, it is the handsomest I have ever seen. 



Thousands of testimonials tell me of the high merits of "Success" Tomato. Amateurs and 



market gardeners were alike delighted with It. It has done grandly under glass It 1 las 8w ©pt the 

 prizes at fairs, winning praise and admiration without limit. And it has taken som« ° f my feJ *ow 

 seedsmen fairly by storm, prompting them to acknowledge its behavior on their trial ff 01 *™ in the 

 highest termB. 6 T 



" Success '* is the greatest novelty in tomatoes of the year, and is a distinct advance BP P 6r '«o- 

 tion of the tomato as an article of food or commerce. 



Undoubtedly " Success " is the grandest main crop tomato in existence, and as a iffiP** aDd a 

 shipper not equalled by any other variety known to-day. Specimens shipped from QregJ 1 10 Phila- 

 delphia reached me as if they had just been picked, while specimens of " Success " picked September 

 1st, two weeks later, were as sound, smooth and fresh, as at the moment of removal from *, 110 Pi nes. 

 To try it is to realize the truth of the old saying, that " nothing succeeds like success " and^ ca nnot 

 do better than refer my friends to the letters published below from a few of my customers lo\ ated *n 

 forty-lour states and territories, who planted it in 1900. About 6000 such letters were receive6 in *U. 

 and Mrs. Mellard, of Arkansas, secured the $100 prize, although it was a hard matter to decid< as all 

 the letters were almost equally as good as hers. 



Prices of " Success " for 1901 : Pkt., 15 cts. ; 2 pkts., 25 eta. ; H oz., 40 cts. 



MRS. M. E. MELLARD, Hot Springs, Arks. 



In order to give your 1900 Tomato a fair trial, I planted them 

 in between all my other varieties, and kept them under the same 

 cultivation, so that no one variety should have any advantage over 

 the other. The 1900 I found the best in every way. The stalks 

 hang full of round, smooth fruit, which I can pick off the vines and 

 put in " first-class baskets" as they are sorted on the vines. It 

 ripens up to the stem, and the scarcity of seed makes it desirable, 

 while its beautiful rich, red color adds much to its value. After all 

 the rain and damp weather we have had they neither rot nor split 

 open. They are an ornament to the table. I shall always plant It. 

 E. VAN ALLEN, Delmar, N Y. 



Herewith find the testimonials of our folks regarding your new 

 tomato— 1900. " It's a Cracker-Jack," says the gardener. "The 

 heaviest tomato I ever handled," says the boy who picks them. 

 " The most perfect in form and texture," says my wife. " It beats 

 them all sure," says the cook; and I say that it is the most dis- 

 tinctly new variety introduced by any seedsman for ten years. I 

 have grown and tested 200 varieties. 

 ED. W. BRODNAX, Eutaw, Ala. 



Too much praise cannot be given your 1900 Tomato. It is cer- 

 tainly a wonder, and one of the best in every respect I have ever 

 grown. I had a bunch of five weighing at least from one-half 

 pound to one pound each, and as perfectly shaped as an apple. No 

 doubt this tomato will prove one of the best for shipping purposes 

 ever grown. It is certainly the leader of all tomatoes in every 

 respect, and should have space in every garden. 

 M. W. BtTTTERFIELD, Davenport, la, 



Maule's 1900— the Transcendent Mascot of Tomatoes. The best 

 tomato extant for all purposes, either for early forcing under glass 

 or for late crop. Exceptionally fine for canning purposes, being 

 always a beautiful, brilliant red color ; large, uniform size, smooth 

 shape and solid, with no core or hard center. Very few seeds and 

 extremely flue flavored ; does not orack or rot. Plants bear large 

 clusters of 6 to 10 tomatoes at every second joint, and all ripen all 

 over and through at the same time. The clusters of tomatoes hang 

 so closely, that they completely conceal the stem. 

 CHAS. E. KELLOGG, West Stafford, Conn. 



Your 1900 Tomato is of very handsome crimson color, skin smooth 

 and free from cracks ; a great yielder ; and is very meaty, with few 

 seeds. Flavor is unusually good, having much character to it, and 

 not the insipid taste of so many varieties, and the sharp aoid taste 

 of some of the older kinds. It's a beauty. 

 MRS. J AR. F. EWING, Bowling Green, Ky. 



Maule's 1900 Tomato is of exceedingly delicious flavor, a bright, 

 brilliant red color, unusually solid with few seeds ; an abundant 

 bearer, an excellent keeper, fine for shipping purposes ; ripens 

 evenly all over and in clusters of 8 or 10, making a beautiful 

 picture as they cling close to the stem of the plant. 

 AARON LOW, Hingham, Mass. 



In a garden trial with Maule's 1900 Tomato with ten of the best 

 known kinds during the past season, I find by the record it sur- 

 passed all in the amount of product, in strength and vigor of growth, 

 in uniformity of shape and large size of its brilliant red fruit. 

 MRS. 4. C. V A ID EN, Bradley's Store, Va. 



Maule's 1900 Tomato is as near perfection as can be, both in its 

 brilliant color and luscious flavor ; and is ahead of all other 

 varieties I have tested, for vigorous growth and fruitfulness ; not- 

 withstanding the drought of nine weeks this summer, it bore abund- 

 antly and is still bearing up to this date, October 11th. 

 WM. HcMORRAN, Randolph, Wis. 



Maule's 1900 Tomato is one grand delight from the time the leaves 

 appear to the close of the season. It grows strong, stocky, vigorous 

 plants, loaded down with great clusters of large, bright, delioious 

 tomatoes. Three months severe drought did not affect it, for it made 

 a vigorous growth, while others planted side by side did not grow. 

 REV. F. L. McCUE, Jackson, Miss. 



The praise given your 1900 Tomato in last year's catalogue 

 seemed extravagant, but its record last season proves that it 

 deserves it. 



F. G. DUFFIN, Hoopeston, Ills. 



Your 1900 Tomato was more than satisfactory to me. I have 

 never seen a tomato so exceptionally fine, combining, as it does, all 

 the points of merit, with absolutely no disqualifications. It is the 

 strongest bearer we have ever planted. 

 A. B. HAHTSELL, Haynesvllle, Lb. 



From one 1900 Tomato vine this season I picked eleven dozen 

 tomatoes, which sold easily at 10 cents a dozen, making the sum of 

 $1.10 a vine. I grew six other varieties, and the 1900 excelled them 

 all in every particular. 

 A. T. JOHNSON, St. Albans, Vt. 



I have raised tomatoes for twenty-five years and have never had 

 anything to compare with your 1900 ia size, flavor, and productive- 

 ness. I have picked one weighing a pound, and have several more 

 on the vines as large, which is wonderful for the climate of Northern 

 Vermont. I had ripe tomatoes three weeks before any of my 

 neighbors, who purchased their plants at the greenhouses here. 

 P. HENRY SMYTH, E. Cleveland, Ohio. 



Maule's 1900 isihe tip-top of everything in the tomato universe. 

 Plants grow well in the open air, or under glass ; are hardy and 

 thrifty. Very prolific, in large clusters of beautiful fruit, of uni- 

 formly perfect size and shape, and in color a rich vermillion red, a 

 basket of these tomatoes resembling a basket of perfect red apples. 

 Flesh Is compact, with few seeds, and of unrivaled flavor. 

 PHILIP C. 8PENDLOVE, Halllday, Kan». 



Your 1900 Tomato cannot be praised too highly ; for market, 

 table, or canning, they are the tomato. I have raised tomatoes all 

 my life, but these take the cake. They stand drought better than 

 anything I have ever had, and ail my customers want them. 

 W. H. DONATHAN, Georgetown, Texas. 



Your 1900 Is the first in and last out. First in flavor, smoothness, 

 color, and size, and as proline as the best. It's an eyo-pleaser, and 

 from my experience in tomatoes and looking over my garden, it's 

 going to be the last out ; one strong point, its fine foliage protects 

 its fruit from our Texas sun. 



REV. JA8. WATERS, Bowling Green, Ky. 



Your 1900 is an ideal tomato. Color bright red, both raw and 

 cooked, flesh firm, needs few and flavor delicious. A most prolific 

 bearer, and fruit sells best of all. I have kept specimens Ave weeks. 

 J. W. CANNON, Concord, Dela. 



I have been growing tomatoes for fifteen years, and your 1900 is 

 far superior to any I have ever raised. They excel both In quality 

 and quantity ; of exceptionally fine flavor, and even now In Octo- 

 ber they are not acid like other varieties ; they are of a beautiful 

 bright red color, and excellent for canning purposes. 



H. BILLINGS, Farmville, Va. 



Growers will find a bonanza in your 1900 Tomato. It is equally 

 good for the home or market garden. It has wonderful vitality, and 

 bears its wealth of beautiful, bright and brilliant red fruit in heavy 

 clusters at every second joint, completely concealing the stems. It 

 yields immensely all through the season, but being so robust is 

 especially good as a late crop. The meat is very solid and has few 

 seeds, a great advantage when used for canning. 

 R. OSBORNE, Tamora, Ills. 



Your 1900 is one of the finest tomatoes grown. Vines strong and 

 vigorous, easily bearing their great weight of fruit. Fruit perfect 

 in form, and so free from ridges as to seem polished ; have a fine, 

 sweet flavor, are very firm, solid and meaty, and contain few seeds. 

 Color a very attractive, brilliant red, and when sliced its bright 

 color and beauty never fail to attract general admiration. It will 

 be a long time before a finer tomato than this i3 brought forward. 

 MRS. E. CARTER, Third Street, Santa Monica, Cala. 



Good flavor, good form, good color ; these three are the most im - 

 portant requisites in a table tomato. The new tomato, Maule's 

 1900, is far ahead of all the old tomatoes in these respects, and is 

 infinitely superior to them in its keeping qualities, as it remains 

 perfectly ripe without rotting much longer than other varieties. 

 JOHN Y. ELLIS, Montgomery, Pa. 



Reasons why Maule's 1900 Tomato is the best all around tomato 

 grown. It is firm and solid, with no hard core and few seeds, and is 

 superior for canning purposes. It keeps a long time after being 

 picked from the vines without rotting or getting soft, making it a 

 good market fruit, or for shipping a long distance. It is uniform in 

 size, symmetrical in shape, of nioe size for packing in crates for 

 shipping to distant markets, and is of a beautiful red color. It 

 ripens as early as other good tomatoes, and fruits until frost inter- 

 feres with it. ( I consider it the best for a main crop, and for the 

 amateur or market gardener. 



E. N. CHISHOLM, Rowesville, S. C. 



Your 1900 Tomato is the finest of the family I have yet seen. For 

 richness of coloring, delicacy of flavor, and elegance of shape, it is 

 unsurpassed. It is a fruit, not a vegetable. It stands drought 

 well, and the fruit does not rot in the wet spells. The flesh is Arm, 

 yet tender, and stands shipping well. Without exception it is 

 superb. 



W. T. CSSERY, Sprauls, N. C. 



Your 1900 possesses every good quality to be found In a tomato. 

 A. T. HELTON, Brooks, Kans. 



I have been trying to get an extra fine tomato for years, and have 

 tried over a hundred different varieties, but your 1900 is mv choice. 

 They stand more handling and keep longer than any other" variety. 

 I can sell them around all the others, and get better prices. I sold 

 $47.00 worth of tomatoes from a single packet of your 1900. 

 MRS. W. M. KNOER, Huntland, Tenn. 



Your 1900 Tomato, amongmany other varieties, leads as being the 

 only one not to rot. It Is delioiou3 eating in any form. It is uni- 

 form in size, good color, no hard core and ripens evenly to the stem. 

 Of remarkably large size for such a heavy cropper, and I believe it 

 yields the most fruit of any in existenoe. In fact, it is superior to 

 all as a means of drawing silver to a man's pooket. 



F. R. MAAS, La Porte, Ind. 



Maule's 1900 is without doubt the champion of all tomatoes. As 

 a yielder it has no equal, producing almost double the amount of 

 tomatoes to a plant of any other known variety. It is uniform in 

 size, of finest flavor, beautiful red color, and as a oanner it has no 

 peer. For table use in any form it is second to none. For forcing 

 or late orop, it is perfection. 

 WM. H. HICKOE, Bethel, Conn. 



I wish to report on your 1900 Tomato. Notwithstanding tho pro- 

 tracted drouth we had in this looality, the plants are stout and 

 vigorous, and literally loaded with smooth, solid fruit ; uniform in 

 size, of handsome appearance, and fully as good as they look. I do 

 not know of a single desirable quality that this variety does not 

 possess. The New Stone, planted at the same time and under the 

 same conditions, have been very materially affected by blight and 

 rot, while not a single plant or tomato of the 1900 have shown the 

 least sign of it. It is certainly a Cracker-Jack among tomatoes. 

 JOHN S. HUNTER, Savannah, Mo. 



I have tried all the so-called best varieties, but none of them can 

 compare with your 1900. The fruit is of a bright, brilliant red 

 color, firm and solid, and with few seeds. It is very productive, 

 the plants being always loaded down with their beautiful fruit. 

 H. T. COFFIN, Loveland, Colo. 



I have grown tomatoes in Colorado the last fourteen years, and 

 have growu almost every variety known, and must say that Maule's 

 1900, for color, earlinoss, flavor, and being free from seeds, has no 

 equal ; in fact, it is a perfect tomato. 

 W. E. BOND, Schofleld, Mo. 



I And your 1900 Tomato to be tho most wouderful fruit I have ever 

 grown, and I have grown several distinguished varieties. It bears 

 its fruit well up from the ground in great olusters, the fruit grows 

 to a most wonderful size, is very smooth, solid, sweet and tender ; 

 has few seeds and a small core. 

 E. L. RANNEY, Lander, Wyo. 



Your 1900 Tomato is a decided success, being perfectly smooth, 

 and as nearly seedless as a tomato can be. Its color i3 a distinct 

 shade of red ; it bears in great numbers, and excels in quality. It 

 is the Anest tomato ever introduced. 



MRS. M. E. PHILO, Randolph, Iowa. 



Your 1900 Tomato has a very rugged, thrifty, prolifio vine, bear- 

 ing a large quantity of very beautiful, finely shaped, brightly col- 

 ored, delicious red tomatoes, that for table use or canning would be 

 difficult to excel. A fruit to be desired by every lover of a first- 

 class tomato. 



MRS. R. J. VENABLE, Woodborry, Arks. 



Having tried 1900 in comparison with ten other varieties, I pro- 

 nounce it superior to them all. For. table use, for canning, for beau- 

 tiful color, for productiveues and general uniformity of size, shape, 

 and color of fruit, which is almost solid, with fewest number of 

 seeds of auy variety I have ever planted. Drouth had no offeot on 

 its bearing, and a wet spell, that caused all others to rot or crack, 

 did not injure 1900. 

 J. E. SHELDON, Chesterfield, N. H. 



Your 1900 Tomato is an unusually prolific bearer of extra large, 

 smooth tomatoes ; the fruit being very solid, with few seeds, making 

 it almost a seedless variety. 

 W. R. NEWKIRK, FoUom, New Mexico. 



Your 1900 is an extremely smooth, perfect and uniformly shaped 

 tomato; very large, solid, and fleshy to the centre ; and is the most 

 productive of any tomato ever raised in the Southwest. 



. ; oz M 75 cti^ 



LEWIS HUNT, Eosee, Ohio. 



Your 1900 is the most beautiful and most productive tomato we 

 have ever raised on our grounds, and showed the least rot in a plot 

 of thirteen varieties. It is simply wonderful in every respect. 

 JOHN H. PALMER, Albion, N. Y. 



I must say a few words about your 1900 Tomato. In spite of the 

 driest and hottest summer we have had here in twenty years, the 

 new tomato stood it the best of Ave kinds I had planted. It Is of 

 good size, handsome, hardy and vigorous, and productive. I should 

 say it was a good business tomato. Good to eat, good to raise, good 

 to look at, and good to sell, and in fact it would be hard to beat. 

 C. G. ADDISON, Springfield, Md. 



Last spring I planted Maule's 1900 Tomato and fourteen other 

 varieties for comparison, including the best In cultivation. After a 

 fair trial, I have no hesitation in pronouncing 1900 to be far superior 

 to any of its competitors in every respect. In fact, after twenty-Ave 

 years experience with tomatoes, I And this grand novelty to combine 

 more qualities of a perfect tomato than any I ever grew, which in- 

 cludes all the leading varieties known, and in future I will confine 

 myself entirely to 1900 for main crop. 

 J. N. VAN NOTTER, Forest, Ont., Canada. 



I tested, your 1900 Tomato alongside of seven leading varieties, 

 and I must say it is the most wonderful tomato ever introduced In 

 these parts. It surpasses all others in productiveness, flavor 

 beauty, and freedom from rot. While other varieties rotted very 

 badly, 1900 was practically free. Its luxuriant growth gives it an 

 advantage over others in a dry season. I do not think there ia 

 another tomato grown that equals it for field crop, or for forcing 

 purposes. In fact, your 1900 Tomato will produce more, come 

 earlier, last longer, and sell better than any other variety I have 

 tested in thirty years. 



C. M. DITSLEAR, .Chambersburg, Pa. 



Among Ave other varieties of tomatoes planted, none turned out 

 as well as your 1900; Think of no rain for six weeks, and but two 

 and one-half inches fall since May, then pulling forty-one large 

 tomatoes from a single vine; this is not bad when others failed 

 entirely even in the next row. 1900 will be used altogether by me 

 next year. I like the arrangement of the olose fruit stems and 

 clusters of fruits. I realized $1.20 per bushel for my crop. 

 MRS. 8. B. HARKER, Mineral Point, Wise. 



Your 1900 Tomato is certainly a leader, and possesses every good 

 quality to be found in a tomato. The vine is strong and vigorous, 

 beginning to fruit when very small, and as it branches and length- 

 ens, every other joint bears fruit in clusters, and continues until 

 frost comes. The tomato is of good size, and the entire crop of such 

 perfect, smooth shape as to be surpassed by none. Not a single ill- 

 shaped one on the vines. It is very solid, with very few seeds, the 

 core a solid piece of meat, and the color a brilliant scarlet color ; 

 is of great beauty and a great producer ; it Is especially free from 

 rot. 



E. M. CAMPBELL, Weatherford, Okla. 



Your 1900 Tomato is one of the finest tomatoes I ever raised. 

 Is all you recommend it to be. 

 MRS. J. E. BCRNSIDE, Kearney, Nebr. 



Your 1900 Tomato is everything that oould be wished for. It Is 

 very free from rot, elegant fiavor, very smooth, a good seller, and a 

 beautiful color. 



CYRUS TOLMAN, Marlon, Idaho. 



Your 1900 Tomato beats them all. 

 sized tomatoes in a duster. 

 CONRAD LAMB, Gaylord, Minn. 



Your 1900 Tomatoes are beautiful. I never raised suoh fine 

 tomatoes. It is a pleasure to look at the vines loaded down with 

 such fine fruit. 



GEORGE FA It It EN, Matawan, If. J. 



I planted your 1900 Tomato in a field with four other varieties, 

 and find It tw be the most profitable. The tomatoes set better, 

 have flner color, are much smoother, and what is best of all, they do 

 not speck even in tho most unfavorable woather. I shall raise It 

 on an extensive scale the coming season for shipping purposes, 

 and I highly recommend 1900 to all. 

 MRS. E. COWDERY, Fitzgerald, Ga. 



Nothing has pleased me better than your 1900 Tomato. I do not 

 believe it can be surpassed. Its shape is the very best, skin of a 

 deep rich tinted red, making it very attractive, and it is wonderfully 

 productive. 



LUCETTA F. JOHNSON, Medford, Oregon. 



We are engaged in truck farming and raise a great many toma- 

 toes, and I must say, your 1900, on account of its perfect shape and 

 great beauty, is unsurpassed for market. It is greatly admired by 

 all our customers for its extra Ane quality. 

 NANNIE BOYS, Walnut Grove, West Virginia. 



Your 1900 Tomato has greatly exceeded my expectations. It is 

 as round as a globe, has very few seeds, thick, juioy flesh, and of a 

 bright red color. 



S. C. G. AVERY, Wells Branch, Maine. 



In your 1900 Tomato, the climax of tomato value seems to be 

 reached. Its distinct color, peculiar manner of growth, excellent 

 keeping qualities, its groat clusters of symmetrical, mammoth fruit, 

 its solid flesh with so few seeds, together with ha delicious flavor, 

 combine to make this novelty all that can be desired as a tomato 

 for home and market use. 

 MRS. L. R. COSTON, Muskegon, Mich. 



Your 1900 Tomato cannot be too highly praised on account of its 

 beauty of color, perfect shape, no core to speak of, and excellent 

 shipping qualities. 



MRS. II. W. BRANCH, 320 Green St., Tampa, Fla. 



Your 1900 Tomato is the only tomato that can be justly called a 

 fruit; it is superior for any and all purposes. Large size, luscious 

 flavor, and a beautiful bright red vermillion color. It is unsur- 

 passed for marketing, canning, shipping, or the table. In fifteen 

 rows of different varieties of tomatoes, the 1900 was tho most vigor- 

 ous of all, and not a worm on any of the plants, while some rows 

 were entirely destroyed by the worm. 

 CHARLES E. YOUNG, Sooth Fobter, It. I. 



I send one of your 1900 Tomatoes weighlug seventeen ounces, and 

 have lots of others j ust as perfect. Of the other Ave kinds I planted, 

 the 1900 beat them all in flavor and hardness of flesh, In fact it 

 beat them in every respect. 

 A. M. RORB, Paragonah, Utah. 



Your seeds have all proven to be the very best, and your 1900 

 Tomato is a perfect beauty. 

 C. ALBERT HULL, Sun River, Montana. 



During an extremely hot and dry season, and with very Httle 

 attention, every vine of your new tomato was loaded with fine fruit, 

 remarkably uniform in size and shape. The fruit was large, 

 abundant and solid. 



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I raised as many as ten good 



PRICES OF " SUCCESS " FOB. 1901 : Packet, 15 cents ; two packets, 25 cents ; one-half ounce, 40 cents ; ounce, 75 cents. 



