WHAT PATRONS SllY 



OF T8E 



X onderosaXomato 



Our space -will only permit us printing 

 afiiwof tlio testimonials we n-i'eived ii» 

 to tiKi Tvortli of tliis woniliTfui Tomato. 

 TljOHii lici-o (^ivcn wore tulif^n from Iiun- 

 (ireds, ov';ry onn of vvliioli wasunnolieitod. 

 We puljlisli tlicni vorljittira, eseept tliat 

 we sul)StitutePONDEHOSA,wlierever " No. 

 400" occurs. Tills all-(;ration we make to 

 fairiillnrizo the jmlille with the variety's 

 prupor mum?. 



The PwnJeroHa I'nmafn !m umjumtionahlji 



thr, Ihuxl. liiniml. IniiHt nntill liuil iminl ;.ri;- 

 dw.llrr Inmiihi uriiilii, i-i ii sijl<inlill Kln/:lir'r, 

 mid Jill- riiiiiiiiill iiiii-iiiiHi'H fiiimiil In: I'.n-i-llril. 

 Skin lliiii, hill KU lullj/lilliiil it will keeji luiiijn- 

 in ijood condition than anii oilier. 



E. I.. rojiiE. 



Sept., '91. Keillinhiirii, Wm. 



I wdijhed tin' four largest of the Pondftrotia 

 Tomatoea ; four tonuUom witit/hed 88 ounceH, 



and one of tlirm 



iilmir wt>'ufhvd2\^ Ibn. Am 



welt repaid fur 



mi [uirchiiHv und »h(iU come 



atjain aoonjor -i 



lurtt srnlH. 





11. D. IIERSISV, 



Sept. 23, '91. 



Linculn, Mumh- 



Your PonilproMO Tanmla ducH not fail tu 

 arrest attention. The friiil i» iiIihohI im /inn 

 tis an apple, hat* liltir jiiln- nml fnr ni-i'dn. 

 Tliem: nknder plimln. Iraimd nin'l Hhniiliini 

 creel tree-Hhv rlolhnl in fuliniii- ,,/ thr dnrll 

 ealgreen anil hmrinil .inrh immmHr IninlniH 

 of crimson fruit, i.^n nullit n/irh/niinilnl. 



I^II.Ati J.. tiNVDliU., 

 Sept. 23, '01. Tuhn-i/, Uimda Co., N. Y. 



The PonderoHa htm upoili'd iw for eating 

 any oilier tomato, on itennint of itn fine, final- 

 «»/. I). W. MANN'INII. 



Sept. 21, '91. luinKiin fit II, .1/... 



I ni'lirr Hiiir ami III rijiiiil ijuni- l^indi'riinii 

 Tomiiln. i-ithrr liiri- iir in Vnlifiirniii. Wi 

 galhfild Imxlul nfln- Ini.ihrl. nit iniiii.ilirn. 



MiH. JtiCIIAKl) L. PUlill, 

 Sept 22, '91. Thibodamp, La. 



This morning Ipich'.d one of iinnr Von- 

 deroea Tomatoejiand weighed it uiid it lipped 

 the ticalea at 3 Iba. 5 oza, 



P. PWKEL. 

 Sept. 22, '01. Anaoiiia, Conn. 



Everii one who taated iioitr Ponderoaa 

 Tomatoes pronouneed them not onlglhe larg- 

 ent but the beat flavored. 



THEODORE POTTS, 

 Sept. 15, '91. Paria, Ark. 



The grand Tomntn, Pimderomi, e.ri'els 

 amjlhinij of llis kind I rrrr .iMir, iind I hiire 

 for more than 2(1 iteai-a hinuihl ai'i'ils of the 

 finent tomatoes I could gii.' It it* nil Ihat 

 could be desired. 



Mra. WM. DPESLISR. 

 Sept. 14, '01. Margville, Mo. 



In a bed of 21 planta I pulled off i-ipe to- 

 matoes in three weeks enough to fill three 

 buaheta. lacking a very few. 



MAGGIE I. CRIST, 

 Sept. 10, '91. Mooresdale, Pa. 



Some aprei mens grown from seed of Pon. 

 deroi-a Tomato wire rieinthi amirikd the 

 first premium iil the unniuil Tioga Coiirdy 

 Pair, held in O.iic«;o, Sept. Hlli, 9lh and 

 10th, 1891. .Miss JOSIE YA TKS, 



■go, N. Y. 



I had one of your Ponderosa Tomatoes 

 for dinner to-day. It weighed 3 lbs. 1 oz., 

 was as solid, fine meat as lever saw, very 

 smooth, and flavor the best I have tasted. 

 THOS. MARSHALL, 

 Sept. 10, '91. Ripon, Wis. 



MB. OiBMAN. 



Tin. HKX.\MER. 



MR. PAI.CONEB. 



THE JURY IN the; TOMATO NAME CONTEST. 



The illustration shows an interior view of our private ofBce in New York, and seated therein Dr. 

 Hexamer, Editor oi Americun Agricul/iirisl, Mr.iE. S. Carman, Editor ot Rural New f'orker, both of New York, 

 and Mr. Wm. Falconer. Glen Cove, N. Y. These gentlemen constituted the jury whose verdict gave the 

 name PONDEROSA to the " No. 400 " Tomato. Mr, John Thorpe, Chief of Floriculture in the Columbian 

 Fair, was on the original committee, but was unfortunately ill in Chicago at the time the name contest was 

 decided, and Mr. Falconer at our request kintlly consented to serve. All three gentlemen are widely known 

 in connection with horticultural affairs, and their unanimous choice of the successful name will, we think, 

 meet with general approval. Certainly the five contestants who suggested the winning name think so. Our 

 check for $50 each has been sent to 



W. L. AKERS, Braddock, Allegheny Co., Pa. 



MRS. N. E. CAINES, Dade City, Pasco Co., Fla. 



LAURA M. CRINSTED, 637 Ninth St., N.E., Washington, D.C. 



DR. W. P. McDERMOTT, 222 San Jose Av., San Francisco, 



Cal. 

 CEO. SUNIMEY, Chester, Chester Co., S. C. 



NOW THEN > 0R 1892 WE OFFER $500,00 



inc^ash premiums tor the Heaviest and Best Formed Single "iomatoes grown from seed ot the PONDEROSA purchased in 1892, either from 

 MDniw'^'" ("'"'''"'s, sealed with our Red Trade-Mark Iiabel. or bought olsewhere. provided, always, tliat thi' paeltets bear the name 

 "PONDEROSA," and are seali'd with our Red Trade-M irk Label. "Those intendinj,- to compete for these premiums must so state at the 

 tmie of ordering tiie .*eed. so that we can recorii it. If this is not done their specimens cannot be considered in the competition. In accord- 

 ance with above conditions, and those on other side ot tlir sheet, we offer 



$500.00 to to© ailstrl"lD\a.-t©<a. AS rollo-wss 



For the Heaviest and Best Formed Single Tomato 

 " 2d 

 " 3d 

 " 4th 

 " 5th 



cOSO.OO 



100.00 



75.00 



50.00 



35.00 



For 6th Heaviest and Best Formed Single Tomato 

 .. 7th 

 .. 8th 

 .. 9th 

 •• 10th ■' " " 



Total.... 



. $30.00 



25.80 



20.00 



10.00 



5.00 



$500.00 



WHAT PATRONS SAY 



OFTBB 



X onderosa Xomato 



\Conlinued.j 



Ripe fruit A\ig. 27lh, 1891, jh«( 100 days 

 from the time the seed of the Po/ideroaa To- 

 mato was sown — the most rapid growth I 

 have ever known for a tomato, and I have 

 been in the business foi- .^U years. 



JOHN HODGKIN, 

 Sept. 4, '91. Falls Church, Va. 



As afruif on the tea-table they are cvrpii- 

 site; they have no fibre, no coarseness, no 

 ran/mess ; the smalt seeds are so embedded 

 in the delicate meat as to be called almost 

 aeedUsa. MARY F. KELLOGG, 



Sept. 8, '91. Gorham, Maine. 



Everything wanted in a tomato is found in 

 Tomato Ponderosa. LVLA FOWLER, 

 Sept. 2, '91. Eureka, Kan. 



We have given your Ponderosa Tomato a 

 trial in our grounds, and find it a grand ac- 

 quisition. It is a vigorous grower and an 

 immense bearer of very large, fme tomatoes. 



A. D. ALDkRMAH, 

 Sept. 8, '91. Ottawa, Kansas. 



The Tomatoes raised from the .^leed of Pon- 

 derosa took the 1st prize at the Loudoun Co. 

 Fair, Va., and were jirononnced the most 

 beautiful ever seen. 



Miss LAURA BOWIE, 

 Oct. 1, '91. Reading, Pa. 



I saw in our Provinrial E.rhibilion a pliile 

 of Henderson's Ponderosa not to be com- 

 pared to my second size Tomato from Pon- 

 derosa seed. JANE MAJOR, 

 Sept. 29, '91. Montreal, Canada. 



Ihave ctUlivaled tomatoes for 35 years, and 

 have never seen the Ponderosa Tomato 

 equaled. 



H. K. ARNOLD, 

 Aug. 31, '91. Fairchild, Wis. 



Every word that you said about the Tomato 

 in your advertisement has proved to be true. 



Rev. L K. RADER, 

 Aug. 31, '91. Akron, Ohio. 



Ihave given all your new tovialoes a good 

 trial for itie last seven ijenrs and found them 

 as represented, hut the one this year heats 

 them all WALTER HOY, Gardener, 

 Aug. 31, '91. Burlington, Vermont. 



Tliose Ponderosa Tomato aeeds you sent 

 me last spring I planted, and the result is 

 they are the finest in thin section. I set out 

 about forty plants and they all came out good. 



HENRY W. OTTO. 

 Aug. 30, '91. Meriden, Conn. 



Ywtr Ponderosa Tomato is more a very 

 choice fruit than a vegetable, perfectly firm 

 and solid, of a deep red color and a most 

 delicious flavor. R. W. SLADE, 



July 16, 91. Cnlvmbus, Ga. 



This novel Tomato, Pondfrosa. is a new 

 variety, large, smooth, of a dark, rieh crimson 

 color, hardy growth, jn'oUfic andwell adapted 

 to this climate. 



■■ THS NOXABEE DEMOCRAT." 

 July 18, '91. Macon, Miss. 



The seed of the new Tomato, Ponderosa, 

 which I purchased from ycnt, last spring, has 

 far exceeded my most sanguine expectations. 

 It is certainly the finest tomato I have ever 

 »een. A. C. ERASER, 



Aug. 7, '91. Gait, Ontario. 



WluUever name may be selected for it, it 

 has come to stay, like many other new vege- 

 tables you have introduced. 



MARK SPENCER, » 

 North Salem, N. Y. 



