VEGETABLE SEEDS • Beckert's Seed Store, 101 and 103 Federal St., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



TOMATOES 



Tomatoes are warmth-loving plants. The seed should hi- sown in 

 hebruary or March, cither in the hotbed or in boxes or pots placed in 

 a warm, sunny window, using hue, mellow soil and watering carclulh 

 as required. When the seedlings are about 2 inches tall, reset them in 

 pots or in rows 4 to 5 inches apart, keeping the temperature about 

 60°. A subsequent transplanting will mate them more branching 

 and stocky. Do not set the plants out in the open ground until all 

 danger from frost is past. As the weather becomes warm and settled, 

 harden the plants by exposing them to the open air lor a few hours in 

 the middle of the day for a week or so and then plant them out in a 

 warm, sunny -.pot and water them freely until they arc well estab- 

 lished. A packet of seed will produce plenty of plants for the average 

 small garden; an ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants or mole. 

 It is not only cheaper to grow your own Tomato plants from seed 

 but it is also much safer for you are then assured of having just the 

 variety that you want. 



The standard varieties of Tomatoes are divided into two general 

 classes — those having scarlet fruits and those with pink or purplish 

 Iruits. In both classes there are early, midseason and late sorts, some 

 that are dwarf in growth and, therefore, particularly suitable for the 

 small patch, and some that are distinctly globe-shaped. The wise 

 gardener will plant at least two or three kinds maturing in succession. 



Beckert's New Wayahead Tomato. Note the foliage 



BECKERT'S NEW WAYAHEAD TOMATO. t F h ° e r %S^\ t ?L£™ 



Spark's Earliana have been the standard for first crop. Unfortunately, none of these 

 strains have been as sturdy and productive as the later-maturing kinds; extravagant 

 claims have been made for many different selections, but even the best of them pro- 

 duces but one good picking. We are particularly gratified in being able to ofTer our 

 customers this year, for the first time, a distinct new type which has all the good 

 qualities of Earliana and is, in addition, extra-hardy, vigorous, disease-resistant and 

 a heavy producer, continuing to bear long after the first picking is taken off. The 

 most distinctive feature of Beckert's New Wayahead Tomato is its foliage which 

 is of the potato-leaved type, a characteristic that has always been associated with 

 unusual vigor and resistance to blight, etc. The fruits are of good size, smooth, solid, 

 bright red and of fine quality. Beckert's New Wayahead Tomato will ripen as 

 early, if not a few days earlier than Earliana and is, therefore, the earliest Tomato 

 in cultivation. We have only a very small quantity of the seed to distribute this 

 year and suggest that all who wish to test this remarkable new first-early order a 

 packet at once. In sealed packets only, 25 cts. each. 

 SPARK'S EARLIANA. Ready to pick 100 days after the seed is sown. Medium 

 size, handsome shape, bright red;*quite solid; of rather acid quality. Season of 

 bearing short. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.20. 

 JOHN BAER. Ripening just a few days after Earliana and before Bonny Best and 

 Manyfold, John Baer produces larger fruits and plenty of them. On account of its 

 wider soil adaptability, it is a better kind to grow for first-early in the home garden 

 than Earliana. Always smooth, semi-globe-shaped, bright red; quality excellent. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.25. 

 MANYFOLD. Ripening with Bonny Best and bearing fruits which are nearly as 

 large, Manyfold will outyield any early, large-fruited Tomato in cultivation. Some 

 idea of its remarkable prolificness may be had from the photograph of a typical 

 plant reproduced to the left. Moreover, Manyfold leads in quality. The fruits, 



Manyfold — just as it grows 



BONNY BEST. Follows Ear- 

 liana by about ten days and 

 is, without a doubt, the most 

 widely grown early Tomato. 

 The fruits are slightly larger 

 than those of Manyfold 



which are nearly true globe- 

 shaped, are fine for eating 

 raw, as well as for canning 

 and ketchup- making. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 45 cts., 

 V 4 Ib. $1.35. 



aging 3V£ inches in diameter, and the plants are almost as prolific 

 Bonny Best does not have a long bearing season, the yield is so large 

 under any conditions as to make it a most profitable variety to grow. 

 Particularly suited for light, sandy soils; fruit smooth and solid, ripen- 

 ing uniformly; bright red. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.25. 

 CHALK'S JEWEL. A few days later than Bonny Best; fruits slightly 

 larger, and a better yielder, particularly on heavy soils on which it pro- 

 duces enormous crops and bears for a long season. Fruit solid, bright 

 crimson and of fine quality. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.20. 



MAIN -CROP RED VARIETIES 



GREATER BALTIMORE. A select strain of Stone, ripening several 

 days earlier and nearly as productive. Largely grown for canning in 

 the northern states. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.20. 



STONE. An old favorite — the standard Tomato for main-crop and 

 canning. Immensely productive; fruits large and smooth, bright scar- 

 let, solid and meaty. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35 cts., Vilb. $1.10. 



MATCHLESS. Another strain of Stone, with extra-large fruits; late 

 but the heaviest yielder of all. The best late variety for the home 

 garden. Rich cardinal-red; flesh solid and of the finest quality. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.20. 

 Other varieties of Tomatoes are described on the following page 



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