Tomaten oder Liebesspfe 
Tomato 
CULTURE. The seed should be grown in March In a hotbed or green house, or may be sown in a box 
and kept inside the window of a room where the night temperature is not less than 65 degrees. The plants 
should be thinned out in the bed so as to give them plenty of room or they will be weak and poor. They 
should be hardened before planting outside. About the middle of May the plants may be set in the open 
ground, from 4 to 5 feet apart each way. Our stock of tomatoes is grown by several of the best growers. 
One ounce produces about 1,500 plants. 
To prevent rot and blight on tomato plants spray with Bordeaux Mixture, when first fruits have set. 
If disease appears repeat or use a weak Copper Sulphate solution as often as needed. 
KANSAS STANDARD. The Kansas Standard 
belongs to the potato-leaved class of tomatoes; it 
is of rapid, vigorous growth, with strong heavy 
stalks, which stand up well unless, which is often the 
case, they are pulled down with over-abundant 
fruit. It begins blooming when only six or seven 
inches high, attains a height of from two and a half 
to three feet and sets its fruit — a rare habit in any 
tomato — from the first blooms. The fruit is of a 
bright, glossy red color and is produced in clusters 
of from four to five tomatoes. In shape the fruit 
is round, slightly flattened, ripening clear to the 
stem, perfectly smooth. It has very few seeds; the 
* meat is thick and firm and of a most excellent flavor. 
\ This tomato is a first-rate keeper and shipper on 
jfaccount of its tough skin, a fact which makes it 
j| also very resistable against influences of insects, 
[ which are so destructive to other varieties. Highly 
f recommended-Pkt. 10c ; oz. 35c ; M-Vo. $1.25 ; lb. $4.00 
k THE MATCHLESS. For the past twenty years 
Matchless has been the main crop variety, and in 
spite of many new varieties, claiming superiority, 
has maintained its position as the finest large-fruited 
bright red variety. The vines are of strong vigorous 
growth, well set with fruit. The fruits are free from 
core; of a very rich cardinal red color and are not 
liable to crack from wet weather. They are of very 
large size and the size of the fruit is maintained 
throughout the season until the vines are killed by 
frost. The skin is remarkably tough and solid, 
and ripe specimens picked from the vines will keep 
in good condition for several weeks. Our stock of 
Matchless is absolutely unsurpassed. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; M-lb. $1.25; lb. $4.00 
KANSAS STANDARD 
EARLIANA. This is without doubt the 
earliest bright red tomato now in cultivation. 
The tomatoes are deep scarlet and grow closely 
together in clusters of five to eight. They are 
of medium size, smooth and solid. The plants 
are quite hardy with rather slender branches, 
bearing an abundance of fine tomatoes. The 
close dwarf habit of growth makes it very 
desirable variety where not much space can be 
wasted on a more spreading and branching 
variety. It is especially valuable as it pro- 
duces fruit at the time when the prices are the 
highest. No market gardener should be with- 
out it. .Pkt. 10c; oz. 35c; M-lb. $1.25 ; lb. $4 00 
From an Oklahoma Paper. 
GROWS TOMATO VINE SIXTEEN 
FEET TALL 
W. H. Neblick, 70, Oalvin, Okla., 
has a tomato vine 16}4 feet tall which 
he cultivated himself, a letter to The 
News says. A picture accompanied the 
letter, Bhowing the old man picking big 
tomatoes from the vine. 
Neblick said he got the seed from 
Barteldes Seed company; the vine is 
the "late stone" variety, he said. 
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EARLIANA 
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