FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
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MARKET GARDENER'S MONEY-MAKING TOMATOES 
CONDON'S FIRST OF ALL 
DWARF CHAMPION 
A second early, purplish-pink variety, especially desirable 
where garden space is limited. Vine about two feet high, 
vigorous, upright, and compact growing. Fruits medium 
sized, exceptionally smooth and of very good quality. Often 
sold as tree tomato. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 54 
pound, 75 cents; pound, $1.35; pound, $2.50. 
EARLY ACME 
vines large, hardy ana productive, ripening its first fruit 
very early, although not an extra early variety. Fruits purp- 
lish-pink, invariably round, smooth and of good size, free 
from cracks and stands shipment well. Flesh, solid and of 
excellent flavor. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 16 cents; % pound, 
50 cents; Yi pound, 90 cents; pound, $1,75. 
DWARF STONE 
Vine dwarf but vigorous and productive. While maturing 
with the later sorts the bright red fruits are of good color, 
exceedingly smooth and very solid. We consider this the 
best of the large fruited dwarf tomatoes. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; J4 pound, $1.35; pound, 
$2,50. 
CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL 
Within a week or ten days as early as the famous Spark's 
Earliana; it is a heavier cropper, with tomatoes of larger size 
and sweeter flavor. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 18 cents; 54 
pound, 60 cents; Yi pound, $1.10; pound, $2.00. 
YELLOW HUSK OR GROUND CHERRY 
Very sweet, mild flavor; used for preserves. Vines low and 
spreading. Fruits small, about one-half inch in diameter, 
enclosed in a loose husk. The seed we offer is that of the 
true Yellow Ground Cherry. Packet, 5 cents; Y2 ounce, 15 
cents; ounce, 25 cents. 
JUNE PINK 
An extra early, purplish-pink tomato, similar to the popular 
Scarlet fruited Earliana in growth of vine, shape and size 
of fruits and time of maturing. This is a variety of excep- 
tional value to market gardeners, who want an early, purplish 
pink tomato, either for home market or to ship; also desirable 
lor planting under glass. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 25 cents; 
;4 pound, 75 cents; Yz pound, $1.35; pound, $2.50. 
NEW STONE 
This has come to be recognized as one of the best of all the 
standard sorts, though still compai'atively new. Tlie color is 
I desirable bright red. The fruit is of a large size, perfectly 
smooth and of best table quality. It is a famous main crop 
tomato in many sections, both north and south, and is much 
used for canning. The plants are productive and fruit bears 
shipment well. See cut. Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 16 cents; 
1/4 pound, 50 cents; % pound, 90 Rents; pound, $1.75, 
Culture. — Sow in hotbed in early spring, or the seed may 
be sown in shallow boxes and placed in a window, when 
one does not wish to have the trouble of making a hotbed. 
Transplant to the open ground when aU danger of frost is 
past, setting the plants 2 to 4 feet apart each way. Fruit 
may be liad several weeks earlier by sowing seed quite early 
and transplanting to small pots. Tomatoes that have not 
ripened at the end of the season may be taken from the 
vines and placed in empty coldframes, or wrapped in tissue 
paper and carefully packed in flat boxes, where a large 
portion of them will ripen from time to time — frequently 
until Christmas. 
CONDON'S FIRST OF ALL 
The largest, smoothest and finest flavored extra 
early tomato in cultivation. This great tomato is well 
named. The illustration gives a fair idea of its size 
and smoothness. The color is a rich, cardinal red. The 
skin is so tough that it is a splendid keeper and ship- 
per, and is less liable to crack in wet weather than any 
other tomato. Unsurpassed for market or table. The 
plant is a strong grower, and is very productive. The 
fruit is free from core, and the seed spaces are small. 
The leaves are of a rich, dark gi-een color, and very 
luxuriant, indicating great ability to produce fruit of 
the largest size throughout the entire season. It 
stands at the front as the earliest bright red Tomato. 
See cut. Packet, 5 cents; % ounce, 18 cents; ounce, 30 
cents; % pound, 90 cents; ^ pound, $1.65; pound, $3.00. 
HENDERSON'S PONDEROSA 
The vines are of strong, rather open growth; fruits 
largely oblong in form, deep through, and generally 
ridged or ribbed; deep purple in color. They are solid- 
ly fleshy with small seed cells; of fine, sweet flavor. 
Planted in good soil, fruits frequently attain a weight 
of one pound or more. We offer a selected strain of 
our own growing that produces tomatoes smooth in 
form and very meaty. Packet, 5 cents; Y2 ounce, 18 
cents; ounce, 30 cents; Y* pound, 90 cents; Yi pound, 
$1.65; pound, $3.00. 
SPARK'S EARLIANA 
This tomato is not only remarkable for its earliness. 
but for its very large size, handsome shape and bright 
red color. Its solidity and fine quality are quite equal 
to the best medium and late sorts. Packet, 4 cents; 
ounce, 18 cents; Yi pound, 60 cents; Y2 pound, $1.10; 
pound, $2.00. 
LIVINGSTON'S BEAUTY 
A decided favorite for either home market or ship- 
ping purposes, being early, hardy, a strong grower, 
productive, large size, always smooth, perfect in shape, 
and excellent in quality. The color is very glossy 
crimson with .a tinge of purple. Packet, 3 cents; 
ounce, 16 cents; Y* pound, 50 cents; Yi pound, 90 cents; 
pound, $1.75. 
NEW STONE 
