TOMATO 
Onc«ounce will produce about 1,500 plants. 
Fr, TOMATE. 
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CULTURE — For very early fruit, the seed should be sown in a hot-bed about the first week in March, in drills five 
inches apart and one-half inch deep. Later sowings may be made until the last of April. (Sufficient plants for a small 
garden can be started by sowing a few seeds in a shallow box or flower pot and placing in a sunny window in the house) . 
When the young plants are 3 to 4 inches high, they should be set 4 or 5 inches apart in another hotbed or cold-frame, or 
» . , transplanted into small pots, allowing a single plant to a pot. Expose to the air as much as possible to harden themUor 
plantmg out. Water Ireely at the time of transplanting into the open ground and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants are thoroughly established Culti- 
vate thoroughly as long as the vines will permit, but the last two or three workings of the soil should be very shallow or the crop may be badly injured. 
Tomatoes grow splendidly trained to stakes or trelUses, and the fruit is much improved, not only in appearance, but in quality. Especially is this desirable where 
neatness and at the same time economy of space in the home garden is desired. The usual method is to set one strong plant to a stake 5 to 7 feet high tying the plant 
up with wool or other strong, soft twine, and pruning quite freely as the vine advances in growth. By this method plants may be set much closer than in the ordinary 
way. 
SPARK'S SELECT 
EARLIANA 
The earliest smooth, bright-red 
Tomato of good size. 
It is the earliest large, smooth, 
heavy yielding red tomato. Not 
only is it desirable on account of 
its earliness and large size, but on 
account of its handsome shape and 
bright red color. Its solidity and 
fine quality are equal to the best 
medium and late sorts. Plants 
are very compact with stout, 
jointed branches, and yet the 
vines yield enormously. }4 lb. 
$1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c. 
CHALK'S EARLY 
JEWEL 
The largest, smoothest and fin- 
est flavored extra-early bright red 
Tomato. Within a week to ten ■ 
days as early as "Sparks' Earli- 
ana," it is even a heavier cropper, 
with tomatoes of larger size and 
sweeter flavor, — produced con- 
tinuously throughout the season. 
The plants are of strong robust 
growth, with ample foliage to 
protect the fruits from sunscald, 
and not liable to blight. ^ lb. 
$1.75; oz. 60c. pkt. 10c. 
BONNY BEST 
Best Red for Greenhouses. 
One of the finest bright red sorts 
for growing in greenhouses, and a 
good one to follow Earliana in the 
open field. It has been highly 
recommended by U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture as well as big growers 
and shippers throughout the coun- 
try. Bonny Best is a favorite 
Tomato of medium size. They are 
of bright scarlet color, always 
smooth and of remarkably uniform 
size and shape. A splendid sort 
for market and shipping. % lb. 
$1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c. 
JUNE PINK— Is similar in habit 
and shape to the famous Earliana. 
Fruit of medium size, uniform, 
smooth and attractive. In color 
it is a bright, pleasing pink. 
li lb. $1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c 
ALACRITY 
The earliest of all red Tomatoes 
Alacrity produces a close, com- 
pact vine, set freely with fine 
smooth tomatoes, which are usually 
ready to market ten days earlier 
than any other strain. The entire 
crop can be gathered generally in 
about three weeks from the time the 
first fruit ripens. ]i lb. $1.75; 
oz. 60c. ; pkt. 10c. 
SPARK'S SELECT EARLIANA TOMATO 
LIVINGSTON'S GLOBE 
MATCHLESS 
The Finest Early Purple Tomato 
LIVINGSTON'S GLOBE is an extra good all-round sort, of a distinct globe shape, 
with quite a large percentage of elongated fruits, on account of its shape, one 
that permits of a great number of slices to be made from each fruit. We class 
it with the first carlies. both in greenhouses as well as in the field. The fruits 
are of large size, and a good marketable size is retained throughout the season, 
ft is always smooth, of firm flesh, and few .seeds; ripens evenly; color, a fine 
glossy rose, tinged with piu^ile, and without the slightest tinge of yellow at any 
stage of ripening. It is an exceedingly productive variety. In quality there 
IS nothing more to be desired, being mild, pleasant and of delicious flavor, 
here IS no better variety for greenhouse growing or for early growing on stakes 
trflliscs. Its blight-proof qualities are remarkable. M lb. $2.50; oz. 75c.: 
pkt. 10c. 
DWARF STONE— The largest dwarf variety. The fruit resembles Improved 
stone; equally as good in quality. It ripens evenly and has an excellent flavor. 
1 Jants require less space than other varieties and are very productive, 'i lb. 
$1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c. 
The Matchless is worthy of its name. In beauty of coloring and symmetry 
of form, it is indeed without a peer. The vines are of a strong, vigorous growth, 
well set with fruit; the foliage is very rich, dark green in color. They are entirely 
free from core, of a rich cardinal red color, and are not liable to crack from wet 
weather. The fruits are of the largest size, which size is maintained throughout 
the season, the healthy growth of foliage continuing until killed by frost. K lb- 
$1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c. 
PONDEROSA 
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This is the largest-fruited Tomato and is of fine quality for slicing. _ The 
vines are strong; fruits largely oblong in form, deep through, and generally ridged 
or ribbed: deep purple in color. Solidly fleshy with small seed cells: of fine sweet 
flavor. Planted in good soil, pruned to a single stem, fruits frequently attain a 
weight of one pound or more. H $2.50; oz. 75c.; pkt. IDc. 
ATLANTIC PRIZE— Bright red. Kxtra early. % lb- $1.75; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c; 
