TOMATO 
One ounce will produce about 1,500 plants. 
Pr. TOMATE. 
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 them for 
planting out. Water freely 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 trellises, and the fruit is much improved, not only in appearance, but in quality. Especially is this desu-able 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 eartiest 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. 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 TJ. 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. eOc; pkt. 10c. 
JUNE PINK— Is simUar 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 . 
JOHN BAER (Originator's Stock) 
— This variety is the result of 
many generations of breeding. It 
produces perfect, solid, high 
crown, brilliant red Tomatoes ; 
splendid for shipping. They ripen 
. as soon as Earhana, bearing 50 to 
100 fruit per plant. The flavor is 
delidously sweet. The plant will 
stand plenty of fertilizer without 
going to vine. ]4 lb. $2.50: oz. 
75c.: 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 earlies, both in Rreenhouses as well as in the field. The fruits 
arc of large size, and a good marketable size is retained throughout the season. 
It is always smooth, of firm flesh, and few seeds; ripens evenly; color, a fine 
glossy rose, tinged with purple, 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. 
There is no better variety for greenhouse growing or for early growing on stakes 
or trellises. Its blight-proof qualities are remarkable. H, lb. $2.30; oz. 7Sc.; 
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. 
Plants require less space than other varieties and are very productive. )/i lb. 
$1.75; oz. 60c.i 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. lb. 
tl.TS; oz. 60c.; pkt. 10c. 
PONDEROSA 
This is the largest-fruited Tomato and is ol line quality for slicing. The 
vines are strong; fruits largely oblong in form, deep through, and generally ridged 
or ribbed; deep purple in color. Solidly Beshy 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 lb. $2.50; oz. 75c.: pkt. 10c. 
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