DESCRIPTIVE PRICED CATALOGUE. 
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MAILINS DEPARTMENT. 
All PLANTS and SEEDS under this head MAILED POSTPAID unless 
otherwise noted. 
TOMATOES. 
ONE OUNCE SEED FOR FOUR THOUSAND PLANTS. 
Sow in hot beds during March, or from six to eight weeks before they can 
be set out of doors ; when the plants have four leaves transplant into shallow 
boxes, setting them four or five inches apart ; give them plenty of air and 
endeavor to secure a vigorous but steady and healthy growth, so that at the 
time of setting in the open ground they will be strong and stocky. Set out 
of doors as soon as danger from severe frosts is over. 
Stone. A fine Tomato for main crop for market or canning. The fruit is 
perfectly smooth, very large, many of them weighing over a pound. It 
ripens evenly to the stem without cracking, and is very free from rot, even 
in wet seasons when other sorts have rotted badly. Exceedingly solid and 
firm flesh ; it stands shipping well, and is an attractive market variety. Pkt. 
Sc., oz. 2Sc., X lb. 7Sc. 
The Quickest=Growing " Earliest of All " Tomatoes. 
Spark's Earllana. The 
most famous and actually 
the " Earliest of All" first- 
early Tomatoes to grow for 
the very earliest market. 
It originated with Mr. 
George Sparks, of Salem 
County, New Jersey, where 
early tomatoes are shipped 
literally by trainloads from 
each of the larger stations 
early in the season. Many 
growers of this variety have 
realized an average of two 
hundred dollars ($200.00) 
per acre — marketing almost 
their entire crops while the 
fruit was still scarce and 
high in price. The growth 
is quite compact, the 
branches being short -jointed 
and thickly set with large 
clusters of handsome bright 
scarlet fruit. The foliage 
is of medium size and while 
sufficient to carry the large 
crop, it does not hide the 
fruit from the warm sunshine 
necessary to ripen an early 
crop. The plants are 
quite hardy and will with- 
