NORTHERN GROWN SEEDS AND PLANTS. 
THE * FOUR * NEW * TOlttflTOES. 
maftsficld's Hem mammoth Tree Tomato. 
(Sec back cover.) 
and beauty 
his eff >rts. 
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patrons, and would advise all who desire a novelty m tomatoes to try the Mausheld. 
READ XHESK REPORTS. 
Thb Watertown, Wis., Republican says: A 
few days ago we received six Tree Tomatoes 
from William Mansfield. This, perhaps, to some 
may seem a small matter to speak about, but 
wait and see. These six tomatoes weighed just 
seven pounds, one being enough for a family 
meal. They are composed of solid meat and are 
delicious in flavor, as we can testify. Mr. Mans- 
field has had twenty years of successive progress 
in the cultivation of the Tree Tomato. 
TiiK Chicago Inter-Ocean says; We are in 
receipt of a basket of Tree Tomatoes from an 
old subscriber, William Mansfield. Not one 
weighs less than one pound, and several over 
that. The fntit is solid and the flavor delicious. 
Mr. Mansfield has been perfecting the fruit for 
twenty years. He says that he gets ripe fruit from 
July 4.th until frost. The trees stand eleven feet 
high, loaded for eight feet with ripe fruit, and 
with green fruit to the top. Many samples 
measure six inches in diameter, and weigh two 
pounds each. 
H. J. Grei,!,, Johnsons Creek, Wis., says: 
Words cannot express the grandeur of those 
plants and fruit. It is the prettiest sight. The 
plants are over eleven feet high, bearing fruit up 
to the top. 
We think the above reports will show our 
patrons that this is a wonderful novelty. 
HENDERSON'S 400. 
This Tomato was offered for the 
first time last year, and is certainly 
one of the handsomest we have 
ever seen. The fruit is large, of a 
erimson color, fine flavor, and al- 
most seedless. The vines are of a 
strong, rapid growth, and very pro- 
ductive. It is c. splendid tomato 
in every respect, and should he In 
every order. Pkt. 25c. 
CULTURAL 
DIRECTIONS 
Mansfield Tree Tomato. 
Sow in frames early in spriii}?. Trans- 
plant in rich, well manured soil, eiffhteen 
inches apart. Water immertiately and 
ever after. Give plants all the sun pos- 
sible. After they attain heijfht of five 
feet, cut oft" the tops, so tJiat the strength 
of growth will go to fruit instead of 
vines. Don't fail to follow these direc- 
tions. Price for 18»2; Pkt., 25c., five 
pkts., $1.00. 
SPECIAL OFFER. 
T o every person who or- 
ders one packet each of the 
MansflcUl. Bush and Stone 
Tomatoes, we Avill give a 
packet of Henderson's 
400 free. 
THE BUSH TOmflTO. 
This wonderful Bush Tomato possesses qualities that 
makes it the most valuable variety ever offered. One 
point is, the fact that it requires no support even 
when it is loaded with its fine large fruit, the stiff 
stems holding the tomatoes far above the ground. An- 
other point that particularly recomnienils the Bush 
Tomato is its earliness, very few surpassing it in 
this respect. This alone renders it almost invaluable 
to the large growers of this vegetable, and to the 
market gardeners who receive high prices for the first 
tomatoes brought into market. The fruit is round and 
smooth, of medium size, and of a rich scarlet color, al- 
ways attracting attention wherever exhibited. It is by 
far the best tomato we know of for shipping pur- 
poses, the tough, thin skin well standing almost any 
amount of handling. The plant is of a dwarf habit, 
rapid growth and wonderfully productive. The Stone 
and our New Bush are bound to become two of the 
most popular tomatoes over introduced. Price, per 
pkt. 26c., five pkts. $1.00. 
THE STOGIE TOmflTO. 
SLtflCK EVEtD WflX BERH. 
A "uery early variety. Vines are medium sized and 
erect. Leaves are large and of a deep green shade. Pods 
arc straight, long and narrow, somewhat rounder than 
the Golden Wax, and of a lighter color. Dry beans, 
medium size, long, round, white with black spot around 
the eye. It is a splendid bean in every respect, and should 
be in your order this season. We would especially 
recommend it to all who desire a« early wax bean. 
The past season it proved to be one of the earliest on 
our grounds. Fkt. 10c., pt. 26c. qt. 50c,, postpaid. 
The New Stone Tomato ripens for main crop; is very large, and of bright scarlet color; 
very smooth, with occasionally a specimen very slightly octagon shaped; ripening evenly 
to the stem without a crack; exceedingly solid and firm fleshed (as its name indicates) ; is 
an excellent shipper: quality the very best; fine for canning; a good keeper; without hard 
core- not subject to rot; its appearance on market remarkably attractive; a heavy variety; 
its vines and foliage rank and robust, heavily loaded with very uniform specimens of fruit. 
For five years this Tomato has been subjected to the most careful testing, and we have 
found it to possess several superior qualities and distinct characteristics. We believe it to 
be one of the best Tomatoes for market gardeners and canners. Pkt. 25c., oz. 50o. 
The following are a few sample reports: 
Mansfield Milton, writing in the Codxtry Gentleman of October .31, 1889, says: 
"For main crop and late variety this is probably the nearest to perfection of any tomato 
I ever grew. It is a large, 
bright scarlet variety, per- 
fectly smooth, ripening 
evenly, and one of the 
heaviest varieties. I picked 
a good many which weighed 
a pound each, and some of 
them one and one-half 
pounds. It readily brought 
from fifteen to twenty-five 
cents a bushel more than 
any other variety." 
Above All, Not Subject 
to Rot. Prof. J. 1.. Hudd, of 
Iowa State Agricultural 
College says: "The Tomato 
Seed was planted in my 
private garden, and thefmit 
compared with many sorts 
at the Kxperimental Planta- 
tions. It was large enough, 
smooth, firm fleshed, and 
above all, notsubjectto rot. 
I did not see a rotten speci- 
men, although a bad year 
for rot." 
