24 SEED CATALOGUE of L. L. AT \'\T ^ CO., ST. PAUL, MINN. 
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Seedsmen, Florists, Nurserymen 
"Northern Grown" Seeds Are Best 
May's Prolific, Luxuriant Growth Tomatoes 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. Tomulo seed should be started as early as February or the middle of March 
in greenhouses, in boxes in the house, or in hotbeds. When the plants get their second leaves 
they should be transplanted again to insure good strong stocky plants before setting out in the 
open ground. Some time between the 20th of May 
and the 1st of June, after all danger of frost is past, 
the plants may be set out. Tomatoes prefer a rich, 
retentive, sandy loam, but will do well on almost any 
well drained soil, and even on porous soil will do better 
than most crops. A southern slope is excellent for 
ripening the fruit, but if properly managed, they will 
ripen anywhere The plants should be set 6 inches 
deep and about 5 feet apart each way and thoroughly 
cultivated. With field tomatoes a horse cultivator 
may be used, and those in the garden may be staked 
up to enable the fruit to ripen, as well as to facilitate ' 
hand cultivation. Applications of superphosphate or 
some other good complete vegetable fertilizer will 
often hasten maturity and increase the yield. One 
ounce of seed will produce 3000 plants, and for the 
customer who does not want to start the seed, we 
have plants ready to be set out of doors. One- 
quarter pound of seed will produce plants for an 
acre. 
MAY'S First of all Tomato 
THIS IS THK earliest tomato that has been yet 
introduced and after having been tested with 
.'\tlantic Prize, Spark's Earliana and other well 
known varieties celebrated for their earliness, has 
been found to ripen from a week to 10 days earlier 
than any of them. The fruit is of the finest quality, 
uniform in size and of smooth, regular form. \ bright red 
in color with very firm flesh. It ripens early and is a very 
good keeper, shipping well and retaining its firm, bright ap- 
pearance for a long time, all of which qualities, together 
with its extreme earliness, commend it to the market 
gardeners and all who look to the salable properties of a 
vegetable. The plant is a vigorous grower, hardy and 
very productive, with short, close-jointed branches, which 
bear the fruit in large clusters well up from the ground. 
Packet lOc, ounce 40c., J^-potind $1.00, pound $3.50. 
MAY'S EARLIBELL 
THIS IS AN exceptionally fine variety, very early and a most 
prolific bearer. It is a vigorous grower, strong and hardy. 
'I"he fruit is borne in clusters, and the entire cluster ripens at one 
time. These tomatoes are uniform in shape, large, smooth, a deep 
glossy .scarlet in color and in quality and flavor are excellent. The flesh 
is firm and thick and the skin tough enough to insure keeping properties. It is 
one of the finest varieties 
that we can oflPer. 
Packet 10c., 
ounce 
40c., 
$1.00, 
pound $3.50. 
CHALK'S 
Early 
Jewel 
THIS IS ONE of the largest 
a 
CHALKS 
EARLY JEWE 
COLOR BRIGHT 
SCARLET AND 
QUALITY GOOD 
and smoothest of the early 
tomatoes; a very bright red, 
and ripens about 10 days later 
' lhan May's First of All, produc- 
ing throughout the season. It is a heavy cropper and the 
tomatoes are large, almost round, very solid and deep 
through and ripen to the stem without cracks or green core. 
The flesh is thick, firm and sweet, and of excellent flavor. 
The seeds are very few and the skin strong enough to make 
it a good shipper. The plants are of bushy, compact growth, 
hea% ily loaded with fruit. Packet lOc., ounce 30c., 34-pound 
SOc, pound $3.00. 
ALL TOMATOES that have not ripened may be taken from vines, wrapped 
in tissue paper and carefully packed in flat boxes, where a large pro- 
portion of them will ripen from time to time — very frequently until Christmas. 
