CAPS THE CLIMAX 
Hove we have the VERY BEST EARLY and VERY EARLIEST GOOD TOMATa 
t known. Like most other Rood thinss this comes as a matter of evohition. Mr. 
urbank states that he has spent more than a dozen years in "evolving" this new 
creation" through careful selective plant breediner. striving to see how many desirable, 
nd how few undesirable features he could succeed in combining in one fruit. 
WHAT I KNOW ABOUT BURBANK AND HIS NEW TOMATO 
It may seem, perhaps, a singular statement, but as a matter of fact, I have known 
uther Burbank longer probably than any other living man in California. 
I "discovered" him when he was a young man of twenty in his early home in Massa- 
husetts. before the world ever heard of him. When he made his fir.st "creation," pro- 
ucing the famous Burbank Potato from a chance seed-ball found in his mother's garden, 
e exchanged a qu.antity of them with me for seeds selected from my catjilogue, and .so I 
ecame" his first customer. Later on he Sf)ld to James H. Gregory, the great Marblo- 
ead seedsman, the right to introduce this novelty to the public, and I turned, ever a> 
ortion of my stock, about 2O0 bushels ,in ^he deal, so I personally grew the first Burbank 
otatoes which were sent out by Gregor.v. That potato has since proved to be wertk 
millions of dollars to this nation. , f 
Two years ago I left my home in Pennsylvania headed for California, the "Wonder- \ 
land of Am.erica," on a hunti for great things which may benefit the world at large. My "l 
main object in coming to Santa Rosa was to see my old friend Luther Burbank, whom 
all the world now knows as a creator of wonders. 
^ijjot only visited him but put myself in his employ for a time in order to get better - 
understanding of the man and his methods T worked for and with him in his green- — ' 
house and gardens. My first job was to make up a large number of paper pota and ^ 
transplant tomato seedlings. Of this new variety he set about an acre, 6x6, requiring 
about 1200 plants. From this plot he harvested about twenty tons of ripe fruits. 
I bought of Mr Burbank .among other things, a single packet of 100 seeds and planteds^ W 
them very late in April in the open ground without bottom heat or covering of any kind. V-* 
I picked my first ripe tomato July 9, and the entire crop ripened before our October 
frosts. From these I selected only a few bushels of the finest fruits from which I saved ^ 
by hand the seeds which I am offering. It I sell ouuAis stock I will have to pay Mr. 
Burbank $18.00 per pound for my supplies. Now do yiu think my price too hi.gh? Based 
on Burbank's results, 100 seeds, carefully planted ai;d taken care of may be made to 
produce $288.00 at pound valuation. ■ 
A. I. Root, the veteran editor of Gleanings in Bee Culture, writes as 
November issue: " 
"I did not notice Burbank's description of the above tomato until after we had to- 
matoes planted out ill our garden. When I planted seeds of the Burbank I think thaE 
a few of the tomatoes in the garden showed blossoms; btit, notwithstanding this, my 
first ripe tomato came from the Burbank. It is a smooth round tomato, fine quality; 
but being so extra early the tomatoes are not very large. 
The following is Mr. Burbank's own personal introductory claims' 
THE EARLIEST TOMATO IN THE WORLD— THE "BURBANK" 
"By far the earliest, fsmoothiest, largest, most productive, and best of all early toma- 
toes; resists wilt and other tomato diseases better than most others. The'Burbank' is 
I so much earlier than other tomatoes that from the seed of the tomatoes which ripened 
! here in June, a second crop has been again and again grown and ripened the same sea- 
son, something probably never before known. This extreme earliness means millions' of 
j dollars to American tomato grower.s, as one-half the tomatoes grown in the United 
I States, evan in California, are taken by frost instead of by the grower. 
1 "Fruit, bright crimson; thick, solid, heavy, smooth, firm, medium to large in size, 
I superior quality, unusually heavy and continuous bearer throughout the season; best 
keeper and shipper. The "Burbank" has one other unique and most remarkable quality 
which will be appreciated by those who like fresh sliced tomatoes for the table. Unlike 
other tomatoes, the skin peels freely from the rich, firm flesh. 
I Price: The "Burbank" Tomato can be offered only in packets of 100 seeds each this 
season. Per pkt. 15c; 2 pkts. 25c; 10 pkts. $1.00. 
