June Pink. 
Tomatoes 
Seed can be grown in a hotbed or in boxes in the house for earliest plants and later in cold- 
frames or in the open ground a s soon as danger of frost is past. If sown thinly in rows they will 
stand until large enough to handle. Enough plants can be started in an ordinary cigar box to supply 
average family, but they would of course have to be transplanted to pots or other boxes to 
afford room for growth. Tomatoes are one of the earliest vegetables to grow from seed, and all 
should have them as they are not at all particular as to soil. Where possible, it is well to make 
this rich, either with stable manure or a good potash fertilizer. Set the plants three to four feet 
apart each way and cultivate well. An ounce of seed will produce about 1500 plants. Three to four 
ounces are sufficient for an acre. 
INSECTS AND BLIGHT. — For the green worm, which eats the foliage, use Hellebore, either 
dry or in solut ion, or Paris Green mixed with w ater at the rate of 1 lb. to 150 gallons and spray. 
For rot, blight and other diseases, spray the plants with Bordeaux Mixture in solution, commencing 
early. 
Early Tomatoes 
SPARKS’ EARLIANA. — Probably no early To- 
mato introduced in many years has attracted so 
much attention and has so large a sale as Sparks' 
Earliana. It is not only evtremely early, but is 
remarkable for its large size, handsome shape and 
beautiful bright red color. Its solidity and fine 
Qualities are fully equal to many of the best late 
sorts. Extra early Tomatoes are one of the most 
profitable crops for the market gardener as well 
as especially desirable in the home garden. You 
will make no mistake in planting the Earliana. 
Oz., 25c; % lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 
JUNE PINK. — The earliest of all pink Toma- 
toes. It is a good yielder of high quality and 
runs very smooth for an early sort — see illus- 
tration, from a photograph — similar in habit and 
shape to the Earliana, differing 
from it in color only, which is 
Pink instead of red. Pink Toma- 
toes are much preferred in some 
markets. The June Pink, while 
primarily an early Tomato, con- 
tinues to bear and ripen fruit up 
to frost. The fruit is borne in 
clusters, single specimens often 
measuring 3 inches in diameter. 
Oz., 30c; i/4 lb., 90c; 1 lb., $2.50. 
CHALK'S JEWEL. — One of the newer intro- 
ductions in Tomatoes. It is extra early in ma- 
turing, coming in very shortly after Spark’s Ear- 
liana, but a heavier cropper than that variety, 
with Tomatoes of large size and sweeter flavor. 
It is of bright red or scarlet color, being in the 
same class in quality and handsome appearance 
as the Matchless, while it is distinctly earlier in 
season. A particular advantage claimed for this 
variety is its hardy vigorous and robust growth, 
admitting of earlier planting in the field, as it is 
claimed that it withstands cool weather and 
blight where plantings of other tenderer sorts 
would be injured. It is very highly recommended 
by those who have grow r n it and is rapidly grow- 
ing in favor everywhere. Oz., 25c; V4 lb., 75c; 
1 lb., $2.25. 
EARLY DETROIT. — The latest new Tomato. 
The vine is a better yielder and more vigorous 
than that of Acme. Not only are more fruits 
produced, but they average more nearly globe- 
shaped, are heavier, and are equally as firm, 
smooth, and suitable for shipping. The fruits 
are of good size throughout the season, which is 
unusually long for so early a variety. We are 
confident that this rare combination of very de- 
sirable features will soon bring Early Detroit 
into general prominence as the best of its class. 
Oz., 25c; y 4 lb., 75c; 1 lb., $2.50. 
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