IMPORTERS AND CROWERS 
27 
TOMATOES 
One ounce will produce 1,500 plants. For 
table use, 90 to 120 days according to variety. 
Culture. Tomatoes do best on light, warm, 
not over-rich soil, and success depends upon 
securing a rapid, vigorous and unchecked 
growth during the early part of the season. 
Sow in hotbeds from six to eight weeks before 
they can be set out of doors, which is when 
danger from frost is past. Transplant care- 
fully and cultivate well as long as the vines 
will permit. 
SPARKS’ EARLIANA. The tomatoes are 
bright red and grow close together in clusters; 
all of medium size, averaging 2% inches in dia- 
meter. They are smooth and solid, quite thick 
through and free from rough ribs or cracks. 
The flesh is a deep red, with solid center and 
small cells; slightly acid flavor. Best for this 
vicinity. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c. 
STONE TOMATO. Is one of the very best 
large fruited sorts grown for main crop. The 
fruits are round, remarkably solid, bright scar- 
let in color and of excellent flavor. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 30c. 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL. One of the best 
early scarlet varieties. The fruit is uniform, 
solid, and of fine quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c. 
DWARF CHAMPION. Of dwarf, stiff, up- 
right growth, scarcely needing support; early 
and prolific, fruits of red-purple color. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 30c. 
EARLY WASHINGTON. Large, smooth, 
blood-red sort; early; ripens all over and 
through at once. Will bear shipping long dis- 
tances. Very few seeds and has no hard, green 
core. Pkt., 5c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 75c. 
ATLANTIC PRIZE. One of the handsomest 
varieties and those who have grown the large, 
round, smooth, beautiful, red fruit claim it is 
of superior quality. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 
65c. 
EARLY SUNRISE. See Specials. 
FORCING TOMATOES. 
COMET. The very best forcing variety and 
a general favorite with greenhouse growers. 
Color is a beautiful scarlet; fruits are of good 
size, very smooth and uniform. We offer a 
select strain from inside stock. Pkt., 25c. 
LOR LIARD. A new forcing variety that has 
produced wonderful crops in greenhouse local- 
ly. Deep scarlet, smooth and uniform and al- 
ways demands the top prices. Pkt., 25c. 
SMALL FRUITING VARIETIES. Esteemed 
for preserves, etc. Red Cherry — Bears clusters 
of bright red fruits, the size of a cherry. Red 
Pear-shaped — Produces bright red pear-shaped 
fruits. Yellow Plum — Oval-shaped fruits, 2 
inches in diameter, used for preserves. Per 
pkt., 5c; oz., 30c. 
WINTER CHERRY or “HUSK” TOMATO. 
Low, spreading plants, bearing small yellow 
fruits in a paper-like husk. Used for preserv- 
ing. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., $1.10; lb., $3.50. 
