COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
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TOMATO DWARF GIANT 
A dwarf tomato and a good one, that will make profit for 
the grower, both when planted for a crop of fruit or to sell 
plants to the public. It is about the meatiest and tastiest 
tomato there is and if you will sell plants, those that bought 
will sure come back for plants the following season. Dwarf 
Giant is a late tomato, ripening 120 days from date of sowing, 
the fruits are all meat, frequently two pounds in weight, at¬ 
tractive, smooth, skin rich purple-crimson. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c; 
lb. $7.50. 
SCARLET TOPPER or PRITCHARD 
(Pritchard.) Quite early, coming about three days later 
than Earliana. Very heavy producer, fruit in clusters, globe 
shaped, of good size, very solid, very red, ripens very red 
clear to the stem. Vines of medium height with abundant 
foliage to protect the fruit from hot sun. Wilt resistant. 
New and extra good. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $4.00. 
TOMATO CLARK’S EARLY 
An extra early sort, ripening with Bonny Best, unusually 
attractive on account of its unexcelled bright scarlet color. 
The fruits are large, smooth, very solid, almost a globe, ex¬ 
ceptionally deep through from stem to bottom. Heavily pro¬ 
ductive. The percentage of culls is very small. A coming 
variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 1 lb. $3.00. 
HOW TO GROW TOMATOES ON STAKES 
Early in June place 5 foot stakes within two inches of 
the base of each plant. With a sharp blade reduce each 
plant to three of the strongest branches and tie these to the 
stakes, using soft but stout string. Remove all side shoots 
at the base of each plant and all suckers which develop at 
the leaf joints. When the plants reach the top of the stakes 
begin to prune out the centers also. Staked tomatoes yield 
30 to 40% more of perfect fruit than plants that spread over 
the ground and the plants bear earlier. 
TOMATO—Ideal Forcing 
New. Fruits slightly larger in size than Crackerjack, 
vines shorter, slightly darker red in color with very tough 
skin therefore a good shipper. Do not hesitate to try as Ideal 
is worthy of its name and if you prefer slightly larger toma¬ 
toes than our Crackerjack, Ideal may prove just the variety. 
Ideal is just as productive as Crackerjack. Pkt. 25c; % oz. 
50c; 1 oz. $2.00. 
TOMATO—Gulf State 
In a field of Livingston’s Globe every vine was killed by 
blight but one. From this one vine originated Gulf State 
Market. This happened at Crystal Springs, Miss., where 
tomatoes are grown on an immense scale. Gulf State is a 
blight proof Livingston’s Globe. We offer seed grown by 
ourselves from originator’s stock seed. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb, 
$3.40, prepaid. 
TOMATO CRACKERJACK 
A GREAT VARIETY FOR GREENHOUSE FORCING 
Crackerjack produces ten times as many fruits as other 
varieties and under glass will make more money for you than 
any other crop. The fruit is solid, smooth, globe shaped, 
bright red and there is no waste, every tomato is saleable. 
Medium in size, just right as the grocers of our city put it. 
It takes 3 to 5 Crackerjacks to a pound, for this reason grocers 
prefer Crackerjack over the big sized tomatoes which are so 
hard to weigh unless cut in pieces. Nobody wants cut toma¬ 
toes, Crackerjack weighing without cutting is the sort desired. 
Crackerjack is a strongly self pollenizing variety, every bloom 
is sure fruit which is produced in bunches of 5 to 10 every 6 
inches of a plant growth. Once it starts to turn in color it 
ripens quickly and evenly to the core. Crackerjack will yield 
bigger sized fruit if grown 10 degrees cooler than is required 
for other tomatoes. (Night temperature of 55 deg.) 
One of our customers writes: I have been growing 
Crackerjack Tomato for the past four years with splendid 
results, getting on the whole about 80% of what we term 48 
lbs. pack, that is that many tomatoes to a 10 pound box, 
which brings the highest price in our markets, especially 
when tomatoes retail for 40 or 50 cents per lb. We have 
grown tomatoes for the past 20 years—Comet and Sutton’s 
Best—but Crackerjack skins either kind. Another grower 
says; I grew Crackerjack in my greenhouses and in a single 
season made enough money to enable me to make a trip to 
Europe. Price: Pkt. 15c; % oz. 30c; oz. $2.00. 
TOMATO MARGLOBE 
Main crop variety of vigorous growth, resistant to wilt and 
nail-head rust. Moderately productive. Fruit nearly globular, 
smooth, bright scarlet, very solid, of fine quality. In our trials 
we find the first set fruit large and very high class but what 
comes after is fruit rather undersized. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. 
$4.00. 
LIVINGSTON’S GLOBE 
Early, distinctly globe shaped, smooth, firm-fleshed, of 
glossy rose color, tinged with purple and without the slightest 
tinge of yellow at any stages of ripening. The plants are 
short jointed, fruit in clusters of 3 to 7, making it an extra 
heavy producer. Hard to beat as a keeper and when picked 
quite green will ripen perfectly enroute to market. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 40c; lb. $3.00, prepaid. 
NORTON WILT RESISTANT TOMATO - 
Similar in shape and season of ripening to Improved 
New Stone. Fruit solid, large, smooth, solid red. An excel¬ 
lent sort for shipping, as a main crop market variety and for 
canning. Developed by the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. Pkt. 
10c; oz. 30c; % lb. 75c; lb. $3.00. 
THYME—Dymian Timo o Pepolino 
A hardy perennial kitchen herb, once planted lasts for 
years. The dried leaves have a very pleasant scent. Height 
8 inches. Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; lb. $4.00. 
ROADSIDE MARKETING 
display as possible. Your prices must be within reason and you must 
be as courteous and accommodating as you are capable of. Politeness 
costs nothing, but in business is a force of unestimable value. Handle 
nothing but high class stuff. If you must market second grade stuff, 
price it accordingly and mark it as second grade. Place signs several 
hundred feet each side of your stand. Make your message on the sign 
as short as possible and in conspicuous letters. You must have plenty 
of parking space. Make your premises outstandingly different from 
the rest of the country-side. Plant lots of cannas, dahlias, zinnias, 
in a word surround your place with a sea of flowers. You can produce 
the flowering material on your own land with minimum cost. Keep 
your parking space free of dust by sprinkling or oiling. Offer bar¬ 
gains as often as possible. Bargains mean no immediate profit to you. 
However, that only seems so. The fact is that bargains draw new 
trade, lead to new connections. Bargains are a powerful force in 
establishing a profitable trade. 
We sell half ounces at ounce rate, half and quarter 
pounds at pound rate. 
A New Jersey customer says: Send me 10 lbs. of Ruta¬ 
baga Superba seed. I grew the finest roots last year from 
your seed that I ever raised. 
