Tomato, Ponderosa 
Tomatoes 
(1 oz. of seed will produce 3000 plants.) 
CULTURE —The best crops are grown 
in warm, light soil. For extra early fruit 
the seed should be sown in hot-bed about 
the first week in March. Sow seed in rows 
four inches apart and cover one-half inch 
deep. When the weather becomes warm 
out of doors, gradually harden them by ex¬ 
posing them to the air. When all danger 
of frost is past set out in the open and 
water until the plants are established. For 
later use the seed may be sown out of 
doors. An easy method is to plant five or 
six seeds in hills three feet apart, and 
when a few inches high, pull out all but the 
strongest plant; when large enough the 
•slants should be trained to stakes or trellis. 
SPARK’S EA RLI AN A — Remarkably 
early. Wonderfully prolific. Of late years 
big profits have been made in growing 
extra early tomatoes, and many new sorts 
have been introduced with extravagant 
praise and claims for earliness. Spark’s 
Earliana easily has the lead, both in earli¬ 
ness and productiveness. It is a wonderful 
yielder—remarkable not only for its earli¬ 
ness, but also for its large size, fine shape 
and beautiful red color. 
M ARC LOBE —One of the most popular 
of the new Wilt Resistant varieties. It is 
second early in maturity. The plant is vig¬ 
orous, large, and erect, its foliage shading 
the fruit and preventing sun scald. Fruits 
are red in color, large, smooth and globu¬ 
lar. A very productive variety, well adapt¬ 
ed for truck gardening, shipping and as a 
canning variety. 
PRITCHARD (Scarlet Topper) —A mid¬ 
season scarlet fruited sort, which is resist¬ 
ant to Fusarium Wilt and to Nail Head 
rust. Vine vigorous and productive. Fruits 
nearly globular in shape. 
BONNY BEST —About a week earlier 
than Chalk’s Jewel; fruits somewhat small¬ 
er, very smooth, round, solid and uniform, 
and produced in clusters in center of the 
plant; ripens uniformly and is very pro¬ 
ductive; color bright red. 
BREAK O’DAY— An early Wilt Resist¬ 
ant variety with large, solid globular scar¬ 
let fruits. One of the best of the disease 
resistant varieties, developed by the late 
Dr. Pritchard. About ten days earlier than 
Marglobe. 
Tomato, Earliana 
MITCHELHILL SEED CO., ST. JOSEPH, MO. 
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