‘1 _/g JOHNSON & STOKES, PHILADELPHIA . . . . 
for 1899 Slow Called &he Sfleteor 
Wc distributed last spring several thousand packages of this valuable New Beet among our custom¬ 
ers for trial, offering $100 in Cash Prizes for the best name suggested for it. In response to this 
oiler 1,300 of our customers sent in names. We referred these names to a disinterested committee, 
consisting of the following well-known gentlemen: Wilmer Atkinson, editor of the Farm Journal 
Philadelphia; Wm. H. Roberts and Sam’l L. Allen, of S. L. Allen & Co., the well-known manu¬ 
facturers of Planet Jr. implements, all of whom kindlv consented to act. After careful consideration the 
committee decided to accept the name of “The fleteor” for the New Beet, and awarded the cash 
prize of $1.00.00 to the two persons who had sent in that name, viz.: Miss S. Schooley, Lovettsville 
Va., and II. M. Young, Fish House, N. J., and we immediately sent our check for §50.00 to each 
following sample testimonials of over 1,000 received, and regret our limited space will not permit"us to 
publish more ol them. 
70/iat Others Say of the Slleteor Sleet—Samples of over 1,000 testimonials 
WHAT THIS PRESIDENT’S WIFE SAYS. 
Miss Fannie Loiidcrinioloh, Halifax, Pa„ Aug. 25, 1898, 
w riles: “ Nmv bools uro perfection. I soul to Mi s. MoKinlcv, 
ill lho While ItmiHo, u Hinall box of thorn, nmi rcceivcifii 
woo It lulor II !:lml nolo from lior, to which she stated that 
tho bools wore IhaswootOHlaml best slio over ate.” 
I JEST IN 1IAEF A CENTURY. 
Julius A. Arnold, Piedmont, Kan., Sept., 1898, writes: 
I have grown beets for lifty years and dud your new beet 
the best 1 over raised. It Is tho sweetest and tenderestand 
free from that sponginess possessed by so many.” 
REST IN 30 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE. 
Wlllot Scott, Siincoe, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 20, 1898 
writes: “Your new beet I found to be the nicest shaped, 
quickest growth and finest quality of any I ever tested, and 
1 have been a market gardener for thirty years.” 
FIRST PREMIUM AT NEW YORK STATE FAIR. 
O. M. Lincojn, Newark, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1S98, writes: 
i our new variety of beet received first premium at the 
Now York State Fair just closed ; there was a largo number 
ol competitors—a great record fora new beet.” 
FINEST HE EVER SAW. 
A REFT THAT CAN’T RE HEAT. 
0. W. Ilonrdmnn, Olnoy, Pa., writes: “Of all the beets 
I over tried to boat, I never saw a boot to beat this beet.” 
AHEAD OF ALL RIVALS. 
ii x- * >r ' " f| Tglil, Oorsloana, Tex., Aug. 27,1898, writes • 
.' our now boot led in tho market here, nwav ahead of all 
rivals. I is the fastest grower, tho soundest, handsomest 
and sweetest of all known varlotlcs." 
THE REST OF NINE OTHERS. 
O. W. Kent, Newark, Ohio, July21, 1898, writes: “ Y’our 
now beet Is by far the llnest among nine varieties which I 
111,1 nuBiiitf for exhibition ut our county and State fair.” 
Prices for 1899 of Originator’s Seed of 
35c.; lb., $ 1 . 35 . 
.. ,, '_ , ■* ipwiuui., hiiuii., .juiy Inyo, 
writes: New beets are the best and finest I ever saw.” 
SURE TO BECOME FAMOUS. 
S. I*.. Hunt, Hope, Ark., May 1, 1893, writes: ‘’ Your new 
beet is sure to become famous. I have beets timt measure 
nine inches m circumference; they are finest in quality.” 
the earliest of all. 
,,,. Jolin E. Hall, Dexter, Mich., Sept, 27, 1898, writes- 
Y our new beet is the finest we ever lind ; it is extraordinarily 
sweet and crisp and mntures the cnrliest of all." 
STANDS WITHOUT A RIVAL. 
lsns C ; i S rim„ 0rU '.'. v l,pt - of Education, Raymond, Miss., Junel, 
"1 •> ..? llr ne ' v - beet curliness, smoothness and 
beauty stands without a rival.” 
The Meteor Beet: Pkt., ioc.; oz., 15 c.; % lb., 
