NOVELTIES ANI) SPECIALTIES 
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Johnson’s Giant Beauty —The Best Second Early Tomato 
After repeated selec¬ 
tion for several years, we 
offer for sale for the first 
time seed of the hand¬ 
somest, largest, smoothest 
second early pink Tomato 
in cultivation. It will be 
found the most salable 
and profitable for market, 
owing to its handsome 
form and appearance and 
wonderful productiveness 
— beefy, meaty, thick, 
solid and almost seedless; 
a good shipper and has 
never been known to 
scald or blight. We dis¬ 
tributed several thousand 
trial packets to our cus¬ 
tomers last season and, 
out of hundreds of letters 
and reports received not a 
single one has been un¬ 
satisfactory. Pkt., 25c.; 
5 pkts. for $r.oo; oz., 
$2.00; 2 ozs., $3.50. 
Owing to its shy seed¬ 
ing properties our supply 
of seed is very limited, 
and regret we cannot sup¬ 
ply more than 2 ounces to 
any one customer. 
Photograph of a duster of Johnson’s new giant beauty, the best second early pink tomato. 
Johnson’s Improved Strain No. 10 Sparks’ Earliana 
Sparks’ Earliana Tomato, introduced in 1900, is too well known to need much description. It has 
proven one of the most successful vegetable novelties ever introduced, and its large, handsome, solid fruit 
is known in all sections of the United States. 
This new strain, which we have named Johnson’s No. 10 , is fully one week earlier than the original 
type, and more vigorous in growth. It is the result of repeated selections and great care. 
Sparks’ Earliana Tomato was first discovered and named in 1899, by the writer of this catalogue, 
Herbert W. Johnson, who has since given his personal attention to its selection, growth and improve¬ 
ment. If you want the best seed obtainable of this famous variety, order Johnson’s No. 10 strain. 
Price of JOHNSON’S IMPROVED STRAIN No. 10 SPARKS’ EARLIANA: Pkt., 15c.; oz., 40c.; 
i lb., $1.10; lb., $4.00. For price of original strain, see page 53. 
What a Few of the Largest Market Growers Say of These Tomatoes 
J. A. Perrigo, Mt. Vernon, Mo., October 30 , 1908 , writes: 
— “Your New Seedling Tomato (Johnson’s Giant Beauty) 
proved almost as early as Earliana, with the largest fruits I 
ever saw.” 
S. P. Carpenter, Stony Creek, Ontario, Can., November 
2, 1908, writes :—“ Your new seedling tomato (Johnson’s 
Giant Beauty) ripened as early as Earliana; larger in size and 
the heaviest cropper I ever saw.” 
Daniel B. Moore, Wolf Lake, Ills., Oct. 1, 1908, writes: 
— “Your New Seedling Tomato (Johnson’s Giant Beauty) 
was thoroughly tested beside Trucker’s Favorite and others, 
and is much better in every respect. Stands drought, does 
not sunburn and never cracks.” 
N. O. Lent, La Grangeville, N. Y., writes: — “The New 
Seedling Tomato (Giant Beauty) you sent me last Spring was 
very ..finest, large size, very smooth and a beautiful pink color, 
and the best of all in flavor.” 
“New Seedling Tomato (Johnson’s Giant Beauty) you 
sent me for a trial proved to be the best I ever raised. Two 
weeks ahead of Livingston’s Globe. Solid, smooth and very 
meaty. My customers said it was the best tomato they ever 
had and I could not supply the demand.” — J. W. Hamlin, 
Hillsdale, Mich. 
“ You get this order on account of Johnson's Improved 
Strain No. 10 Sparks’ Earliana Tomato. We got it when you 
first introduced it, and found it to be the earliest and best for 
our country that we have ever tried.” — C. J. Cooper, Van 
Alstyne, Texas. 
“Your No. 10 Earliana Tomato^ beats anything In the 
tomato line that I ever saw. Not in 50 years growing 
tomatoes have I ever seen the like in yield, fine size and early 
ripening. The tomato is simply wonderful.”— A. Engle, De¬ 
troit, Kansas. 
