All Varieties Tomatoes—Packet, 5c; oz., 
35c; Yi lb. $1.00. 
The tomato is perhaps more tender than any other 
garden plant in such general culture. It is blackened 
by the least touch of frost, and will grow well only 
where there is sufficient heat. However, while many 
home gardeners will prefer to buy potted plants at 
the time they should be planted out, there is little 
need to do this, for tomatoes are among the easiest of 
vegetables to raise from seed. In your calculations 
for the early varieties, allow 7 to 8 weeks from the 
time of sowing seed to the proper date in your local¬ 
ity for setting the plants in the garden. 
The seed should be sown in fine, not too rich soil, 
about ^-inch deep, either in tiny drills or broadcast 
as you prefer. Keep the soil moist but not wet. VTien 
the seedlings are about 2^ inches high, brick them 
out and replant on 2x2 inch intervals and allow them 
to grow until they are 4 or 5 inches high. By this 
time they are ready for transplanting into the open 
ground. 
Tomatoes need constant cultivation to keep down 
weeds and conserve soil moisture, upon which they 
draw heavily. This is especially true in the early 
stages of the plants allowed to sprawl. Later these 
cannot be cultivated without injury to the tender, 
rather brittle stems. 
Any good garden soil will grow tomatoes. Experi¬ 
ence has shown that too much (especially nitroge¬ 
nous) fertilizer or manure close to the plants makes 
them more likely to produce leafage than fruit. If 
you are prepared to pinch off the excess leaves, they 
may be fertilized as for any other rich feeding crop. 
Bonny Best. Early, hardy and a scarlet fruit 
variety. Medium sized, solid, smooth and quite 
round. Very productive with excellent quality. 
Packet, 5c 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. Fruits large, bright red, 
round, smooth, solid and almost seedless. Recom¬ 
mended for market and home gardeners. Packet, 5c 
Break O’ Day. Wilt resistant. Vines vigorous 
open growth and very productive. Fruits scarlet me¬ 
dium to large size true globe shape. Slightly earlier 
than Mariglobe, an excellent variety for the home 
and market garden. Packet, 5c; ounce, 40c; 
pound, $1.40. Prices postpaid. 
John Baer. Brilliant round fruits, high crown, 
smooth and delicious flavor that is easily peeled. 
Excellent keeper, yields well and a good shipper. 
Packets, 5c 
Mariglobe. Very resistant to disease. Fruits are 
large, globe shaped and deep red. Excellent for 
slicing and canning. Packets, 5c. 
Prichard. Newest to be introduced by U. S. De¬ 
partment of Agriculture. Strongest disease resisting 
tomato yet offered. No core, small seed pockets and 
evenly colored throughout. Packets, 5c. 
Other Varieties: Dwarf Champion, Burbank, 
Stone, Golden Queen, Yellow Pear, Yellow Plum 
and Ground Cherry. Packets, 5c. 
AU Varieties Turnips—Packet, 5c; oz., 15c; 
1/4 lb. 25c. 
Turnip seed sown about the last week in July or 
early in August will provide a crop when they are 
most wanted in the late fall and winter. The plant is 
a biennial and if left in ihe ground all winter will 
bloom and set seed the following spring. However, 
we do not recommend this as the second growth 
plants are not hardy and many times register a crop 
failure. 
The seeds should be sown in drills about %-inch 
deep and thickly enough so that the plants can be 
thinned to 5 or 6 inches apart. For hoeing or a wheel 
cultivator, keep the rows about 15 inches apart. 
The plant does best in the loose open loam, and 
the product is much better if quickly grown. While 
it is primarily a late fall and winter vegetable very 
early varieties have been developed which may be 
sown as soon as the ground can be worked in the 
spring. Such can be harvested in the early summer, 
and should be, because if left in the ground they will 
go to flower and the roots are then soon useless. 
Cultivate as for any other root crop, being careful 
not to injure young roots with tools. The plant re¬ 
sponds to rich soil, but top-dressing with nitrate of 
soda should be avoided. If necessary, use any well- 
balanced commercial fertilizer, working it in be¬ 
tween the rows about 5 weeks after the seed is 
planted. The turnip is a cool season crop and does 
not like hot dry regions. 
Purple Top White Globe. Large, globe shaped. 
Purple on top, white below. Excellent quality and 
highly recommended for home use as well as field 
crop. Packet, 5c. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf. An early variety. Roots 
medium size, flat. Purple above the ground, white 
below. Flesh white, firm but tender and may be 
used for table or stock feeding. Packet, 5c. 
Golden Ball. Medium size, round and yellow. 
Flesh firm, hard and most excellent flavor. Keeps 
well and a fine table variety. Packets, 5c. 
Other Varieties: Early Flat White Dutch, Early 
White Milan, Early Snowball, Early Purple Top 
Milan, Pomeranian White Globe, White Egg, Yellow 
Aberdeen, Cow Horn, Bortfield. 
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