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H endersons PONDEROSA TOMATO. 
HENDERSON’S “PON- 
DEROSA’' TOMATO has 
received more praise and 
more first prizes than 
any other 6 vegetables 
since its introduction, 
The Grandest 
Tomato 
Grown. 
IT EXCELS IN MAGNIFICENT SIZE, ENORMOUS YIELD AND EARLINESS. 
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For Slicing it has no Equal. j,j As Solid and Meaty as BeefsteaL^^ ft THOUSANDS OF £jr^ 
EI30SS 
OF SURPASSING FLAVOR 
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ALMOST FREE FROM SEEDS. 
Tlie PONDEHOSA possesses every good quality to be found in a 
tomato. The vines are strong and vigorous and easily carry their 
enormous weight of fruit. Its massive, ponderous fruits are al¬ 
most perfect in form, and so free from ridges or corrugations as 
to seem nearly as smooth as glass; and when we come to size, 
weight and solidity, no other tomato begins to approach it. 
The skin is exceedingly firm, which will cause it to be largely 
grown for shipping purposes. The color, a rich crimson, per¬ 
meates the fruit from circumference to centre, so that when 
sliced for the table its rare beauty never fails to elicit general 
admiration. Its remarkable solidity is happily expressed in 
one of our testimonials, which says “that it is'nearly as Arm 
as an apple.” A marked peculiarity of this variety is that it 
is almost seedless, and while this characteristic commends 
its use to delicate persons, this same peculiarity makes us pay 
five times as much to have the soed grown as that of any 
other sort. Largo fruits or vegetables are usually obtained 
at the expense of earliness, but here the PONDEROSA again 
steps in and floors our preconceived ideas on this point by 
demonstrating that it is as early as most of the older sorts whose 
only merit is that they are_ early^ One patron writes that he had 
ABOUT 
% 
The Grandest 
Tomato 
Grown 1 
Henderson’s Ponderosa Tomato. 
splendid tomatoes of the PONDEROSA in 96 days from sowing the 
seed. Its flavor is delicious, whether used raw or cooked. A canner 
who grew it last year says it is going to be a grand sort for him. (See cut.) 
PRICE, 10c. pkt., 60c. oz., $2.00 y lb. 
We have raised the Ponderosa Tomato for several years and considor 
it the finest Tomato ever raised. We have taken first.premium's at the 
county fairs each year. The largest Tomato raised by-us weighed o ver .7 lbs.’ 
Mrs. M. H. Gilbert, New Loudon, Wle. 
“ Ponderosa takes well to our climate. For size, solidity, flavor ami general 
excellence nothing has ever been able to come near it in these colonies." 
Rev. J. Bonoekh, Campbentown. New South Willow. 
“ Henderson's Ponderosa Tomato is a splendid acquisition ; hard to beat." 
E. G. Kinhkll,' Green Spring Furnace, Md. 
“/ used the Ponderosa Tomato last season and found it to excel anything in 
the market. Ponderosa Tomato sells first in market;'’ • 
J. B. Smith, Atlanta, Ga. 
" M. M. Mvhukh, Secretary Fruit Growers' Association, brought in a basket of I 
Tomatoes Monday morning, ten of which weighed Vi pounds. They were of the 
Ponderosa and Crimson Cushion varieties. He obtained the seed from Peter 
Henderson & Co. of New York. He informs us that not a drop of irrigation 
has been given the vines apd no particular care has been taken. He raised 
some tomatoes that weighed over two pounds.” Eureka Springw, Ark, 
‘ 13V* ha vo planted your Ponderosa Tomato for two years and find it to be 
the best yielding and the finest Tomato we ever used, /is yell as the best 
keeping when canned, and find your seeds are all t hat t.liey are recom¬ 
mended.” LucfY Eller, Auxvawse, Mo. 
‘ 1 have raised the Ponderosa for the last three seasons and have 
had splendid success with them. 1 think they are /hrsuperior 
to any other, both as to size and quality. 1 have raised 
some of the finest 1 ever saw. I raise different kinds 
cli year, but none that compare to the 
' I have been disappointed in the Ponderosa Tomato the last two years. / got the seed j.- jj. Swan, 
from other parties, and they are not like the ones / got from you. Please send me the true Pelham, N. C. 
seed, and send as soon as you can.” 
Robert Harm, Denton, Texaw. 
