COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA 
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Tomatoes 
CULTURE]—1 oz. for 4,000 plants. 
Sow in hot beds about March 1st, in rows 3 inches apart, 
transplant when 2 inches high in cold frames. When plants 
are about 6 inches high set into the field, the early varieties 
in rows 4 feet apart and 3 feet in the rows and the late 
varieties, such as Stone or Great Baltimore, 5 feet apart 
and 4 feet apart in the rows. 
In the North it is advisable to tie plants to poles or trellis 
and prune the vines to some extent, so as to allow all light 
possible and hasten the crop to maturity. Tomatoes tied to 
stakes can be as close as two feet apart each way. 
Tomatoes will give a heavy crop on any fairly good soil. 
On freshly manured ground tomatoes make a heavy growth 
of vines, but the ripening of fruit is retarded. Never plant 
tomatoes after potatoes as bugs are sure to appear and 
damage the crop. Read the description of Tomato Earliana. 
Number of days: From setting plants to marketable 
fruits. 
Tomato Marvelous Pink Globe 
MARVELOUS PINK GLOBE 77 days) 
Extra Large—Extra Good 
An early, heavily productive variety, bearing large, heavy, 
smooth, bright PINK tomatoes in large clusters. Very solid 
and meaty, globe shaped of very high quality, in fact, in both 
quality and appearance almost as good as the famous Mar- 
globe. If your market demands a pink colored tomato this 
is the variety to grow if you want to bring to the market 
something extra fancy. Pkt. 15c; % oz. 20c; % oz. 50c. 
TOMATO PURPLE HUSK 
Ground Cherry for pickling and preserving. The fruit 
has the dimensions of medium sized peach, measuring about 
an inch in diameter. The flesh is green, the skin purple and 
when made into preserves has the appearance of purple col¬ 
ored plums. Very heavily productive and easy to raise. 1 
oz. 40c; % oz. 20c; pkt. 10c. 
Salsify- Oyster Plant 
Also sailed Vegetable Oyster, forms long, white somewhat mealy 
roots which are used the same as carrots or parsnips. Breaded and 
fried In butter It resembles Oysters In taste. Scorzonera or Black 
Salsify has even finer flavor than common Salsify and the roots are 
larger. The roots of both may be left In the ground over winter and 
used In the spring when fresh vegetables are hard to obtain. 
MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND—The roots are long, smooth, white 
in color, of uniform growth, the tops are grassy. Of excellent quality 
and delicate in flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. $1.50; 10 lbs. $14.00. 
SCORZONERA—BLACK SALSIFY—Considered by many better than 
white salsify. It has a flesh tap-root resembling that of salsify in size 
and flavor and distinguished from it by the black color of the skin. 
Very hardy. Pkt. 10c; oz. 15c; 1 lb. $1.60. 
SWISS CHARD— See page 16. 
TOMATO 100% (76 days) 
Large Wilt-Resistant Red—Early, Smooth, Solid 
An extra good new variety equally suitable for outside 
as well as for forcing. Absolutely wilt resistant, in fact 100% 
so. Proved immune to wilt in the field and under glass pro¬ 
duced a splendid crop on clean vines free from wilt in a 
greenhouse that the year before was full of wilt. Shaped like 
Bonny Best of larger size, more solid, deep dark red, most 
attractive in appearance. The vines are of vigorous growth 
yet without excessive foliage, bearing heavily in clusters of 
3 to 5 fruits of uniform size, almost free from culls. For 
years to come 100% will be the leading early variety. It has 
attractive color, size, earliness, high in quality and can be 
marketed in competition with any other tomato at all seasons 
early or late. Pkt. 10c; oz. 60c. 
More Tomatoes 
ACME—Second early, fruit large, pink. 
TOMATO BEEFSTEAK (90 days)—Fruit large, flat, scarlet. Also 
known as Red Ponderosa. 
BONNY BEST (73 days)—Fruit round, smooth, scarlet, produced In 
quantity, ripening almost as early as Earliana. 
BEAUTY (84 days)—Second early, fruit large, pink. 
DWARF CHAMPION (86 days)—Large fruit, purplish. 
DWARF STONE (92 days)—Large fruit, heavy, solid, scarlet, very 
good. 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL (73 days)—Bright scarlet, round, smooth, 
solid, medium early tomato. 
EARLIANA LANG’S (66 days). 
EARLIANA LANGDON’S (66 days). 
EARLIANA PENN STATE (66 days). 
GOLDEN QUEEN (84 days)—Fine large fruited sort. Color golden 
yellow. 
GULF STATE (77 days)—An improved Livingston’s Globe, a pink 
tomato. 
IMPROVED STONE (86 days)—Late, fruited large, scarlet, solid, 
meaty, productive, in a word, an excellent sort in every way. 
JOHN BAER (72 days)—Extra early, scarlet fruit of medium size. 
JUNE PINK (69 days)—Extra early, fruit large, pinkish quality 
poor. 
LIVINGSTONE’S GLOBE (82 days)—Second early, fruit globe shaped, 
rose pink. True stock. 
MATCHLESS (85 days)—Late sort, fruit large, solid, scarlet. 
NORTON (88 days)—This is a wilt resistant Improved Stone. 
REDHEAD (73 days)—An improvement on Bonny Best. 
TREE TOMATO—A name applied to varieties of upright growth such 
as Dwarf Stone and Dwarf Champion. 
ANY ABOVE TOMATO— Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; lb. $3.00, postpaid. 
TOMATO BURPEE’S GLOBE—New. Fruit globe shaped, solid, 
meaty, almost seedless, free from any core, medium in size, pro¬ 
duced In clusters of 6 to 10. Of rich pinkish red color. Skin smooth 
and firm. First rate for shipping, local markets and for forcing, 
everywhere, where a pink colored tomato is favored. Pkt. 15c; oz. 80c. 
You can order all seeds priced at 45 cents per ounce or 
over in quarter and half ounce lots at ounce rate. Quarter 
and half pounds at pound rate. Five pounds or over at 10 
pound rate. 26 pounds or over at 100 pound rate. 
