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THOMAS I. GREY CO.’S SEED CATALOGUE 
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Tomato, Lister’s Prolific 
Tomato 
One ounce will produce 1500 plants. 
Sow seed in a hotbed the first week in March, in drills 
5 inches apart. When the plants are about 2 inches high 
they should be set out 4 or 5 inches apart in another 
hotbed, or removed into small pots, allowing a single plant 
to a pot. About the middle of May the plants may be set 
out in the open ground; they are planted for early crops 
on light, sandy soil, at a distance of 3 feet apart. 
Bonny Best. Early, productive. Smooth, solid and uniform 
in size; scarlet. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Break o’ Day. An early Tomato of the Marglobe type, fruit 
of good size, color scarlet; smooth and of good quality. 
Pkt. 10c. oz. 50c, % lb. $1.75. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. Large, solid, smooth, bright red 
variety. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Comet. One of the best for forcing; brilliant scarlet color, 
medium size, smooth and solid. Pkt. 10c, oz. 75c, *4 lb. 
$2.25. 
Dwarf Champion. Of compact, upright growth. Fruit solid, 
smooth, purplish red. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Dwarf Stone. Resembles Dwarf Champion; fruit larger and 
more prolific; fine color. Pkt. 10c, oz. 4 0c, % lb. $1.25. 
Earliana. The earliest red Tomato. Very smooth; fine for 
market. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Golden Ponderosa. A large golden yellow variety of excel¬ 
lent quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, % lb. $1.50. 
Globe, Livingston’s. Very early; large, smooth variety. Pkt. 
10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
John Baer. An early bright scarlet new Tomato. Large and 
fleshy. Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25. 
Lister’s Excelsior. One of the best for forcing or outdoor 
culture; a heavy cropper of good flavor and color. Orig¬ 
inal pkt. 50c. 
Lister’s Prolific. This variety planted out or grown in a 
greenhouse has proved a remarkably valuable variety. 
Pkt. 50c. 
John Baer Tomato 
