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JOHN A. SALZER SEED CO., 
LA CROSSE, WIS 
1940 
SALZER’S 
IMMENSE 
FERRIS 
WHEEL 
TOMATO 
SALZER’S IMPROVED PONDEROSA 
Rightly named “Ponderosa” because of the large size 
it attains. Fruit is very solid, with few seeds. Very 
often large tomatoes, from their very size, are rough 
and have a tendency to split, but we selected this seed 
so exhaustively that we have removed the roughness 
and splitting tendency as far as it is possible to do so. 
Vines are vigorous and productive. Fruits 
large, oblong, purplish red, with thin skin. 
Flesh is solid, with a very small seed 
cavity, making it a most desirable variety 
for slicing. To all who desire large 
size, solidity and flavor, we unhesitat¬ 
ingly recommend it. Requires about 
85 days to mature. Mrs. J. C. Mills, 
Reidy and Braddish Road, R. D. 1, Kan¬ 
sas City, Kans., writes, “We have been 
using your seed for 38 years. Vour Im¬ 
proved Ponderosa and Yellow Pon¬ 
derosa are tw'o of the best tomatoes W’e 
ever planted.” 
I 142—Pkg., 10c; oz., 48c; 2 oz., 84c; 
1/4 Ih., Vz lb., $2.75; lb.. $.•>.25. ppd. 
I I 33— Improved Ponderosa, Salzer’s 
Clilfwood Farm TRIPL,E-A-TESTED 
seed: Pkg., 15c; oz., 50c; 2 oz., .$1.00; % 
lb., $1.90; Vz lb., $3.45; lb., $6.75, ppd. 
Salzer’s Select Stone 
King of the red tomatoes! The lead¬ 
ing main crop variety, extensively 
grown by market gardeners, ideal for 
the home garden. Grown extensively 
by canners for tomato soup, etc. Best 
of all for tomato juice. 
Vines are large, strong and productive. 
It is a smooth, large tomato, nice and solid, 
free from core and cavity. Nearly round 
in shape. The eating quality is exception¬ 
ally fine, has no superior for slicing or can¬ 
ning. Fruits are bright scarlet. Our strain 
of this variety is carefully grown, selected, 
rogued and cured. Matures in about 85 days. 
I 122—^Pkg., 5c; oz., 21c; 2 oz., 37c; % lb., 64c; 
lb., $2.10, postpaid. 
I 132— Select Stone, Salzer’s Clilfwood Farm TRIPLE 
A-TESTED — A special reselected strain certified by 
THREE-WAY tests: Pkg., lOc; oz., 25c; 2 oz., 44c; % lb., 
75c; Vi lb., $1.40; lb., $2.05, postpaid. 
SALZER’S FERRIS WHEEL 
The tomato is recognized by the medical profes¬ 
sion as holding five points of merit which makes it 
actually indispensable in the vegetable gar¬ 
den. It is the richest of all foods in vita¬ 
mins; it is the most wonderful 
and effective blood cleanser of 
all foods; it is the best of all 
vegetables for keeping the 
stomach and intestines in 
condition; it is an extraordi¬ 
nary tonic for the kidneys, 
and it is used widely in 
curing diabetes and 
Bright’s disease. In addi¬ 
tion, it is extremely val¬ 
uable for feeding the 
juice to infants, accom¬ 
plishing wonders in 
cleansing and building 
up the tiny stomachs. 
Every garden in the U. S. 
should contain at least a 
few tomato plants. Plant 
some this year! 
Salzer’s Ferris Wheel 
is of the large Puiulerosa 
type and averages about 
1 % pounds in weight, al- 
t li o 11 g li at Clilfwood 
Farms we have grown 
specimens weighing over 4 
pounds. Fruits have thick, 
solid, meaty flesh, which is 
of the finest quality, de¬ 
licious, sub-acid flavor and 
very small seed cavity. The 
vines are strong and vigorous 
and easily bear their enormous 
weight of fruits which are of hand¬ 
some appearance, smooth, and 
which have a rich, dark purplish-crim¬ 
son skin. Salzer’s Ferris Wheel has 
been continually developed for immense 
size, uniformity, flavor, productiveness and to re¬ 
sist any tendency to split. Matures in about 90 
days. A grand tomato for the home gardener 
'as well as for market gardeners. Mr. Joe Kendall, 500 No. 
High St., Salem, Ind., writes, “I bought my fir.st Salzer’.s 
Seeds in 1888, and I first bought your Ferris Wheei Tomato 
36 years ago. It is still the best tomato.” Mr. J. W. Gertler, 
Beallsville. Ohio, writes, “On one pl:int of your Ferris 
Wheel Tomato there was a cluster of seven big, fully de¬ 
veloped tomatoes. The seven weighed 8 lbs. 6 ozs. Am 
enclosing t^vo photos of them.” 
I 139—Pkg., 15c; Yz oz.. 42c; oz., 75c; 2 oz., $1.35; % lb., 
.$2.4U; Vz lb., $4.4.5; lb., ,$8.00, postpaid. 
1 have planted your Ferris Wheel Tomato for forty years. No other tomato is so good, in my estimation.— 
Mrs. Elza Bramel, R. D. 1, Box 93, Flemingshurg, Kentucky. 
