Plenty of Luscious Tomatoes 
MAY BE GROWN ON A SMALL GARDEN PLOT 
Tomatoes are ideal for a home garden crop, and yield 
heavily in small spaces. 
An ounce will produce about 2,000 plants. 
Tomatoes do best on light, warm, not over-rich soil. 
Sow in hotbed or window-box (where 60 degrees Fahr. 
is the minimum night temperature) in March, in rows 
3 inches apart and Vi inch deep. Cover firmly. Later 
sowings may be made to the end of April. When seed¬ 
lings are 3 inches high, transplant 4 inches apart each 
way in hotbeds, cold frames, or singly in 3-inch pots. 
Harden plants by exposing to the air occasionally. After 
warm weather is settled, set out plants 3 to 4 feet apart 
each way in hills, into each of which fertilizer has been 
previously mixed. Water freely at time of transplanting 
and shelter from sun until plants are well established. 
New Early Worcester Tomato 
Eorly dark solid fruit. A very heavy yielding va¬ 
riety. Our supply is limited. Pkt., 25c; Va ox., 50c; 
Vi ox., 90c. 
Marglobe is Wilt-Resistant 
BEAUTY. Vines large, vigorous and heavy bearers; fruit 
large, uniform in size, very smooth, and excellent 
flavor; color, purplish pink. The best purple sort. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; V4 lb., $1.25. 
BONNY BEST. This Tomato has been tested and found 
eight to ten days earlier than the Chalk's Early 
Jewel and ripens about with the Earliana. Very strong 
grower and the fruit is uniform and smooth; ripens 
evenly all over; excellent shipper. Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 
25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
COMET. Fruit medium size, scarlet. The heaviest yield- 
er of the greenhouse sorts. Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 35c; ox., 
60c; Va lb., $2.00. 
DWARF CHAMPION. Sometimes sold as the "Tree 
Tomato." A second early, purplish pink variety, espe¬ 
cially desirable where garden space is limited. Vine 
about two feet high, vigorous, upright and compact. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
DWARF STONE. Vine dwarf but vigorous and produc¬ 
tive. While maturing with the later sorts, the bright 
red fruits ore of good color, exceedingly smooth and 
very solid. We consider this the best of the large fruit¬ 
ed, dwarf tomatoes. Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; 
Va lb., $1.25. 
GOLDEN QUEEN. Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va 
lb., $1.25. 
Bonny Best, a fine, extra-early voriety 
JOHN BAER. An extra early scarlet fruited voriety of 
superior merit. The vines are very hardy and excep¬ 
tionally productive. The fruits are the largest of the 
extra early and are most attractive in color. They are 
nearly round, smooth, firm and of excellent quality. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
RUTGERS. This is a wilt-resistant sort, the result of a 
cross with Marglobe and resembles that variety very 
much except that it is more flattened at the stem end. 
Fruits are medium to large, globe shaped, deep scarlet 
in color and with the inside color intensely red. This 
variety was developed in New Jersey principally for 
canning and tomato juice. It has strong vines and 
should not receive too much nitrogen at time of plant¬ 
ing. Applications of nitrogen can be made after the 
plants get well started to better advantage. Pkt., 10c; 
Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
MARGLOBE. This is a wilt-resistant variety. The plant is 
vigorous and the fruit is quite large. This is a globe 
shape Tomato, the color being a handsome deep red. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
MICHIGAN STATE FORCING. A new wilt-resistant va¬ 
riety developed by Michigan State Agricultural College. 
Fruits are deep, smooth, scarlet, globular and of fine 
quality. Useful either for forcing or for outdoor work. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
MINGOLD. Early, heavy-fruiting yellow Tomato. The 
season of Bonny Best with shape and size of Marglobe. 
Fine for juice. Pkt., 25c; Va ox., 50c; Vi ox., 90e; 
ox., $1.50. 
PONDEROSA. A large smooth Tomato. Color, deep pur¬ 
ple. The fruit is exceptionally solid, with few seeds and 
is quite free from acid. Ideal for shipping. Pkt., 10c; 
Vi ox., 30c; ox., 50c; Va lb., $1.50. 
PRITCHARD. A great advance in the early class. Ripens 
with Earliana and ahead of Bonny Best. A cross be¬ 
tween Marglobe and Cooper's Special. Good size, 
intense scarlet, solid, almost no core, small seed 
pockets; valuable for both market and. home garden. 
Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
SPARKS' EARLIANA. A deep red Tomato. The vines 
are compact in growth, with short, close-jointed 
branches. Extra early and the best so far produced. 
Very productive. Fruit fair size and firm. Ripens 108 
days from dote of sowing seed. Pkt., 10c; Vi ox., 25e; 
ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
STONE. Vines vigorous and praductive; fruit large, 
smooth, deep red in color, and heavy. The best all 
around variety where earliness is not important. Pkt., 
10 c; Vi ox., 25c; ox., 40c; Va lb., $1.25. 
RED PLUM (Italian). Pkt., 10c. 
YELLOW PLUM. Pkt., 10c. 
YELLOW HUSK OR STRAWBERRY. Pkt., 10c. 
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