H. F. Hertzog, Largest Seed House in Reading 23 

TOMATO 
CULTURE—Sow in hotbeds or under glass 
in March or April, and when the young plants 
have made three or four leaves, transplant into 
shallow boxes or coldframes, setting them four 
to five inches apart. When danger of frost is 
over, set out in the open. Seed can also be 
sown in the open ground. 
SPARK’S EARLIANA. An extremely 
smooth, bright red tomato of good 
size and flavor. Amongst growers 
to be first in the market. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 1% Ib. 90c, Ib. $3.00 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL. Deepest 
fruited and most solid of all ex- 
tremely early tomatoes. The growth 
is very compact. Fruit of uniformly 
good size; very solid; brightest scar- 
let. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, % Ib. 90c, Ib. $3.00 

MARGLOBE. 
MARGLOBE. Very promis- 
ing, ‘heavily productive, wilt-resistant in- 
troduction of superior merit for home and 
market garden, shipping and canning. 
Fruits large, globe-shaped, scarlet and well 
colored about the stem end; flesh firm and 
of fine quality. 
Pkt. Sc, oz. 35c, % Ib. $1.10, Ib. $3.50 
Pritchard or Scarlet Topper. 
One of its parents is Marglobe, 
which it resembles in color, shape, size, 
and solidity, 
Pkt. Se, oz. 35, % lb. $1.10, lb. $3.0 
BEEFSTEAK. Late; red; vines vigor- 
ous; very little seed; large, solid fruit. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, % Ib. 90c, Ib. $3.00 
GOLDEN QUEEN. Yellow; ripeng 
early; is large-sized, smooth and 
solid; of very fine appearance and 
excellent quality. If sliced in with 
os red sorts it forms an attractive 
sh. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c, 14 Ib. $1.10, Ib. $4.00 
TOMATOES—( Continued ) 

THE STONE. 
STONE. This sort is a great favorite 
with canners, and is one of the best 
introduced for years. It is the 
heaviest and most solid fruited of 
the large tomatoes of good quality. 
Vines vigorous and productive; fruit 
round, apple shaped, very large; 
very deep red in color and aston- 
ishingly heavy. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, % Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.50 
OXHEART. A new variety, shaped 
like a heart. The Oxheart is large, 
solid, some weighing 3 lbs. with few 
seeds. Skin is pink. Delicious flavor. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 40c, 44 Ib. $1.50, Ib. $5.50 
BONNY BEST. An early variety ma- 
turing between Earliana and Chalk’s 
Early Jewel. Fruits medium size, 
color bright scarlet, exceedingly 
smooth, handsome _ shape, ripens 
evenly close up to the stem. An 
excellent sort for growing under 
glass. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 1% Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.50 
PONDEROSA, This is without excep- 
tion the best tomato in general cul- 
tivation; large size; perfect in form; 
free from wrinkles; solid and very 
fleshy; almost seedless. Very prolific; 
fruit hegins to ripen early and con- 
tinues until frost. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 40c, 4% Ib. $1.10, Ib. $4.25 
DWARF STONE. A dwarf, yielding 
a large crop of medium-sized, very 
solid tomatoes. Color, bright red. 
The plant is upright; late cropper, 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 40c, % Ib, $1.25, Ib. $4.00 
JOHN BAER. An extra early scarlet 
fruited variety. The vines are very 
hardy and exceptionally productive. 
The fruits are of the largest. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, 1%4 Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.50 
