TOMATO 
Tomaten Tomate Pomo d’Oro 
One packet produces enough plants for the home-garden; one ounce contains 
about 4000 seeds. 
CutTfureE. Sow early in the spring in greenhouse, hotbed, or boxes indoors. 
Prick the young plants into little paper pots, or transplant in flats, and set 
them out in well-manured spots 2}4 to 3 feet apart when the weather is settled 
and warm. For best results, train the plants to single stakes, prune off side 
branches, cultivate thoroughly and continuously throughout the season. 
Beefsteak. A sturdy, healthy grower yielding enormous quantities of 
smooth, handsome, bright red fruits until killed by frost. Particu- 
larly desirable for family use, for canning, and also a popular variet 
in the market because it stands rough handling and shipping fall 
It excels in earliness, size, symmetrical shape, and handsome color. 

Bonny Best. An excellent, extra-early variety with very smooth, 
round, meaty fruits of bright, sparkling scarlet. A desirable variety 
for the home-garden and market gardeners where specially fine 
quality is n demand. It is one of the firmest and meatiest of the 
very early varieties and excels for canning. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. One of the heaviest bearing varieties, producing 
fruits averaging more than 3 inches in diameter, smooth, thick, solid, 
with few seeds. It ripens immediately after Spark’s Earliana and is 
one of the finest of all Tomatoes for the home-garden. 
Crimson Cushion. A bright scarlet form of the original Ponderosa. 
Bears prodigious crops of perfectly formed fruits of enormous size 
which ripen clear through to the stem. A sweet, solid variety with 
very few seeds, unsurpassed for cooking, and when served in slices 
its solid, tempting appearance compels instant admiration. 
Dwarf Champion. Short, sturdy plants about 214 feet high which need 
no support except on the richest soil. Fruits average 2 to 214 inches 
in diameter and have thick, solid meat of splendid flavor. Excellent 
for the small home-garden. 
Earliana. A standard, extra-early, bright red Tomato. It matures its 
first fruits in about 100 days. A great favorite of market gardeners 
and is invaluable in the home-garden. Its smooth, medium-sized 
fruits are crisp and acid, very juicy, but not quite as good a keeper 
as the late varieties. 
Golden Queen. One of the best deep yellow Tomatoes, noted particu- 
larly for its mild, sweet flavor which is so characteristic of the yellow 
sorts. Fruits are rather small, averaging scarcely more than 2144 
inches, but are thick, meaty, and solid. The plants bear freely. 
Superb for preserving. 

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pte ib beh Greater Baltimore. A main-crop Tomato which is used extensively by 
canners and market gardeners. The fruits are medium-sized, scarlet, 
smooth, and solid throughout. 
John Baer. A very popular medium-sized Tomato, with brilliant 
scarlet skin and thick, meaty flesh. Its round, handsome appearance 
has given it great popularity in the home-garden where it has long 
been one of the favorite varieties. 
Marglobe. A remarkable variety introduced by the United States 
Department of Agriculture. It has proved particularly resistant to 
wilt and rust. The vigorous, productive plants bear wonderful crops 
of uniform, globe-shaped, deep scarlet fruits. Skin is smooth and 
evenly colored, and the meat solid and juicy. An ideal home-garden 
variety that has proved to be an excellent keeper and shipper. 
Oxheart. One of the largest Tomatoes ever grown. It has purple- 
scarlet skin, smooth and evenly toned throughout. The meat Is solid 
with few seed-cells, and has a rich, luscious, half-acid flavor. Indi- 
ee vidual fruits have been grown which weigh as much as a pound and 
Marglobe Tomato a half each. 
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