. The Maule seed book for 1905. Dwarf Champion Tomato. The famous Dwarf Championtomato owes its wide popularityto its stifiT, vigorous, uprightgrowth, with fruit well above thesoil, and to the earliness withwhich it reaches color the fruit is a purplishred, and it is always round,smooth and symmetrical. Sizemedium. Table quality good shipper. Plants may beset 3 feet apart in rows 4 feetapart. One of the earliest andmost profitable tomatoes dark green wrinkled leavesbespeak a strong type. It is oneof the best of the so-called treetomatoes, and everywhere recog-n
. The Maule seed book for 1905. Dwarf Champion Tomato. The famous Dwarf Championtomato owes its wide popularityto its stifiT, vigorous, uprightgrowth, with fruit well above thesoil, and to the earliness withwhich it reaches color the fruit is a purplishred, and it is always round,smooth and symmetrical. Sizemedium. Table quality good shipper. Plants may beset 3 feet apart in rows 4 feetapart. One of the earliest andmost profitable tomatoes dark green wrinkled leavesbespeak a strong type. It is oneof the best of the so-called treetomatoes, and everywhere recog-nized as a money maker. Packet,10 cents; ounce, 30cents; i^ pound,$1M; pound, GOLDEN QUEEN Best large yellow tomato. Much likeParagon, except in color. Qual-ity excellent in all , 5 cents; ounce, 25 cents;^ pound, 75 cents; pound, ill ?111 I l^ STONE. STONE This has come to be recog-nized as one of the best of all the stand-ard sorts, though still comparativelynew. The color is a desirable brightred. The fruit is of good size, perfectlysmooth and of best table quality. It Iia famous main crop tomato in manysections, both North and .South, and i*much used for canning. The plantsare productive and the fruit bears ship-ment well. Stone is used for forcingpurposes under glass, with very satis-factory results. Its shape, color andquality adapts it to the fancy , 5 cts.; ounce, 20 cts.; 54 pound,60 cts.; pound, SUCCESS—This grand new by me under the nameSuccess, has received a horticultuialovation from the Atlantic to thePacific. It wins praises whereveitried. Is now considered one of thegreatest of the leading main cropsorts. Please see description amongthe specialties on page 12.
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