. Cole's garden annual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs. 48 COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL TOMATO Ger. Liebesapfel. Fr. Tomatoe. One ounce will produce about 2500piauts. Sow in hot-bed in March or April, or for want of hot-bed in window-pots or boxes, or in a warm border on the south side of a fence by the last of April or first of May. Thin to 3 by 4 inches to keep them low and stocky, and when frosts are no longer to be feared, transplant to 4 by 4 feet apart. Hoe often and earth up a little
. Cole's garden annual. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Iowa Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs. 48 COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL TOMATO Ger. Liebesapfel. Fr. Tomatoe. One ounce will produce about 2500piauts. Sow in hot-bed in March or April, or for want of hot-bed in window-pots or boxes, or in a warm border on the south side of a fence by the last of April or first of May. Thin to 3 by 4 inches to keep them low and stocky, and when frosts are no longer to be feared, transplant to 4 by 4 feet apart. Hoe often and earth up a little until the plants are a foot high, when they must be supplied with sup- ports, or be allowed to spread on the ground. Our Tomato seed is all saved with great care, and will please the most critical. SPARK'S EARLIANA. See Novelties. CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL. See Novel- Fordhook Tomato FORDHOOK FIRST. This variety is as early as the earliest, solid, and extra good quality. This Tomato, as shown in our illustration, is per- fectly smooth and ready to market as soon as any other sort. It ripens up evenly about the stem, is heavy, with a tough skin, of medium size, color of a beautiful crimson, tinted with purple. Per pkt. 5 cts^. oz. 25 cts., Vi. lb. 75 cts. ATLANTIC PRIZE, or EARLY RUBY. One of the Earliest of All Tomatoes. This vine grows strong, stiff and very rapidly, set- ting the crown fruit when quite young, the buds appearing before the plant is four inches high. The fruit is borne in immense clusters, each vine producing from sixty to eighty large, perfect fruits, very solid and of the finest quality. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., 14 lb. 60 cts. PON DEROSA. - The largest Tomato grown. Twelve specimens have been exhibited that weighed 16i/^ pounds, and one monster tip- ping the scale at nearly four pounds. The vines are strong and vigorous, its massive fruits are very free from ridgres. The skin is very firm, mak- ing it a fine variety for shipping purposes. It has remark
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