. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 34 T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Ya. TOMATO- Our tomato seed "has attained a splendid reputation for the superior crops it produces. The greatest «are is used in growing our stocks to constantly improve the strains, our seeds being saved from the finest and most perfect fruits, which are grown and selected under the care of a skilled tomato sp
. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm & garden. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. 34 T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Ya. TOMATO- Our tomato seed "has attained a splendid reputation for the superior crops it produces. The greatest «are is used in growing our stocks to constantly improve the strains, our seeds being saved from the finest and most perfect fruits, which are grown and selected under the care of a skilled tomato specialist, who has had years of experience in handling this particular crop. Culture.—Sow in a hot-bed in early spring, or the seed maybe sewn in shallow boxes and placed in a window when one does not wish to have the trouble of making a hot-bed. Transplant to the open ground when all danger of frost is past, setting the plants three or four feet apart each way. Some support should always be provided for the vines, to keep the fruit from touching the ground. Kruit may be had several weeks earlier by sowing seed quite early, and transplanting to small pots When the>e are tilled with roots, shift to a larger size, and transplant to open ground when the weather is warm and setthd, shading from the sun for a day or so. As the roots are not disturbed in taking plants fiom the pots, the plants suffer no check, but prow right on. First Early. An extra early tomato, valuable for its extreme earliness, coming in ten days to two weeks ahead of any other sort. The fruits are smooth, round- shaped, bright red, nearly uniform in size and shape; prolific yielder. Plants are vigorous, medium size foli- age. m Pkt. 5c: oz. 25c.; \ lb. 90c.; lb. $ Imperial. A splendid new purplish red sort, perfectly smooth, very solid, and has very few seeds. It ripens evenly to the stem, is a strong grower, and is not sub- ject to crack or blight. Although one of the earliest, it continues to bear l
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