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Title: 1900 Maule's seed catalogue
Identifier: 1900maulesseedca1900wmhe (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Wm. Henry Maule (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Livestock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Maule
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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\2 MAULE'S NOVELTIES AND SPECIALTIES FOR 1900. The Enormous Tomato. (8 to the yard.)
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This grand new, highly Buocessful and already pop- ular tomato was shown in colors in my last annual catalogue. This year ) have to describe it in blaok and white, which is difficult. It is hard to do justice to it with types and with pictures where only black ink is used. The color of Enor- mous is a red, but not a vivid red. It is a clear, deep red, without purple tint or Rliading. It is an extremely handsome color. Last year Enormous made its bow to the public. It also made a record for itself, and again I claim, with more boldness than ever, that it Is the larg- est of all tomatoes, the hardi- est of all, the best keeper, the greatest shipper, the most productive and the hand- somest. A year ago 1 rated its size as "eight to the yard." During 1899 it made a new record, as one of the pictures shows, which I reproduce from a photo- graph. It is a wonderful tomato. The name Enor- mous was adopted at the end of the season of 1898, having been suggested by W. K. Allee, Waverly, Va., J. H. Ford, Ravenna, Ohio, Mrs. H. D. Ayres, JMonson, Mass., and E. \V. Rex, Ma- lone, N. Y., to each of whom was paid an equal portion of the sum of SlOO, which I had offered as a premium for a suitable name for the great new tomato. The name was selected from the fact that it seemed to apply bet1 wonderful toinato than any oth the thousands submitted. This ■ n the peer of any other variety on mc jiiai- ket, in every point of excellence, and is bound to lead all other sorts. It is not early, but simply the best main crop to- mato ever put on the market, and whether grown in a private or maiket garden is sure to receive unstinted praise. It was ori.;inated, as the horticultuial world alrea ly knows, by Mr. Miesse, the famous Ohio tomato specialist, and is by him endorsed as a perfect fruit. The held tests of Enormous at my Briar Ciest grounds during the season of 1899 weie satisfactory and significant. In actual comparison with many other sorts of to- matoes. Enormous was distinctly and emphatically in the lead. There was not a finer or better tomato among the trials, either in respect to vigor of plant, ap- pearance of fruit, productiveness or table quality. In the latter respect, Enormous was especially satisfactory, the flesh being thick and heavy with but few seeds. The fruit is remarkably solid and firm. In addition to the behavior of Rnormous m the comparative tests at Briar Crest, I am able to report something of its pei- forinances elsewhere. During a visit to the trial grounds at Fordhook Farms, where a great number of tomatoes aie tried side by side every year, 1 had the satisfaction of being told that Enormous was not excelled by anything tried dui- ing 1899. Practically the same statement reaches me, in a somewhat less diiecl way, about the splendid behavior of Enormous at the great Ferry trial grounds at Detroit. The testimony in favor of Enormous is very strong and convincing. Not only do the leading ti lal grounds endorse it, but the public fieely bestows words of praise about its value and availability for money making pui- poses. Briar Crest, Fordhook and Detroit tell only the same story that comes to me through letters from my customers. One correspondent says it was free from rot where other's rotted. Another says that in size and flavor it was the leader. An- other praises its ability to bear right up to the coming of heavy frosts. Another alludes to its small seed product. Another dilates lipon its great size and fine color. Another praises its smoothness and its keep- ing qualities. And, finally, a trucker of long experience, after review- ing its various attributes, says it is the best tomato he ever rai.sed. 1 have a sufficient stock of seeds of the Enormous on hand to supply all probable demands, but for all that 1 would suggest early orders. Packet, lo cents; ounce, 50 cents; quarter=pound, $1.50; pound, $5.00. 'S^ >-?T^

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