To
Dr. F. M. Hexamer

IN HONOR OF HIS LIFELONG EFFORTS FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL
PRACTICE

Copyright, 1907, by
ORANGE JUDD COMPANY

All rights reserved

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WHERE NEW VARIETIES OF TOMATOES ARE DEVELOPED AND TESTED
(By courtesy American Agriculturist. Photo by Prof. W. G. Johnson)


PREFACE