SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 
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TOMATOES 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants; % Ib. per acre. 
All our tomato seeds are grown from stocks, exclusively for seed purposes, by the originators, experienced growers and 
experts. 
recommend our strains as being absolutely reliable. 
We are fully convinced of the merit of all new varieties before placing them in our catalog, and therefore strongly 
For early, the seed should be sown in hotbeds during February or the first week in March, in drills 5 inches apart and 
half an inch deep. Later sowing may be made until the last of April. 
When the plants are 83 or 4 inches high they should 
be set out 4 or 5 inches apart in another hotbed or cold frame, or removed into small pots allowing a single plant to the 
pot. Expose to the air as much as possible to harden. 
few days until the plants are established. 
Water freely at time of transplanting, and shelter from the sun a 
Cultivate thoroughly as long as the vines will permit, but the last two or three 
workings should be very shallow or the crop may be badly injured, especially if the cultivator is run too near the plants. 
Extra Early Varieties 
An extra early, large tomato 
Improved Advance of high quality, round or 
slightly flattened shape, and exceptionally smooth for such 
an early variety. As early and hardy as Earliana and yield- 
ing more fruit both in the first and subsequent pickings. 
It is more shapely, more free from cracks and shows less 
green about the stem than other extra early sorts. With 
Improved Advance the grower can produce a crop which 
will stand superior in appearance and quality, in compe- 
tition with the other extra earlies and command the fancy 
prices of an early market. 
7 Dr. Fred J. Pritchard of the U. S. Dept. 
Break O Day of Agriculture describes his new crea- 
“Very productive, early variety, em re- 
Tuits 
tion as follows: 
sistant to wilt and somewhat resistant to blights. 
large, smooth, meaty, red, globular.” 
5 Winner of a Gold Medal in the 1934 
Scarlet Dawn All American Trials. This hybrid of 
Clark’s Early and Marglobe has the shape and structure of 
Marglobe, but a brighter scarlet color. It is earlier than 
Bonny Best and yields as heavy as Break-O’Day. Excellent 
shipping quality as well.as being desirable for home growing. 
Penn State from all others in its compact habit of 
growth; heavy cluster yields; earliness; superb quality; 
and uniform ripening. Originated by the Pennsylvania State 
College and Agricultural Experiment Station 
and is the result of seven years of extensive 
breeding work by Dr. C. E. Myers, interna- 
tionally famous plant breeding expert. Packets 
(approximately 50 seeds), 25c. 
A valuable new variety entirely different 
Livingston’s Paragon. .10 25 -75 
PRICES 
Pkt. Oz. %4Lb. Lb. 
BonnyeBest... 5.2... = * 10 $ .30 $1.00 $3.00 
Break O’Day ...... 10 30 861.00 3.50 
Chalk’s Early Jewel. -10 .30 1.00 3.00 
Early Canadian....... 25 -60 2.00 7.00 
Early Detroit........ 10 50 150 5.00 
Fnormous 3... sec -10 40 1.25 
Greater Baltimore ... .10 30 .85 
Improved Advance.... .10 50 §1.50 
IXL Extra Early..... 10 30 -90 
John Baer oa-.= =. see 10 30 ~=1.00 
King of the Earlies.. .10 30 -90 H 
Kelley’s Red... 25... -10 25 -75 F 
Livingston’s Beauty.. .10 .30 -90 : 
Livingston’s Globe.... .10 35 =: 11.00 : 
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Marglobe +2). >.2 =e 10 25 -75 
Marglobe Special .... .25 40 1.25 
Market Champion ... .10 50 i 
Maryland Pride ..... 10 35 =. 11.00 
Matchless ........... 10 25 .60 
Oxheart 2 oiiesenncee 10 HV LS 
Ponderosa. ...<... 002 -10 50 1.50 H 
Pritchard ...<:0.0. soe 10 Ad 1235 i 
Red Rock |)....:..3 .10 25 .60 i 
Scarlet Dawn ....... 25 “Hy PE 
Scarlet Topper ...... -10 45 1.35 
Sparks’ Earliana .... .10 .30 -90 
Stone (Improved) ... .10 .25 -60 
US MICCCKE: 5 scferre js 'cicteige -10 30 85 : 
Wilt Resistant....... 10 25 aa 2.50 
Wisdom Tomato ..... 10 -25 60 2.00 
Pear Shaped Red..... .10 30 ~=1.00 se 
Pear Shaped Yellow.. .10 30 =. 11.00 aioe 
Wellow,-Plum.:.-..... 10 30 - 1.00 
Our special strain of Bonny Best has 
Bonny Best become a favorite among large grow- 
ers for the early market. It is truly so superior to the 
ordinary stocks that it might rightfully be considered a 
new variety. It is earlier than Chalk’s Early Jewel, and 
within two or three days as early as Earliana. Very pro- 
lific, with liberal foliage to protect the fruit from the sun. 
The beautiful scarlet-red fruit is set in clusters of 5 or 
more. Its great characteristic is that it ripens each set- 
ting of fruit nearly all at once, and ripens evenly all over 
up to the stem. 
I want to say a word of praise for your special strain 
of Bonny Best Tomato. For heavy cropping, large size, 
and earliness and smoothness, it can not be beat. It will 
suit any critical market gardener if he wants the best 
strain obtainable. I have been growing Bonny Best To- 
matoes for 20 years and have paid as much as $5.00 per 
ounce, but I must say that you have about the best strain 
I ever used. They are extra fine. 
Geo. T, Robinson, . Md. 
Ri 10 d lat th 
Chalk’s Early Jewel Sparks’ Eee nae Meee 
desirable for home use, as fruits are thicker through and 
more solid, comparing favorably with the later maturing 
sorts. Color bright scarlet and quality very best. 
A second early variety, maturing 10 days 
John Baer later than the King of the Earlies. Fruit 
is borne in clusters of 3, of bright red color, averaging 3 
inches across and 2% inches from stem to blossom end. 
Bonny Best Tomatoes 
