^_^ Improved Advance 



uomatoed 



1 oz. to 2,000 plants ; V4 lb. per acre. 



All our tomato seeds are grown from stocks, exclusively for seed purposes, by the originators, experienced grow- 

 ers and experts. We are fully convinced of the merit of all varieties before offering them In our catalog, and can 

 strongly recommend our strains as being absolutely reliable. 



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 3 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 allow- 

 ing a single plant to the pot. Expose to the air as much as possible to harden. Water freely at time of transplanting, 

 and shelter from the sun a few days until the plants are established. Set out May 5th to 10th according to weather 

 (or 3 weeks earlier If protected with Hotkaps) spacing 3 to 5 ft. apart. 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. 



Days indicated represent approximate time from set- 

 ting of plants to first picking. It takes 4 or 5 weeks to 

 grow plants. 



Improved Advance 



(64 days) An extra early, 

 large tomato of high quality, 

 round or slightly flattened shape, and exceptionally 

 smooth for such an early variety. As early and hardy as 

 Earllana and yielding 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 appear- 

 ance and quality, in competition with the other extra 

 earlies and command the fancy prices of an early market. 



Scarlet Dawn 



(70 days) Winner of a Gold Medal 

 in the 1934 All American Trials. 

 This cross of Clark's Early with Marglobe has the shape 

 and structure of Marglobe, but a brighter scarlet color 

 and very prolific. Excellent shipping variey and also 

 desirable for home growing. 



\] Cirtiiv ^^"^ days) Developed at Nebraska Exp. Sta. 



I k7lOUA from cross of All Red and Stokesdale. It is 



extra early, globe shaped, medium size, thick walled and 



Juicy. Plant relatively open with finely divided leaves; 



ripens uniformly. Does well in hot dry seasons. 



PRICES 



Pkt. Oz. 



Beef Steak $ .10 $1.00 



Bounty 10 .85 



Earllana 10 .85 



Early Red 10 .40 



O-arden State 10 .85 



Oreater Baltimore (Ind.) . .10 .40 



Improved Advance 10 .65 



JnbUee Qolden 10 1.50 



Marglobe (Certified) 10 .50 



Ozheart 10 1.50 



Fan America 10 .75 



Ponderosa 10 1.00 



Pritchard's Scarlet Topper .10 .40 



Rutgers (Certified) 10 .50 



Scarlet Sawn 10 .50 



SIoux 10 1.00 



Southland 25 1.35 



Stokesdale (Certified) ... .10 .65 



Stone (Improved) 10 .50 



Valiant 10 .75 



SMAIiI^ FRUITED 



Pear Shaped Tellow 10 .75 



Red Cherry 10 1.15 



Red Plum 10 1.35 



San Marzano (Paste) Bed .10 1.50 



YeUow Plum 10 .75 



H Lb. 



$3.00 

 2.50 

 2.50 

 1.25 

 2.50 

 1.25 

 2.00 



1.50 

 4.50 

 2.25 

 3.50 

 1.25 

 1.50 

 1.50 

 2.85 

 4.00 

 2.00 

 1.50 

 2.25 



2.50 

 3.50 

 4.00 

 4.50 

 2.50 



I^b. 



$7.50 

 7.50 

 4.00 

 7.50 

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 6.00 



4.50 



7.00 

 10.00 

 4.00 

 4.50 

 5.00 

 8.50 

 12.00 

 6.00 

 4.50 

 6.50 



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J. MANNS & CO.. BALTIMORE 2, MD. 



Superior Seeds 



