﻿"Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  

  

  The 
  World's 
  Greatest 
  Canning 
  Tomato 
  

  

  Tomato 
  Investigations 
  

   Purdue 
  University 
  Agricultural 
  Experiment 
  Station, 
  Lafayette, 
  Indiana 
  

   Extracts 
  from 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  165, 
  Vol. 
  XVI, 
  April, 
  1913 
  

  

  "The 
  average 
  calculated 
  yields 
  for 
  three 
  years 
  of 
  eleven 
  varieties 
  tested 
  sho-n-s 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  ranking 
  First 
  with 
  a 
  yield 
  

   of 
  16.25 
  tons 
  per 
  acre 
  against 
  Stone 
  13.38 
  tons 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  "Considering 
  Tield 
  and 
  Quality 
  the 
  eleven 
  varieties 
  tested 
  -n-ill 
  rank 
  as 
  follows 
  as 
  a 
  field 
  crop 
  for 
  canning: 
  — 
  ^First 
  'Greater 
  

   Baltimore.' 
  

  

  "Picking 
  season 
  from 
  July 
  25th 
  to 
  October 
  1st, 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  yielded 
  nearly 
  32 
  tons 
  per 
  acre. 
  

  

  "The 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  gaining 
  in 
  popularity 
  with 
  the 
  Canning 
  Trade 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  years, 
  begins 
  

   bearing 
  12 
  to 
  16 
  days 
  earlier 
  than 
  Stone, 
  when 
  both 
  are 
  sown 
  and 
  handled 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner 
  throughout 
  the 
  season. 
  

  

  "It 
  will 
  also 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  is 
  as 
  early 
  a 
  bearer 
  as 
  Chalk's 
  Early 
  Jewel, 
  which 
  Is 
  considered 
  an 
  early 
  sort. 
  

  

  "It 
  is 
  largely 
  the 
  Earliness 
  and 
  the 
  Uniformity 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  plants 
  bear 
  a 
  Large 
  Number 
  of 
  Large 
  Smooth 
  Fruit 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  ripening 
  season 
  that 
  makes 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore 
  superior 
  to 
  the 
  Stone, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  standard 
  canning 
  variety 
  for 
  

   many 
  years. 
  

  

  "The 
  average 
  date 
  of 
  first 
  ripening 
  for 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  was 
  120 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  sowing- 
  of 
  the 
  seed 
  in 
  the 
  hot 
  beds 
  and 
  

   65 
  days 
  from 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  young 
  plants 
  were 
  set 
  in 
  the 
  field." 
  

  

  They 
  Beat 
  Stone 
  Tomato 
  15 
  Times 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Cross, 
  Siipt. 
  Kcnish 
  Canning 
  Co., 
  Davish 
  Co., 
  Utah, 
  writes: 
  

   In 
  reply 
  to 
  your 
  inquiry, 
  will 
  say 
  I 
  planted 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  

   in 
  fifteen 
  different 
  fields 
  separate 
  from 
  our 
  Stone 
  and 
  that 
  in 
  every 
  

   section 
  and 
  every 
  field 
  they 
  ripened 
  about 
  ten 
  days 
  earlier 
  than'i 
  

   any 
  other. 
  They 
  ripen 
  even 
  to 
  the 
  stem, 
  are 
  very 
  solid, 
  also 
  prolific 
  

   and 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  deep 
  red 
  color. 
  I 
  consider 
  them 
  an 
  IDEAL 
  

   TOMATO 
  for 
  both 
  grower 
  and 
  canner." 
  

  

  Immense 
  Tielders 
  and 
  the 
  Finest 
  Quality 
  

  

  Mr. 
  T. 
  TV. 
  Stansbury, 
  of 
  Baltimore 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  writes: 
  "I 
  have 
  

   grown 
  Bolgiano's 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore 
  Tomato 
  for 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  sea- 
  

   sons, 
  and 
  neither 
  wet 
  weather 
  or 
  dry 
  weather 
  affected 
  its 
  yield. 
  I 
  

   would 
  sooner 
  have 
  thm 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  tomato 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  used, 
  for 
  

   they 
  are 
  immense 
  yielders 
  and 
  the 
  finest 
  quality." 
  

  

  Wherever 
  Used 
  Always 
  Brings 
  Orders 
  from 
  Neighbors 
  

  

  Maffct 
  Bros., 
  York 
  Co., 
  Pa., 
  writes: 
  '"We 
  used 
  'Greater 
  Balti- 
  

   more 
  'Tomato 
  seed 
  bought 
  from 
  you 
  last 
  year, 
  and 
  raised 
  1,256 
  

   bushels 
  of 
  tomatoes 
  on 
  two 
  acres 
  of 
  ground. 
  Much 
  the 
  largest 
  yield 
  

   in 
  our 
  neighborhood. 
  1,256 
  bushels 
  were 
  sold 
  and 
  we 
  used 
  quite 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  bushels 
  at 
  home. 
  Our 
  success 
  put 
  some 
  pf 
  our 
  neighbors 
  

   in 
  the 
  notion 
  of 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore', 
  so 
  this 
  order 
  includes 
  seed 
  for 
  

   ourselves 
  and 
  three 
  of 
  our 
  neighbors." 
  

  

  Buys 
  "Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  — 
  Could 
  Get 
  Stone 
  Free 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Jos. 
  H. 
  Frampton, 
  of 
  Talbot 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  -writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   "Last 
  year 
  I 
  tried 
  your 
  Bolgiano's 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  seed, 
  

   when' 
  I 
  could 
  get 
  the 
  New 
  Stone 
  free 
  of 
  charge 
  from 
  the^ 
  canning 
  

   house, 
  and 
  it 
  produced 
  for 
  me 
  76 
  3-4 
  tons 
  on 
  4 
  7-8 
  acres." 
  

  

  "Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  or 
  None 
  

  

  John 
  E. 
  Diamont 
  Co., 
  of 
  Cape 
  May 
  Co., 
  N. 
  J., 
  writes: 
  "Do 
  not 
  

   care 
  for 
  anything 
  but 
  the 
  Greater 
  Baltimore, 
  _and^ 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  you 
  

   cannot 
  furnish 
  them 
  do 
  not 
  ship 
  any 
  other 
  variety." 
  

  

  A 
  Good 
  Tield 
  in 
  a 
  Bad 
  Season 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Titos. 
  A. 
  Duckworth, 
  of 
  Aleghany 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  writes 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  Your 
  'Baltimore 
  Tomato' 
  seed 
  which 
  «•<? 
  received 
  from 
  you 
  

   this 
  spring 
  was 
  certainly 
  satisfactory. 
  The 
  season 
  was 
  very 
  bad 
  but 
  

   still 
  we 
  got 
  a 
  good 
  yield 
  front 
  your 
  plants." 
  

  

  Biggest 
  Tielder 
  He 
  Ever 
  Saw 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Z. 
  Fountain, 
  of 
  Caroline 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  "Your 
  

   'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  is 
  the 
  biggest 
  yielder 
  I 
  ever 
  saw. 
  The 
  

   ground 
  was 
  covered 
  with 
  splendid, 
  red 
  tomatoes. 
  Your 
  seeds 
  have 
  

   all 
  done 
  well." 
  

  

  Ten 
  Days 
  Earlier 
  Than 
  Stone 
  

  

  Watson 
  Bros., 
  Cumberland 
  Co., 
  N. 
  J., 
  writes: 
  "We 
  are 
  partial 
  to 
  

   the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  as 
  they 
  mature 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  earlier 
  

   than 
  the 
  Stone 
  Tomato." 
  

  

  Entirely 
  Free 
  From 
  Blight 
  

  

  ,?. 
  M. 
  Johnson, 
  Dorchester 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  writes: 
  "The 
  'Greater 
  Bal- 
  

   timore' 
  Tomato 
  that 
  I 
  used 
  last 
  season 
  from 
  your 
  seed 
  is 
  entirely 
  

   free 
  from 
  blight, 
  and 
  the 
  largest 
  yielder 
  by 
  half 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  

   used. 
  There 
  can't 
  be 
  anything 
  better; 
  as 
  you 
  have 
  my 
  order 
  I 
  can 
  

   say 
  no 
  more." 
  

  

  800 
  Crates 
  from 
  12 
  Acres 
  Sold 
  for 
  $2,400 
  

  

  Thomas 
  S. 
  Johnson, 
  Polk 
  Co., 
  Fla., 
  writes: 
  "Your 
  'Greater 
  Bal- 
  

   timore' 
  Tomato. 
  I 
  planted 
  last 
  season 
  is 
  the 
  finest 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  planted- 
  

   I 
  shipped 
  about 
  800 
  crates 
  from 
  the 
  1 
  3-4 
  acres, 
  sold 
  in 
  Boston 
  by 
  

   J. 
  D. 
  Mead 
  & 
  Co. 
  for 
  $3.00 
  a 
  crate. 
  I 
  recommend 
  it 
  unreserved 
  to 
  

   the 
  growers 
  of 
  this 
  section. 
  I 
  planted 
  five 
  different 
  varieties 
  and 
  

   the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore 
  'led 
  them 
  all.. 
  You 
  can 
  put 
  me 
  down 
  for 
  

   iGreater 
  Baltimore' 
  ne.vt 
  season." 
  

  

  Our 
  "Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  True 
  to 
  Name 
  

  

  Mr. 
  A. 
  Wilkins, 
  of 
  Somerset 
  Co., 
  writes: 
  I 
  used 
  your 
  'Greater 
  

   Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  seed 
  last 
  year 
  and 
  raised 
  14 
  tons 
  per 
  acre, 
  and 
  if 
  

   the 
  seed 
  you 
  send 
  this 
  year 
  are 
  as 
  true 
  to 
  name 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  last 
  

   year 
  I 
  will 
  be 
  satisfied, 
  for 
  there 
  was 
  not 
  a 
  seed 
  of 
  another 
  variety 
  

   in 
  the 
  lot." 
  

  

  Two 
  Tons 
  Per 
  Acre 
  More 
  

  

  On 
  January 
  30th, 
  1913, 
  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  B. 
  Plummer, 
  of 
  Kent 
  Co., 
  Md., 
  

   urites 
  as 
  follows: 
  "I 
  have 
  planted 
  many 
  varieties 
  of 
  Tomatoes, 
  but 
  

   have 
  not 
  found 
  any 
  other 
  to 
  do 
  as 
  well 
  for 
  me 
  as 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Bal- 
  

   timore. 
  The 
  past 
  season 
  we 
  gathered 
  over 
  two 
  tons 
  per 
  acre 
  more 
  

   than 
  any 
  other 
  varieties. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  varieties 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  

   planted 
  for 
  canning 
  purposes 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  firmness 
  standing 
  

   drouth 
  or 
  wet 
  weather. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  ripen 
  and 
  continue 
  

   firm 
  and 
  good 
  size 
  until 
  frost." 
  

  

  Department 
  of 
  Research 
  and 
  Experiment 
  Station 
  Tuskegee 
  

   Normal 
  and 
  Industrial 
  Institute 
  

  

  Tuskegee 
  Institute, 
  Ala., 
  November 
  9th, 
  1914. 
  

   ' 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  W. 
  Brooks: 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  splendid 
  tomatoes 
  yoti 
  

   have 
  been 
  receiving 
  from 
  me, 
  come 
  from 
  seed 
  from 
  Messrs. 
  J. 
  Bol- 
  

   giano 
  &r 
  Son, 
  Seed 
  Growers, 
  Baltimore, 
  Md. 
  They 
  are 
  the 
  'Greater 
  

   Baltimore' 
  and 
  'My 
  Maryland.' 
  I 
  should 
  like 
  to 
  suggest 
  that 
  j'0» 
  

   htclude 
  these 
  two 
  varieties 
  in 
  your 
  seed 
  order 
  for 
  ne.vt 
  year. 
  

  

  (Signed) 
  G. 
  W. 
  Carven, 
  Director 
  Dept. 
  of 
  Research 
  and 
  

   Experiment 
  Station. 
  

   100 
  Bushels 
  from 
  a 
  Single 
  Acre 
  in 
  One 
  Picking 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Gco^ 
  V. 
  Datin, 
  of 
  Hancock 
  Co., 
  Ill^ 
  writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  "Have 
  

   grown 
  Bolgiano's 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  'Tomato 
  Seed 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  

   seasons 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  splendid 
  producer. 
  We 
  picked 
  100 
  bushels 
  from 
  

   a 
  single 
  acre 
  in 
  one 
  picking. 
  T'hey 
  have 
  been 
  ripening 
  since 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  now 
  it 
  is 
  almost 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  October. 
  We 
  will 
  

   ■very 
  likely 
  get 
  a 
  frost 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  which 
  will 
  close 
  the 
  season 
  for 
  

   this 
  year." 
  

  

  Far 
  Better 
  Than 
  Stone 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Willetts 
  Johnson, 
  of 
  Gape 
  May 
  County, 
  A^. 
  /., 
  writes 
  as 
  fol- 
  

   lows: 
  "Your 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  is 
  even 
  more 
  than 
  you 
  

   claim. 
  It 
  was 
  far 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  the 
  Stone, 
  side 
  by 
  side." 
  

   Plants 
  Were 
  a 
  Perfect 
  Mass 
  of 
  Tomatoes 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  Z. 
  Lloyds, 
  of 
  Nacogdoches 
  Co., 
  Te.x., 
  writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   "My 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  plants 
  were 
  a 
  perfect 
  mass 
  of 
  to- 
  

   matoes, 
  the 
  finest 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  seen. 
  J 
  do 
  not 
  think 
  you 
  will 
  get 
  

   any 
  tomato 
  to 
  surpass 
  the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore'." 
  

  

  Outlasted 
  the 
  Stone 
  by 
  Two 
  Weeks 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Miles 
  Ranch, 
  of 
  Union 
  Co., 
  N. 
  J., 
  writes: 
  "I 
  thought 
  I 
  

   would 
  drop 
  a 
  line 
  to 
  yon. 
  about 
  your 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato. 
  I 
  

   bought 
  a 
  packet 
  of 
  seed 
  last 
  spring 
  of 
  you 
  and 
  sowed 
  it 
  in 
  my 
  green- 
  

   house, 
  and 
  set 
  out 
  400 
  plants 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  day 
  of 
  May, 
  and 
  I 
  picked 
  

   tomatoes 
  up 
  'till 
  October 
  8th, 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  the 
  finest 
  tomato 
  that 
  I 
  

   ever 
  grew. 
  They 
  are 
  such 
  fine, 
  large 
  tomatoes. 
  I 
  set 
  the 
  'Greater 
  

   Baltimore' 
  next 
  *o 
  a 
  patch 
  of 
  Stone 
  Tomatoes, 
  and 
  they 
  outlasted 
  

   the 
  Stone 
  Tomatoes 
  by 
  two 
  weeks; 
  both 
  kinds 
  were 
  set 
  out 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  day 
  — 
  May 
  20th," 
  

  

  Large 
  and 
  ITniform 
  Until 
  Last 
  Picked 
  

  

  Mr. 
  James 
  B. 
  Raymo, 
  of 
  Port 
  Antonio, 
  Jamaica, 
  writes: 
  "Your 
  

   'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  I 
  am 
  greatly 
  satisfied 
  with 
  the 
  produc- 
  

   tion 
  they 
  produce. 
  Large 
  ones 
  from 
  first 
  bearing 
  until 
  last 
  frttit 
  

   picked 
  from 
  the 
  tree, 
  then 
  too, 
  they 
  are 
  bug-proof." 
  

  

  Nothing 
  to 
  Equal 
  the 
  "Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Wm. 
  Johnson, 
  of 
  Newberry 
  Co., 
  S. 
  C, 
  -writes 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   "please 
  send 
  this 
  order 
  at 
  once 
  by 
  mail. 
  J 
  had 
  a 
  fine 
  Jot 
  of 
  your 
  

   'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomatoes 
  last 
  year. 
  There 
  is 
  nothing 
  to 
  equal 
  

   the 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore'." 
  

  

  If 
  in 
  Doubt 
  — 
  ^Read 
  This 
  Letter 
  

  

  Messrs. 
  Pusey, 
  Holland 
  & 
  Co., 
  of 
  Mt. 
  Vernon, 
  Md., 
  writes 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  "This 
  is 
  to 
  certify 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  purchasing 
  my 
  re- 
  

   quirements 
  for 
  Tomato 
  Seed 
  for 
  my 
  large 
  Cannery, 
  located 
  at 
  Mt. 
  

   Vernon, 
  Md., 
  from 
  your 
  Firm 
  for 
  about 
  ten 
  years. 
  During 
  that 
  time 
  

   I 
  have 
  occasionally 
  purchased 
  some 
  varieties 
  highly 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  

   other 
  firms 
  in 
  the 
  North, 
  but 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  yet 
  been 
  able 
  to- 
  secure 
  

   as 
  pure 
  and 
  trustworthy 
  Tomato 
  Seed 
  from 
  any 
  other 
  firm 
  as 
  1 
  have 
  

   from 
  yourself. 
  They 
  are 
  always 
  true 
  to 
  name 
  and 
  not 
  mixed." 
  

   17 
  Acres 
  of 
  Pure 
  "Greater 
  Baltimore" 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Cox, 
  of 
  Grant 
  Co., 
  Ind., 
  writes 
  as 
  follows:^ 
  "Your 
  

   'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  seed 
  gave 
  the 
  very 
  best 
  of 
  satisfaction 
  

   this 
  year. 
  I 
  have 
  17 
  acres 
  of 
  this 
  pure 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore'. 
  They 
  

   are 
  the 
  leading 
  variety 
  here 
  now." 
  

  

  From 
  Another 
  Large 
  Indiana 
  Canner 
  

  

  The 
  Louden 
  Packkinij 
  Co., 
  of 
  Vigo 
  Co., 
  Ind., 
  writes 
  as 
  folows: 
  

   "Your 
  favor 
  of 
  the 
  2d' 
  to 
  hand. 
  Please 
  enter 
  otir 
  order 
  and 
  ship 
  

   at 
  your 
  convenience 
  200 
  lbs. 
  'Greater 
  Baltimore' 
  Tomato 
  Seed." 
  

  

  J 
  

  

  