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The World's Greatest Canning Tomato 



Better Than Stone Ever Was 



Tomato Investigations 



Purdue University 



Agricultural Experiment Station 



Lafayette, Indiana 



Just Doubles the Yield 



Extracts from Bulletin No. 165, Vol. XVI 



"The 'average calculated yields for three years of 

 eleven varieties tested sliows 'Greater Baltimore' 

 ranking First with a yield of 16.25 tons per acre 

 against Stone 13.38 tons per acre. 



Considering Yield and Quality the eleven varie- 

 ties tested will rank as follows as a iield crop for 

 canning: First, 'Greater Baltimore.' 



"Picking season from July 25 to October l.tlie 

 'Greater Baltimore' yielded nearly 22 tonr per acre. 

 "The 'Greater Baltimore,' which has jieen gain- 

 ing in popularity with the Canning Trade during the 

 past 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 

 <"onsidered 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 ripen- 

 ing 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 daysfrom the 

 time the young plants were set in the field." 



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TOMATO SEED FOR YOUR 1917 CROP 



You will get an enormous crop of Tomatoes from Bolgiano's 

 Tomato Seed this year. Our seed was saved from one of the Largest 

 Crops we have ever had, due to being favored by weather conditions. 

 The vines were loaded with large, solid red fruit. We know positively 

 by planting seed from this Big Crop, your yield will be much larger 

 than if you had bought seed grown where the weather conditions were 

 not favorable. 



AS TO TESTIMONIALS 



Year aft.er year we receive hundreds of letters from the Leading 

 Ganners, Market Gardeners. Truckers, Farmers and Home Gardeners, 

 commending the High Qualities of Bolgiano's "Greater Baltimore" 

 Tomato, both as a Canner, Shipper and "General All-Round Tomato." 

 We pick at randon a few here given below. Upon request we will 

 gladly furnish the postoffice address of any of these letters. If there 

 is none listed from your particular locality write us. We can furnish 

 you with numbers of letters in your State and possibly quite a few 

 in your county" 



Nothing Like it in Texas 



On June ?6', 19 If!, Mr. J. IV. Thrasher, of Lamar Co., Texas, wrote: 

 "There is nothing that I can say that itill tell you how fine a Tomato 

 Bolgiano's 'Greater Baltimore' is. They are as fine a crop for a Spring 

 crop, and also for a Fall crop too. I have planted your 'Greater Baltimore' 

 Tomato for the past seven years and will have no other Tomato. I sell Toma- 

 toes in the Fall when no one else has Tomatoes. I have ten acres of them grow- 

 ing now and they certainly are fine. I have sold them at the rale of $.iOO 

 an acre. They average up so nicely in the crate and look belter than any 

 Tomato I have ever seen. They are fine to ship, also to can and eat. They 

 are good for all purposes. We sow oar seed in Af arch for a middle crop and 

 soic the last of May for a Fall crop, put the plants out the last part of June, 

 then in 60 days we had ripe Tomatoes for the market." 

 Stood the Test in Florida 



On October 16. 1916, Prof. F. F. Halma. Assistant HorlicuUurisl, Uni- 

 versity of Florida, College of Agriculture, Gainesville, Fla., in his experiment 

 test for season 1916, wrote: "Bolgiano's 'Greater Baltimore' Tomato retained 

 its color during the hot weather better than any other varieties tested." 

 Tried Once Always Used in Florida 



On June 16, 1916. Mr. F. M. Bamsay. of Alachua Co., Fla., wrote: 

 "In the season of 1915 I bought some of your 'Greater Baltimore' 

 Tomato Seed and ivas so well pleased with them that I am trying them again 

 this season." 



Well Pleased in Louisiana 



On June '21, 1916, Mr. W. H. Garrison, of Saint Tammany Co., La., 

 uTote: "I am well pleased ii'ilh Bolgiano's 'Greater Baltimore' Tomato, 

 as. it is a prolific bearer of fine Tomatoes and holds up well through the season." 



Declared the Best in Maryland 



On September 6, 1916, Wm. S. Bichardson, of Somerset Co., Md., wrote 

 as follows: "In regard to Bolgiano's 'Greater Baltimore' Tomato, our 

 experience with them is that thev make better crop of choice Tomatoes than 

 anything else 2ce have ever tried and ire have been planting them for several 

 years. I have inguired of my neighbors who plant ihem and they had the 

 same opinion. I asked one of our largest canners how the 'Greater Baltimore' 

 was doing this year and he said they were doing fine. The weather con- 

 ditions have been good and the crops have been large and the fruit fine." 



Does Fine in Utah 



On September 17, 1916, Springville Canning Co., of Utah Co., Utah, 

 wrote as follows: "Our Tomatoes from, the 'Greater Baltimore* Tomato 

 Seed purchased from you have never been better. The weather conditions 

 have been very bad for Tomatoes. Two years ago ire began packing Toma- 

 toes on the loth of Augu.'if; this year we made our first run on the 26th of 

 August. The weather had been extremely cool and Tomatoes ripened very 

 slowly. We had a little frost on the 10th of September." 



In Illinois Plenty of "Greater Baltimore" Tomatoes in 

 Spite of Weather Conditions 



On Septeniljer 2X, 1916, Mrs. E. Meyer, of Aleyer's Farm, Calhoun 

 Co., 111., wrote as follows: "We had rain the 3rd of July , then no more 

 in six iveeks, and intense heat. Still we had plenty of Bolgiano's 'Greater 

 Baltimore' Tomatoes for the table and to can and enough also for catsup. 

 We only have a family garden and raise just enough for our own use. The 

 'Greater Baltimore' Tomato has been doing very well. It bears all Summer 

 until late in the Fall." 



The Only Tomato to do Good in Texas 



On February 19, 1916, Mr, T. P. Hurr, of Colora 

 Co., Texas, wrote: "Enclosed find my order for 'Greater 

 Baltimore' Tomato Seed. It is the only Tomato that 

 I can get to do any good here in this climate. I have 

 grown theni three years and they stand the hot sun better 

 than any other variety. The other varieties take the blight 

 as socn as the weather gets hot and die, but 'Greater 

 Baltimore' goes right through the hot Summer and stays 

 green and continues to fruit until frost. Please send 

 this order immediatelv . as I am a little late." 



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Bolgiano's "Greater Baltimore" Tomato 



New Jersey — Outlasted the Ston: 

 Weeks 



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

 "I thought I would drop a line to you about your 'Greater 

 Baltimore' Tomato. I bought a packet of seed last 

 Spring of you and sowed it in my greenhouse, and set 

 out iOO plants on the '20lh day of May, and I picked To- 

 matoes up till October 8, and they are the finest Tomato 

 that I ever grew. They are such fine, large Tomatoes. 

 I set the 'Greater Baltimore' next to a patch of Stone 

 Tomatoes and they outlasted the Stone Tomatoes by two 

 weeks; both kinds were set out on the same day — Alay 20." 



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