Hybrid Vigor 
The effect of hybrid vigor is 
easily seen in plants, and this 
strange reaction which comes 
through the mating of unrelated 
lines has been utilized by plant 
scientists to make better vegeta- 
bles for your garden. Not all 
crosses produce desirable hy- 
brids, but by patient testing cer- 
tain superior combinations are 
found. Through hybridization 
gardeners now have available 
plants which excel in yield, earli- 
ness, disease resistance, uniform- 4 
ity, or quality anything they have 
ever grown before. 
680 Clinton Hybrid Tomato 
Illustrated on the front cover of this catalog (75 days) 
A brand new tomato hybrid named in honor of Clinton, Iowa. 
This hybrid is in season with Marglobe and Rutgers, but it is 
superior even to these fine varieties in yield, uniformity, and wide 
range of adaptability. The plants are unusually large and vigor- 
ous, with dark green, dense foliage. This good plant cover protects 
fruits from sun scald, and the virility of the plants insures a really 
remarkable yield potentiality. The fruits are round, slightly flat- 
tened at the top and bottom (see photograph above), and possess 
an excellent red skin and flesh color. The average weight of the 
fruits is 4% lb. You will certainly find Clinton Hybrid the most 
impressive tomato ever to grow in your garden. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 35¢; 3 pkts. $1.00 
259 Burpee Hybrid Cucumber 
Disease resistant; the surest cucumber crop you can grow (60 days) 
The remarkable thing about the Burpee Hybrid cucumber is 
the fact that it is resistant to diseases which have plagued 
cucumber growers for many years. It is perfectly true that this 
hybrid will eventually succumb to disease, but under most condi- 
tions you can expect a month additional production from these 
resistant plants. The cucumber is of the white spine, slicing type, 
grows 8 in. long and 2% in. thick. It is of excellent type and 
quality, being blunt at both ends, and of a fine, dark green color. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. $2.75; oz. $5.00 
Hybrids 
Clinton Hybrid 
Tomato 
Burpee Hybrid 
Cucumber 
/ Fordhook Hybrid 
Tomato 
730 Fordhook Hybrid Tomato 
Every seed from a hand pollinated fruit (60 days) 
Introduced in 1945, this new tomato is another hybrid, setting 
a new standard of excellence for this vegetable. Fordhook Hybrid 
is early, in season with Earliana, and yet it is much better 
quality, more nearly round in shape, and vastly more prolific. It 
yields more fruits than any standard variety on the market, 
regardless of maturity. These fruits are red, and have a good 
interior. They are medium size because of the great number in 
each cluster; the average weight is 5 ozs. The plants grow 2 ft. 
high and spread as much as 5 ft., providing a luxuriant growth of 
foliage to protect the fruits. A considerable degree of wilt re- 
sistance makes this the first really early tomato with the resistant 
characteristic. In packets only. Pkt. (30 seeds) 25¢; 3 pkts. 70¢ 
STANDARD VARIETIES OF TOMATOES DESCRIBED ON PAGES 45-47; SEE PAGES 24-25 FOR CUCUMBERS 3 
