SEED GROWERS 



53 



SUNFLOWER 



Code Word 



Mammoth Russian , sibyl 



Plants 10 — 12 ft. tall, with seed heads 10 — 12 in. across; chiefly- 

 grown for feeding poultry; sometimes in the North for silage. 

 Seeds large, striped. 



TOBACCO 



Connecticut Seed Leaf tabard 



Hardy cigar variety; well adapted for growing in middle and 



northern States. 

 Havana tacket 



Much used for cigar wrappers; leaf very thin and of fine texture. 

 White Burley tacman 



A favorite for plug fillers and wrappers. 



lib. 



25 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



per lb. 



perlb. 



$0.12 



$0.08 



Oz. 



Lb. 



$0.25 



$2.00 



.25 



2.00 



.25 



2.00 



Drying Tomato Seed Under Natural Conditions on One of Our California Ranches 



TOMATO 



At our Oakview Experimental Gardens near Detroit, tomato seed is sown in the greenhouse 

 April 25th to May 1st. The young plants are usually set in the open field early in June. Under this 

 treatment and under very favorable circumstances, the earliest varieties produce the first picking of 

 ripe fruits in as Uttle as 57 days from the date of planting in the field, and other varieties are com- 

 parably early. We have used in our description the average number of days required, based on many 

 years of observation. 



According to our standard of description, those varieties which are described as producing 

 fruits of medium size yield fruits that average 4.5 ounces to 5.4 ounces according to the variety; 

 those which are said to produce fruits of medium large size, yield fruits which average 5.5 — 6 ounces; 

 and those varieties described as large fruited, yield fruits that average 6.1 to 7.2 ounces, according 

 to the variety. Ponderosa with extremely large fruits is in a class by itself and the Cherry, Pear, 

 Plum and Husk tomatoes bear comparatively extremely small fruits. 



Code Word 



AVON EARLY tomavon 



66 days. A superior variety of the Earhana class for home garden 

 and early market. Fruits uniform, deep scarlet red; medium sized; 

 almost globular; smooth; flesh solid. 



lib. 



25 lbs. 



or more 



or more 



per lb. 



per lb. 



$2.25 



$2.00 



