PRITCHARD • • • 



The Last Origination of o Great Plant Breeder 



WE HAVE a wholesome respect for the Pritchard 

 Tomato. Under certain growing conditions, this 

 variety far outyields all others. This particularly applies 

 to New York and to New England where Marglobe 

 ordinarily does not ripen a full crop. In maturity, 

 Pritchard will average five days ahead of Marglobe. 



Pritchard, a Marglobe X Cooper's Special hybrid, 

 originally introduced by the U. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture as Scarlet Topper, was officially renamed by the 

 Department to honor its originator, the late Dr. Fred J. 

 Pritchard. His originations in wilt-resistant types have 

 had a vast influence on Tomato production in the United 

 States. 



Pritchard is a plant of the determinate growth type 

 and because of this it is highly desirable to feed it heavily 

 in order to develop as heavy vine as possible. We recom- 

 mend that ammonia in some available form should be 

 applied before the fruits develop. Reasonable vine pro- 

 tection is very desirable. 



Price, postpaid: Trade pkt. 25 cts./ oz. 50 els.; 

 V 4 lb. $1.50; lb. $5; 5 lbs. $22.50 



PRITCHARD 



COMPARATIVE VARIETY TRIAL of STOKES STRAINS AT UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, ST. PAUL, 1938 





Date of First 



Yield 



Average Size 



Marketability 



Shape 



Smoothness 



VARIETY 



Ripe Fruit 



(lbs.) t 



(lbs.) 



(%) 



(%) 



75% intermediate 



(%) 











Stokesdale 



8 8 



601.5 



.3425 



89.1 



2 5% globe 



95.0 













20% intermediate 

 80% globe 





Rutgers 



8/15 



343.4 



.4548 



95.1 



96.8 











28% intermediate 

 72% globe 





Valiant 



8/8 



801.7 



.4137 



93.4 



93.3 













10% intermediate 

 90% globe 





Master Marglobe 



8 15 



390.8 



.3566 



96.2 



100.0 



Earliana 



8/8 



1032.8 



.2495 



77.3 



100% flat 



50.0 



*This report is printed through courtesy of Professor T. M. Currence. 



tYield from 40 plants of each variety. Total of 10 pickings. 



Germination Tests in State Laboratories on Stokes 

 Tomato Seed, November, 1938 



VARIETY 

 Valiant. Lot A 



New Brunswick, N. J. 



Our good customer, Mr. Thomas T. Hersey, Mitchell, South Dakota, two 

 years ago was ruined by grasshoppers. Did he throw up his hands and quit? 

 He certainly did not. Instead he made some giant models and made the hoppers 

 go to work for him. These netted Mr. Hersey some real money. Life Magazine 

 published four photographs of his insects in November. The old American 

 spirit isn't dead yet! 



Rutgers. Lot B 



Rutgers. Lot C 



Master Marglobe No. 6. Lot A 

 Master Marglobe No. 6. Lot B . . 

 Master Marglobe No. 6. Lot C 

 Master Marglobe No. 8. Lot A 

 Master Marglobe No. 8. Lot B 

 Master Marglobe No. 8. Lot C . . 



PENNSYLVANIA 



I did not have any Valiant — only Stokesdale. Pritchard, and Rutgers. 

 The Stokesdale did well, but of the three, Pritchard is my favorite. The 

 fruits were only a few days later than Stokesdale and the plants yielded 

 far more. Pritchard is my favorite of all I've tried so far. — H. J. B., 

 Olyphant. 



C%> 



(%) 



90 



96 



77 



82 



77 



74 



82 



75 



92 



95 



97 



98 



96 



96 



96 



98 



91 



94 



93 



96 



92 



92 



91 



94 



95 



94 



92 



92 



eneva, N. Y 



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