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NEW CREATIONS IN SEEDS 
is over, transplant to open ground, setting the plants deep, especially 
in dry climates. Tomato roots are generally planted too near the sur- 
face and, contrary to general opinion, long, "leggy" plants are better 
than the short, stocky ones, if properly planted deep. This method pre- 
pares them for long, dry terms and renders them less liable to disease. 
In the Fall, before heavy frosts, pull the "Burbank" Tomato vines and 
turning them over, pick all sound, green tomatoes and place them only 
one deep in a fairly warm room and they will continue to ripen along 
as needed until February and will retain their full flavor. 
Mr. J. H. Begier, one of the oldest and perhaps the most experienced, 
as well as one of the largest growers in the "Bay Region," reports that 
he found the "BURBANK" Tomato fully SIX WEEKS earlier than the 
tomatoes before grown in that region. 
The "BURBANK" Tomato was very carefully tested last season by 
Mr. J. H. Empson, one of the best known and most extensive packers of 
extra fine goods in the United States; he writes as follows: 
Longmont, Colorado, Nov. 7th, 1916. 
Mr. Luther Burbank, 
Santa Rosa, Calif. : 
Dear Mr. Burbank — I thought you might be interested to learn how 
your new Tomato came out in this section of the country. We planted 
the seed you sent us and grew just as many plants as we could from it. 
We planted that seed exactly the same day we planted seed from 
Chalk's Early Jewell, and we put them in the same field, in exactly the 
same kind of soil. 
We picked the first ripe tomatoes from your vines on the 19th day of 
August; from Chalk's Early Jewell on the 26th day of August. After 
that we picked tomatoes from each kind — your vines and the C. E. J. 
every time the same date. 
On August 31st we had picked from your vines 7,663 lbs. 
From the C. E. J. vines 2,756 lbs. 
On September 12th we had picked from your vines 13,072 lbs. 
From the C. E. J. vines 7,478 lbs. 
We finished picking your vines September 30th and had a 
total for the season of 20,234 lbs. 
On same date from C. E. J. vines we had total . . . 13,122 lbs. 
There were exactly the same number of vines in each patch. 
Your Tomato is certainly the Tomato for this section, where we have 
early frost. The color is good and the quality is good. We have saved 
seed from the earliest and choicest ones for next year and will plant a 
number of acres next year where we can test them more fully. I shall 
not be surprised to get even better results, as I have found that seeds 
produced in Colorado almost invariably give better results than those 
grown outside the State. Yours sincerely, 
J. H. EMPSON. 
