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GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
JL-New Improved Grand Rapids 
^ Forcing Tomatoes. 
* Grand Rapids Forcing 
Tomatoes 
Grown in Greenhouses Everywhere 
New-Improved-Select Growers 
Strain 
It’s new. It’s improved and is the best forcing Tomato on the 
market today. This new improved strain was selected and 
grown for us by Mr. R. Yonker, who is well qualified in the 
breeding and selecting, and can be depended upon to keep this 
strain pure. He has developed this Tomato to a larger size, 
averaging about three or four to a pound and eliminating the 
green core. The yield is very heavy as the intense sexual vigor 
of the plant causes a great production of pollen and as this is 
probably the only Tomato that is self-fertilizing or polleniz- 
ing, it insures a heavy setting of fruit. 
This Tomato is red in color, of good size, firm and meaty. 
The skin is tough and is a wonderful shipper and keeper. 
The plant is a vigorous, robust grower and should be 
trimmed to about 6 feet in height. 
Price: Oz., £1.25; *4 lb., £4.00; V 2 lb., £7.50, postpaid. 
Grand Rapids Forcing 
Original Strain 
This Tomato was introduced by us several years ago and has won 
the praise of greenhouse growers everywhere. The plant is a vig¬ 
orous robust grower and under favorable growing conditions each 
P lant should produce eight pounds of marketable fruit. The Tomato 
is of fair size, firm and meaty and a good keeper and shipper. Oz., 
75c; M lb., $2.50; y 2 lb., $4.50. * 
Ideal Forcing Tomatoes 
,, A I> e w forcing variety originated by Mr. John Nellis of Grand Rap- 
ids, Mich. Mr. Eugene Davis and Prof. Waide, now of Ohio, selected 
the original parent plant 
of the Ideal Tomato. It is 
the result of crossing the 
Bonny Best with the Com¬ 
et and has the heavy 
yielding quality and tough 
skin of the Comet and the 
high color of the Bonny 
Best. Mr. Nellis has se¬ 
lected and re-selected the 
plants until it has arrived 
at a high state of purity 
and breeds absolutely true 
to type. The plant does 
not grow as tall as the 
Grand Rapids Forcing but 
will yield as many pounds 
per plant. It has no green, 
unripe core, is dark red in 
color, not an acid fruit but 
of excellent quality, and 
is a larger Tomato and a 
splendid shipper. Oz., 
$1.50; y lb., $5.00; % lb., 
$9.00, postpaid. 
The Grand Rapids Forcing Varieties are nationally known. Turn 
to the others: Lettuce is described on page 14; Radish on page 20; 
and Cucumber on page 12; also on the inside front cover. 
Ideal Forcing Tomatoes. 
^.This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 
