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GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 
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. 
* Grand Rapids Forcing 
Tomatoes 
Grown in Greenhouses Everywhere 
New-Improved-Select Growers 
Strain 
It’s new. It’s improved and is one of the best forcing Toma¬ 
toes on the market today. This new improved strain was se¬ 
lected and grown for us by Mr. R. Yonker, who is w r ell qual¬ 
ified 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 in¬ 
tense sexual vigor of the plant causes a great production of 
pollen and this is probably the only Tomato that is self-fertiliz¬ 
ing or pollenizing, which 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., 75c; V4 lb., $2.50; Vz lb., $4.50, 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 
plant should produce eight pounds of marketable fruit. The Tomato 
is of fair size, firm and meaty and a good keeper and shipper. 
Oz., 50c; % lb., $1.75; V 2 lb., $3.00, postpaid. 
Ideal Forcing Tomatoes 
A new 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 they have ar¬ 
rived at a high state of 
purity; and breed abso¬ 
lutely true to type. The 
plant does not grow as tall 
as the Grand Rapids Forc¬ 
ing 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 qual¬ 
ity, and is a larger Tomato 
and a splendid shipper. Oz., 
$1.00; M lb., $3.50; V 2 lb., 
$6.00, postpaid. 
^.This variety recommended by the Michigan State College. 
