LANDRETHS’ CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED 
We Avish to call your attention to our Certified Tomato Seed grown by us, under 
the supervision of and officially inspected by the Pennsylvania Department of Agricul¬ 
ture. We sell our tomato seed only in packets and \ and \ lb. cardboard sealed litho¬ 
graphed packages, Avrapped in Cellophane, each package of which is sealed by a certificate 
from the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, stating that the tomato seed con¬ 
tained in that package was inspected and passed by the Department of Agriculture. We 
guarantee this seed to be from the fields which were inspected and passed by the repre¬ 
sentatives of the Department of Agriculture for trueness of type, vigor of plants, and 
freedom from disease. 
Our Certified Tomato Seed has also passed the germination requirements of the 
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Our supply of course is not unlimited, but we 
offer until sold out, Certified Seed of the following varieties: Break O’Day, Marglobe, 
Norton, Stone, Pritchard or Scarlet Topper, Landreths’ Red Rock, Greater Baltimore, 
Bonny Best, Landreths’ Sunrise and Landreths’ CroAvn Picked Globe. 
See pages 96, 97, 98 for further particulars. 
CROWN PICKED CERTIFIED SEED 
This seed is identical to the Certified Seed except that it is obtained from the first 
two pickings of crown set fruit. 
Caution: This seed is treated with a poison which gives it a slightly greenish tinge 
and also protects it from adverse weather conditions after planting. All good tomato 
plant groAvers keep their seedbeds well watered after planting and until the seedlings 
start to break through the ground. This is especially advantageous with treated seed. 
We have Crown picked Certified Tomato Seed of the following varieties: 
Bonny Best, Break O’Day, Greater Baltimore, Marglobe, Landreths’ Sunrise, 
and Landreths’ Crown Picked Globe. Pkt., 10c. Oz., 85c. \ lb., $2.75. 
Appearing above in the illustration to the left is Hal Mills, Vegetable Specialist and Plant Breeder of D. Landreth Seed Co., and 
K. W. Lauer, the State Inspector. To the right is shown Mr. Lauer, Jack Tomlinson, our grower who produced over 21 tons per acre 
on 1 0 acres in 1934 (Mr. Tomlinson used our special stock of Marglobe), and Dr. Warren Mack of Penn State College. 
