JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
RICE'S John Baer 
Beauty. A productive main crop variety, with 
large, smooth, solid, purplish-pink fruit. 
Benny Best. A very desirable early, red fruited 
variety, largely grown for market and ex¬ 
tensively used as a forcing sort. 
Crimson Cushion (Beefsteak). The largest of 
the bright red tomatoes and desirable for the 
home garden; really a Red Ponderosa. 
Chalk’s Jewel. An exceptionally fine early va¬ 
riety, following Earliana; fruit uniformly 
smooth, round and solid; very productive. 
Dwarf Champion. Of a distinctly dwarf, com¬ 
pact, upright growth; fruits smooth, pink in 
color. 
TOMATO — Continued 
Dwarf Stone. The best of the dwarf to¬ 
matoes; fruits large, smooth, very solid 
and of a deep scarlet color; desirable for 
home garden. 
Early Detroit. A very fine, early, large 
fruited _ variety, largely grown in the 
South for early northern markets; fruits 
nearly globe shaped, smooth and solid; 
color purplish-pink. 
Golden Queen. An early, large, smooth 
and solid variety of golden yellow color. 
Greater Baltimore. A main crop, round, 
productive, red fruited variety; one of 
the best for canning. 
Gulf State Market. A globe shaped selec¬ 
tion from Early Detroit, retaining the 
characteristics and good qualities of that 
variety, but is more globe shaped and 
productive; a favorite in the South. 
John Baer—RICE’S. A very early, pro¬ 
ductive, uniform, red tomato quite sim¬ 
ilar to Chalk’s Jewel. 
Marglobe. An excellent, disease resistant 
large red tomato, maturing slightly 
earlier than Stone. 
Matchless. A dependable, large, second 
early variety; a favorite canning sort. 
Pritchard or Scarlet Topper. A mid-season scar¬ 
let fruited variety resistant to Fusarium Wilt 
and Nail Head Rust. Fruits nearly globular in 
form. Vine vigorous and very productive. 
Red Rock. A selection from Matchless, but is 
more round or globe shaped than that variety. 
Royal Purple. An improved type of Beauty, 
being more uniform, smooth and productive. 
Stone. The standard and general favorite main 
crop red tomato and always dependable. 
We can also supply Red and Yellow Cherry, 
Yellow Plum, Yellow Pear, and Strawberry or 
Husk. 
Ruta Baga 
or Swedish Turnip 
Culture.—Should be sown from the 20th of 
June to the middle of July in drills 2 feet apart, 
and thinned out at the first working to 10 inches 
between the plants. The roots are best preserved 
in a pit or cellar during winter, and are ex¬ 
cellent early in spring. 
One ounce will sow 250 feet of drill; 
114 pounds will sow an acre 
American Purple Top. More largely grown in 
America than other ruta bagas and is also 
known as Long Island Purple Top. A very fine, 
productive strain, selected to a small top and 
short neck. The roots grow to a large size, 
globular in form, with deep yellow flesh of the 
finest quality. Considered the most desirable 
for table use. 
Budlong White Rock (Breadstone). An American 
variety; very early, round and pure white. 
Golden Neckless. Noted for its small neck; al¬ 
most globular, of large size; flesh yellow and 
solid. 
Skirving’s Purple Top. This variety grows to a 
very large size and is noted for its excellent 
quality; flesh deep yellow. 
White Sweet Russian. Best of the white fleshed 
ruta bagas; roots very large, nearly globe 
shaped, with a small neck; an excellent keeper. 
Golden Neckless 
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