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MARK MEANS COMPANY, 1936 ANNUAL SEED CATALOG, LEWISTON, IDAHO 
Tomatoes 
All Our Tomato Seed Treated with Semesan 
Johll RflfiT This variety is the result of fifteen generations of 
breeding. It produces perfect, solid, high crown, 
70 Days brilliant red tomatoes. They ripen ten days before 
Earliana, bearing 50 to 100 fruits per plant. The flavor is deliciously 
sweet. The plant will stand plenty of fertilization without going to vine. 
Keeps well; is a good shipper; a prolific, continuous bearer, and has 
the unusual remarkable feature of being easily peeled, the skin slipping 
readily from the rich, firm flesh. Resistant to wilt and other diseases. 
Prices: Pkg. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 85c; Vi lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75. 
I-Iizv 1?•)vli/Acf The earliest good tomato on the 
•■XHlg Ol. IH“ PicHIlUoL market. Color a deep, dark red. Flesh 
60 Days thick, smooth, firm and with few 
seeds. Finest quality. A heavy yielder for an early variety. If you live 
in a climate where your season is short, try this variety. Price: Pkgv 5c; 
oz. 25c; Vi lb. 85c; Va lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75. 
Spark’s Earliana 
66 Days 
A favorite with the market gardeners. 
Very early, productive and a good shipper. 
Fruit a deep scarlet, medium to large. 
Nearly round and exceptionally smooth for an early variety. Price: Pkg. 
5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 85c; Va lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75. 
Bonny Best Attractive scarlet-red fruits, just a 
70 Days trifle smaller in size than those of 
Chalk’s Jewel, but matures about a week earlier. Fleshy 
and tasty, of remarkable solidity. The skin is smooth and 
of a uniform color from stem to blossom-end. Single fruits 
weigh about 5 ounces each. They are borne in clusters. 
Bonny Best is an ideal variety for the home garden be¬ 
cause of its prolificness and continuous bearing through¬ 
out the season. It is also one of the standard varieties 
for green-house forcing during the winter months. Price: 
Pkg. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 85c; Vi lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75. 
VpIIaw PpJII* A small, pear-shaped tomato. A 
lCIlun X ver y heavy yielder. Very hardy. Ex- 
73 Days cellent for preserving. Price: Pkg. 
5c; oz. 35c; Vi lb. $1.30; Vi lb. $2.50; lb. $4.50. 
Tomato Plants- 
IVTjlI’P’ltflhp A new variety developed by United 
® States Department of Agriculture. Very 
79 Days wilt-resistant and is a handsome, deep 
red, globe-shaped tomato of great merit. Plants are 
vigorous, dark green and productive; fruits are quite 
large. A very desirable tomato for salad or slicing. Excel¬ 
lent for canning. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 25c; Vi lb. 85c; Vi 
lb. $1.50; lb. $2.75. 
Ground Cherry or Husk Tomato 
86 Days 
Grows to great perfection under ordinary culture, yielding 
abundantly. Very much prized for preserving. Should be 
in every garden. Price: Pkgt. 5c; oz. 35c; Vi lb. $1.30; 
1/2 lb. $2.50; lb. $4.50. 
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Turnips 
Turnip is one of the first seeds that can be sown in 
the spring. For early summer use, sow as soon as ground 
can be worked. For winter use, sow from the middle of 
July to end of August; 1 ounce of seed will plnat 150 
feet; 1 pound per acre in drills; 2 pounds broadcast. 
Purple Top Strap Leaf 
46 Days one of the best, 
either for the family, market garden or field crop. It is 
medium size, and produces a large crop. The flesh is firm 
but tender, and of a superior, rich, buttery flavor. A good 
keeper. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 10 c; Vi lb- 25c; Va lb. 4©c; 
lb. 65c. 
Plirnlp Ton Glohp One of th e most popular 
ruipic J. vy vnuuc turnips, being both early 
55 to 60 Days and sweet. Flesh snow 
white, crisp, sweet and solid; skin is pure white and 
smooth except at the top, which is a reddish purple. A 
good keeper. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; Va lb. 
40c; lb. 65c. 
Yellow Aberdeen Pale , yel ! ow % color , w i th 
_ purple top. Very hardy. 
70 to 80 Days productive and a good 
keeper. Flesh very firm, but tender and sweet. Good 
for table use or stock feeding. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi 
lb. 25c; Va lb. 40c; lb. 65c. 
Cow Horn or Long White A ca 7 ot shaped 
0 variety, pure 
7U Days white except a 
green shadle at top. Grows large and partly above ground. 
Has a fine flavor and is a rapid grower. Good for market 
use, and iis grown very largely for feeding stock. Price: 
Pkg. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; Va lb. 40c; lb. 65c. 
Farlv Whitp Einr This is a good, firm, solid 
tr I n and sweet-flabored variety 
55 to 60 Days Produces egg-shaped roots 
with thin, white skin. Is a very quick grower, being very 
suitable for both market and home gardens. Price: Pkg. 
5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; Vi lb. 40c; lb. 65c. 
Extra Early Purple Top Milan 
42 Days 
As the name implies, this is a very early variety, grow¬ 
ing turnips of excellent quality. The tops are very small 
and strap leaved. The roots are semi-flat, purple on top 
and clear white below. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; 
Vi lb. 40c; lb. 65c. 
Early Snowball 
43 Days 
This snowy white, per¬ 
fectly shaped turnip ma¬ 
tures in seven weeks. Is 
crisp, solid and of fine 
flavor. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz 
10c; Vi lb. 25c; Va lb. 40c; 
lb. 65c. 
PLANT A GARDEN 
Purple Top Strap Leaf 
Rutabaga 
All kinds of stock relish and thrive on rutabagas when 
fed in combination with hay. If planted the last of July 
or the first of August, the tops make an excellent pasture 
for sheep during the fall, and the rutabagas furnish 
succulent food for the stock throughout the winter. Yield 
is very heavy. Also popular for table use. 
Improved Yellow Purple Top 
88 Days ard vari¬ 
ety both for stock feeding and table use. Flesh yellow, 
soild and sweet. Price: Pkg. 5c; oz. 10c; Vi lb. 25c; Vo 
lb. 40c; lb. 65c. 
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