After  the  Worst  Drought  in  44  Years 
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uEEDS 
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Were  Still  ALIVE,  Stili  THRIVING;  Bearing  ABUNDANTLY 
Writes  W.  S.  Dorn  Blaser :  “The 
fruit  is  very  fine  and  smooth,  too.  Am 
wonderfully  well  pleased  with  results  of 
planting  it  in  1922.” 
Here  is  the  Stark  Improved  Strain  of 
Tomatoes  that  is  sweeping  the  country. 
The  long-looked-for  tomato.  Remark¬ 
ably  resistant  to  blight,  wilt,  and  destruc¬ 
tive  tomato  diseases. 
It  is  a  medium  early  tomato — a  strong, 
vigorous  grower — develops  a  very  lusty 
system  of  roots  and  a  strong  rugged  vine, 
with  luxuriant,  rich  dark  green  foliage,  which 
provides  shade  to  prevent  sun-scald  and  help 
overcome  bad  effects  of  droughts. 
As  a  result  of  years  of  experiments 
and  selection,  our  Stark’s  “ 
Resister”  (Improved  Norton)  is  free 
from  cracks,  more  uniform  in  shape, 
more  meaty,  finer  in  flavor — in  addi¬ 
tion  to  being  blight-resistant.  So — 
that  ALL  may  test  this  marvelous 
tomato — 
Im¬ 
proved 
Strain  of 
Norton.  “The 
Brimmer  tomato 
■was  absolute¬ 
ly  destroyed 
bywilt.while 
the  Norton 
produced  an 
excell  ent 
cropof  fruit.” 
—experiment 
report  on 
page  9, Govt. 
Bulletin 
No.  1015 
(1922). 
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*  These  Stark’s  “Blight-Resister” 
(Imp.Norton)tomatoesare  average  size 
—  grown  in  abundance 
despite  over  month 
of  drought 
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T omato  Plants 
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•  in  this  section.” 
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