4 NEW NOVELTIES—(Continued) 
State Nursery and Seed Co. 
1936 Vegetable Seed Novelties 
TOMATO 
New Penn State 
(Award of Merit) 
(1936) 
A desirable medi¬ 
um sized, rather 
globular tomato, 
with a rich uniform 
scarlet color. The 
superior quality, with 
flesh is dark red of 
small core and few 
seeds, well adapted 
to both market and 
home use. Very val¬ 
uable because of its 
earliness and shows 
every possibility of 
outyielding every 
other variety. 
Pkt., 10c; 3 for 25c. 
MM 
M 
Tomato—New Penn State 
PARSLEY—Paramount 
(Award of Merit 1936) 
Paramount Parsley is unusually rich dark green 
in color. The curl is generally described as the 
“triple curled,” but is most uniform in this respect 
and the uniformity of plant type is also most strik¬ 
ing. When thinned, the plants grow about twelve 
BEET—Asgrow Conner 
(Award of Merit 1936) 
Tops medium, erect, green and red. Root globe 
shaped, smooth with small neck. Dark maroon 
red in color. Flesh deep ox-blood red with very 
indistinct red zones. Exceptionally vivid and at¬ 
tractive when freshly cut. Holds quality well un¬ 
til roots are full grown. Especially desirable for 
home canning. Pkt., 15c. 
KOHL RABI—Triumph of Prague 
(Award of Merit 1936) 
inches high with a spread of about twenty inches. 
The total length of stem and frond is about twelve 
inches with the length to first joint five inches. 
The frond is triangular in shape, the base being 
between four and five inches. Pkt., 15c; ox., 25c; 
%-lb., 75c. 
A wonderful white variety very uniform in shape, 
size and color, short top, very slow in running to 
seed. Pkt., 15c. 
RADISH—Zwaan's Comet 
(Award of Merit 1936) 
The comet is globe to olive shaped, bright scarlet 
and stays in eating condition longer than any oth¬ 
er early variety. It is very uniform, bright color, 
crisp and solid. A wonderful variety for commer¬ 
cial and market gardeners as well as for home use. 
Pkt., 15c. 
RADISH—Jewel—(Special Mention 1936) 
An excellent and extremely uniform, blunt root¬ 
ed, red French Breakfast type without the white 
tip. Does not get pithy and every plant makes a 
good radish. Pkt., 15c. 
SPINACH—Bloomsdale Dark Green 
Selection F. 
A very dark glossy green, extra curled, savory 
type of compact habit. Pkt., 15c. 
TOMATO— 
Burpee's Globe 
(Award of Merit 
1936) 
Wonderful new To¬ 
mato with rich pink¬ 
ish red skin. Uni¬ 
form globe shaped 
fruits of medium to 
large size grow in 
clusters of six to ten. 
Excellent for all pur¬ 
poses. -— for home, 
market or forcing in 
greenhouse. The firm 
skin and thick flesh 
make it a good ship¬ 
per. The flesh is un¬ 
usually heavy and 
solid. The seed cavi¬ 
ties are so small that 
the seed will always 
be expensive. Ma¬ 
tures in about 100 
days. Heavy and pro¬ 
fuse bearer. Pkt., 25c. 
Burpee’s Globe—Tomato 
Parsley—Paramount 
