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OUR IMPROVED TOMATO SEED IS GROWN STRICTER FOR SEED PURPOSES ONLY, THEY ARE NOT A HIT 
AND MISS EOT OF SEED FROM SOME CANNING FACTORY. 
TOMATO 
CULTURE—One ounce of seed will produce from 
2,000 to 3,000 plants. Sow the seed in hot-beds during 
March. When the plants are 2 inches high transplant 
into cold frames, plant boxes, paper pots or earth 
bands. After all danger of frost is over, set these 
plants into the open ground. The soil should be 
warm, mellow and fertile. Set plants 4 feet apart 
each way. Cultivate often and as long as the plants 
permit. By training- the tomato vines on trellises or 
tying to stakes, the fruit will ripen better and be 
of finer flavor. A wire fence is a good support. When 
frost is feared in the fall, pull the laden vines and 
hang in a shed or cellar and many will continue to 
ripen. 
1 oz. to 2,000 plants. 
Set 3 feet apart takes 4,840 plants per acre. 
Set 4 feet apart takes 2,723 plants per acre. 
STONE, S6 Days—The standard and general fav¬ 
orite with truckers and canners; always dependable, 
very vigorous and productive; fruits round, large, 
solid, smooth and deep red in color. 
GREATER BALTIMORE, S2 Days—A heavy fruit 
bearing variety: earlier and more productive than 
the stone. Fruits large, ' solid, round, red and free 
from blemish. An ideal canning or for the garden. 
MATCHLESS, 83 Days— A very dependable, large, 
smooth sen end early sort; makes a good canning 
variety; color cardinal red. 
RED ROCK, 83 Days—A very fine selection of the 
Matchless type; medium, early, round, smooth and 
bright red; makes a good canning variety. 
MARGLOBE, 79 Days—Earliest wilt resistant var¬ 
iety. This fine tomato is the result of a crossing of 
the Early Marvel with the fine flavor and form of 
the Globe. The meat is solid, has very few seeds, 
non-acid and has a rich red color, is excellent for 
local market and is one of the leading canning varie¬ 
ties. 
NORTON, WILT RESISTANT, 88 Days—Similar to 
Stone but bred for its resistance to Fusarium Wilt; 
possibly a trifle later than Stone. 
ACME EARLY, 82 Days—A well known, hardy, 
fairly early and productive sort; fruits of fair size, 
round and smooth; color purplish-pink. 
BEAUTY, 84 Days—A productive main crop varie¬ 
ty; fruits large and exceptionally smooth, solid and 
of excellent quality; color purplish-pink. 
BONNY BEST, 73 Days—About a week earlier than 
Chalk’s Jewel; fruit somewhat smaller, very smooth, 
round, solid and uniform, and produced in clusters in 
center of the plant; ripens uniformly and is very 
productive; color bright red. 
BREAK O’DAY, 70 Days—An early Wilt resistant 
variety with large, solid, globular scarlet fruits. One 
of the best of the disease resistant varieties. About 
ten days earlier than Marglobe. 
CHALK’S JEWEL, 74 Days—An exceptionally fine 
variety, about ten days later than Earliana; fruit 
uniformly smooth, round and solid; color crimson. 
CRIMSON CUSHION, OR ENORMOUS, 90 Days— 
The largest of the bright red tomatoes; really a Red 
Ponderosa. 
DWARF STONE, 80 Days—The best of the dwarf 
tomatoes; fruits large, smooth, round, very solid and 
of a deep scarlet color. 
EARLIANA (Spark’s) G4 Days—The earliest and 
best of the very early tomatoes; very productive for 
an early sort; fruit of fair size, round, very smooth 
and solid, and produced in clusters in center of the 
plant; color bright scarlet. 
GOLDEN QUEEN, 85 Days—Ripens early, is large, 
smooth and solid; color golden yellow. 
GULF STATE MARKET, 80 Days—A globe-shaped 
selection from Early Detroit, retaining the earliness 
of that variety, but larger, deeper and more produc¬ 
tive. Fruits very solid and free from cracking; 
color deep purplish-pink. A shipping variety in the 
South. 
JOHN BAER, 70 Days—An early, productive red 
tomato on the order of Chalk’s Jewel. We have a 
splendid, uniform stock of th 5 s variety. 
MARGLOBE 
Special Prices on Tomato 
Seed to Canners 
JUNE PINK, 70 Days—In habit of growth, productiveness 
and size of fruit identical with Earliana, differing only in 
having purple fruit; the best extra early purple variety. 
LIVINGSTON’S GLOBE, 82 Days—An excellent variety 
well-adapted to greenhouse production. Vine strong, with 
heavy foliage; prolific. Fruits large, full globe, smooth; 
purplish pink, ripens evenly. 
OXIIEART, 100 DAYS—The largest of all tomatoes, purple 
fruits often weighing up to a pound and a half. Of distinct 
“oxheart” form, very solid, with few seed cells. 
PONDEROSA, 90 Days—An exceptionally large, purple- 
fruited tomato, and for home use one of the best; fruit 
very solid, with few seeds. 
PRITCHARD, 73 Days—A mid-season scarlet fruited sort, 
which is resistant to Fusarium Wilt and to Nail Head rust. 
Vine vigorous and productive. Fruit nearly globular in 
shape. , 
RED CHERRY, 73 Days—Fruits small, about the size of 
a large cherry, smooth and round; for preserves. 
YELLOW PEAR, 73 Days—Fruits small and pear-shaped, 
rich, clear yellow in color; used for preserves. 
d ELLOTV PLUM, i3 Days—A small yellow-fruited varie¬ 
ty much resembling- a plum in size and form; for preserving. 
TOMATO—See Page 31 For Prices 
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Regarding Number of Days 
to Maturity 
The number of days required by any particular variety 
to produce garden stuff ready for table use varies from 
yeai to >ear and depends upon growing and seasonal 
conditions. In our description of most varieties we are 
giving the average number of days from seed to edible 
stage. lime given for broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, 
pepper and tomato is days from setting plants to mar¬ 
keting fruits. Figures are based on growing conditions 
here and are meant on'y for convenience in comparing 
earliness of varieties. 
