WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., QUALITY SEEDS, HARRISBURG, PENNA 
New “Penn State” 
Tomato 
This grand new early Tomato was introduced by us two years ago. Last year 
it won the Award of the All-America Seed Selections as one of the best new varieties 
of vegetables. Thousands of market gardeners and home gardeners and Tomato 
specialists everywhere have acclaimed its great value in quality, earliness, and 
yield. We urge everyone to grow “Penn State’’ for one of your early crops. 
Origin. Originated by Pennsylvania State College and Agricultural Experiment Station. It is the result of seven years of inten¬ 
sive breeding work by Dr. C. E. Myers, Professor of Plant Breeding of this College, who developed it to perfection by starting 
with crossing the female parent plant of the Sell-pruning and the male plant of the Earliana (Penn State Strain). 
The Fruit. It is of a very desirable size—3K to 4 inches in 
diameter—rather globular, and has a rich, uniform scarlet color. 
The flesh is dark red, of superb quality, with very little core and 
few seeds. It is unusually free from blemishes. Exceedingly desir¬ 
able in every way for both market and home use. 
Earliness. It inherits the earliness of its male parent, Earliana, 
and has produced 4 tons of fruit per acre within 115 days after the 
seed was started in the greenhouse at State College. Letters from 
many who grew it report it matured earlier than Earliana. 
Yield. New “Penn State” Tomato shows every possibility of 
outyielding every other variety. Total yields of 20 tons per acre 
are possible when planted in rows 3 feet apart and 27 inches in the 
rows. The compact and determinate habit of its plants allows this 
close planting, and these plants are crowded with many large clus¬ 
ters of perfect Tomatoes, thus producing a yield per square foot 
that is simply not possible with other varieties. A yield of 10 tons 
per acre of others is considered good, while “Penn State” will 
produce 20 tons. 
The Plant and Foliage. The compact plant is un¬ 
usually strong, vigorous, and determinate in its habit of 
growth. This allows heavy fertilizing for heaviest yields, 
without the danger of forcing too much plant-growth, as 
would be the case with other varieties of indeterminate 
growth. The rather coarse, medium dark green foliage 
covers the fruit well and protects it from sun-scald. 
Thus every valuable and outstanding feature desired 
in a new and better early Tomato is found in the New 
“Penn State,” 1936 All-America Seed Selection Award. 
Therefore it is to the interest of every person to have 
“Penn State.” 
Seed grown from Dr. Myers’ Original Stock 
Seed, pkt. 10 cts.; 3 pkts. 25 cts.; V 2 OZ. 75 cts.; 
oz. $1.35; 2 ozs. $2.25; Vilb. $3.50; Vfelb. $ 6 ; lb. 
$ 12 , prepaid. 
Report from Ohio State University Experiment Station 
shows that out of 28 variety strain tests in 
1935. “Penn State” produced 61.2 per cent 
mature fruit prior to July 23, the largest 
percentage by far of all those tested. 
Mr. Lee Fisher, Missouri, likes “Penn 
State.” He writes: “I was highly pleased with 
it. All of the early-type Tomatoes here sun- 
scald badly as a rule, but the ‘Penn State’ 
had plenty of foliage to protect it. It was 
very early and a very heavy producer. Con¬ 
gratulations to you and Dr. Myers for intro¬ 
ducing such an outstanding Tomato. We 
will want more seed next year.” 
From New Jersey, Mr. C. Harvey Stokes 
writes: “I planted ‘Penn State’ Tomato and 
three other varieties. A careful record of each 
day’s picking of all varieties was kept. ‘Penn 
State’ outyielded all the others. It yielded at 
the rate of 19 tons per acre. Marglobe was 
next with 16 tons per acre.” 
From Iowa, Mr. Chas. V. Tilotta writes, 
July 23, 1936: “We had a wonderful crop of 
‘Penn State’ for as dry as it has been. We 
irrigate but for two weeks the temperature 
was iio°. This caused us a loss of about 300 
baskets, but we don’t care because the plants 
are loaded and the price we are getting for 
them is wonderful!” 
And, from all over the United States we 
received letters of highest praise 
of our New “Penn State” To¬ 
mato and you will like it also. 
New 
‘Penn 
State” 
A fine crop of New “Penn State” Tomatoes grown by Mr. Louis Cremard 
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