GURNEY’S NORTHERN GROWN TOMATOES 
Plant Earlibell and 
Bison and Have 
TOMATOES 
10 DAYS EARLIER 
One pkt. to 100 feet of row —Vi pound to the 
acre. It is not how cheap we can furnish you 
Tomato Seed, but how good. In buying Tomato 
Seed from us you are getting the Gurney 
Quality, which means the very best product. 
There are no better strains of any of the 
varieties that we are offering, and the con¬ 
stantly increasing demand for Gurney Tomato 
Seed proves that we are furnishing seed that 
produces the best quality, smoothest and best 
shipping tomatoes. 
^ WE* “ARE ^ 
PROUD OF OUR 
NORTHERN GROWN 
TOMATO SEED 
• EARLIBELL TOMATO SELECTION 
See Colored Picture on 
Inside Front Cover 
We are still waiting for someone to prove to 
us that they have or can produce an earlier to¬ 
mato than the Earlibell. I received a letter 
from one of our Texas customers one day, or¬ 
dering six pounds of this Earlibell seed. He 
told me that he can get 25 per cent more fruit 
to the acre and ten days earlier than any other 
tomato grown in the market garden section of 
Texas. This ten days means sometimes several 
cents per pound additional for their big crop. In 
the North it means ten days more of tomato 
season, freedom from frosts, etc. It means that 
we can produce tomatoes further north and at 
higher altitudes than ever before. We grow in the 
Trial Ground, practically every variety of claimed 
early tomatoes. The method adopted is as fol¬ 
lows: 
Break O’ Day—The Heaviest Producer 
of the Exta Early Tomatoes 
• BREAK O’DA f 
This early, scarlet, globe shaped tomato was 
developed by F. J. Pritchard of the Dept, of 
Agriculture. It is a cross of the Marglobe and 
Marvana. It retains all of the good qualities of 
Marglobe, being a smooth, solid, bright red, 
globe shaped tomato. It is nearly as early as 
Earliana or Earlibell. Does not crack and the 
seed cavities are small. The Break O’Day is the 
heaviest producer of the early tomatoes. Pkt., 
7c; V 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 35c; Vi lb., $1.15; y 2 lb., 
$2.10; 1 lb., $3.90. 
• EARLIANA 
The earliest, large, smooth red tomato. This 
tomato is not only remarkable for its earliness, 
but for its very large size, handsome shape and 
bright red color. Its solidity and fine quality are 
quite equal to the best medium, and late sorts. 
Enormously prolific. The very finest for the 
northern market and home garden. Pkt., 5c; 
f 2 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; Vi lb., 80c; 1 lb., $2.25; 
lbs., $9.25 Postpaid. 
• BISON, THE TOMATO FOR 
NORTHERN GARDENS 
The best early tomato yet de¬ 
veloped by Professor A. F. 
Yeager. In place of wasting its 
vitality in continuous branching, 
as do practically all other to¬ 
matoes, Bison grows a compact 
plant and puts all its energies 
into producing and ripening a 
heavy and extra early crop of 
smooth, solid, meaty, medium 
sized red tomatoes. In 1930 Pro¬ 
fessor Yeager had a plant in his 
plot that produced 40 pounds of 
ripe fruit. Do not prune Bison 
plants. We believe this is the 
best thing that Professor Yea¬ 
ger has developed to date and 
that is saying a lot. 
Pkt., 8c; V 2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 45c; 
y 4 lb., $1.25; 1 lb., $4.25. 
• SCARLET TOPPER OR PRITCHARD 
A medium-early, large, smooth, and extremely 
solid Tomato of an intense scarlet color. Most 
productive and very attractive. Of a solidity 
that is truly remarkable, with very small seed 
pockets and no core. Its productiveness, par¬ 
ticularly on rich soil, is amazing and individual 
plants will bear 70 to 80 fruits each. It will 
yield 15 tons and more per acre. Pkt., 5c; 
y 2 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; Vi lb., 70c; 1 lb., $1.85; 
5 lbs., $7.50 Postpaid. 
• NEW STONE 
The tomato for a main crop. We call this the 
king of the Livingstone kinds, which are the best 
types of large, smooth, solid "beefy” tomatoes. 
If asked to select one main crop, market sort, 
we advise this. Color, fine scarlet; stem set high, 
core small and shallow, so that but little is lost 
when it is taken out of the fruit before slicing. 
If in doubt, buy the New Stone. Pkt., 5c; V 2 
oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; Vi lb., 70c; 1 lb., $1.85; 
5 lbs., $7.50 Postpaid. 
• JUICY (For Tomato Juice) 
The new tomato developed espe¬ 
cially to produce a fine flavored, 
highly colored tomato juice. 
The fruits are medium to large 
in size, with thick outer and inner 
walls, and a small seed cavity. The 
flesh is firm and very bright red. 
Juicy ripens about the same time 
as Pritchard—will outyield any 
main crop tomato we have ever 
grown. A bushel basket of large, 
rich scarlet “Juicy” tomatoes will 
out-sell any other tomato on the 
market; and whether canned, used 
for tomato juice, or as fresh sliced 
tomatoes "Juicy” will prove supe¬ 
rior to any other variety. 
Pkt., 7c; y 2 oz., 20c; 1 oz., 35c; 
y 4 lb., 85c; 1 lb., $2.25. 
On the first day of June we plant in the open 
ground the seed of all of the varieties and as 
they grow make records of the growth, the time 
of blooming and the first ripe tomatoes. The 
Earlibell is always just five days ahead of the 
next earliest, and running about as much as 
twenty days earlier than a number of varieties 
that are claimed to be extra early. The Earlibell 
is not only earlier, but it produces greater quan¬ 
tities of fruit with enough foliage to keep them 
free from sunburn, seldom rots, generally good- 
sized, smooth and of a bright red color that 
makes it very desirable for market as well as 
for the home table. Try it. 
Pkt., 10c; y 2 oz., 25c; 1 oz., 40c; Vi lb., 90c; 
1 lb., $2.85; 5 lbs., $12.50 Postpaid. 
• JOHN BAER 
Extra early red. Not quite so early as Earli¬ 
ana, though there is only a few days’ difference, 
John Baer yields a much heavier crop of larger, 
more uniform and more attractive fruits. Most 
profitable extra early sort. 
Pkt., 5c; l / 2 oz., 15c; 1 oz., 25c; Vi lb., 80c; 
1 lb., $2.25. 
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When Better Tomato Seeds are Sold Gurney*s will Sell Them 
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