CONSIDER THE REPUTATION OF THE SEED YOU BUY 
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE 
TOMATO SEED CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
Tomato Stock Seed—Before any variety can even be entered for certification in Pennsylvania, stock 
seed from carefully selected and staked plants must be saved the year previous to certification. D. Landreth 
Seed Co. goes further than that, as our stock seed is saved from carefully staked plants at least two years 
previous to certification , and seed from those staked plants proved by test a year in advance of certification. 
Only the very best tested strains are used for growing our fields for certification. 
Field Inspection—Advanced Plant Pathologist K. W. Lauer of the Bureau of Plant Industry, De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Warren Mack of Penn. State College, accompanied 
by Hal S. Mills, Plant Breeder for D. Landreth Seed Co., inspect all our tomato fields before the first pickings 
are made. At least one more field inspection is necessary and sometimes one or two after that before these 
two inspectors are satisfied that the fields are up to the high standards required. 
During these inspections the fields are rated for vigor, and the plants and fruits are carefully examined 
for disease and trueness to type, whole fields being discarded if they do not meet the very strict requirements. 
Inspection of Equipment—The seed saving machines are inspected, and the processes of washing 
and drying of the seed are checked. 
Germination Tests—Samples of certified tomato seed are taken by Inspector Lauer direct from the 
bagged stocks. These are tested for germination at Harrisburg and certificates issued to our Company. 
Certification Stickers—The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issues pink certification stickers 
which we paste on each package of Certified and Crown Picked Certified Tomato Seed. These stickers 
state that the tomato seed in the package was inspected and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Agriculture. We guarantee the seed to be part of that inspected and passed in accordance with the Penn¬ 
sylvania rules and regulations for the certification of tomato seed. 
CROWN PICKED CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED 
The demand for Crown Picked Tomato Seed has been so great that we have previously been unable to 
fill the orders for it. We now have Crown Picked Seed of all the certified tomato varieties listed. For 
Crown Picked Seed only the first or crown clusters of fruits are used. Some growers claim that crown 
picked seed is plumper and therefore produces earlier fruits the following year than the seed from later 
pickings. Separate descriptions of the crown picked certified tomato varieties are not necessary since those 
describing the certified stocks will suffice for both. 
IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR VARIETIES OF TOMATOES, WE HAVE 
PLACED A STAR ★ BEFORE EACH VARIETY OF WHICH WE HAVE CROWN PICKED CER¬ 
TIFIED SEED. THE UNCERTIFIED VARIETIES DO NOT HAVE A STAR * 
BEEFSTEAK or CRIMSON CUSHION—95 Days 
Sometimes called Red Ponderosa. Fruit large, flat, scarlet colored. Pkt. 5c oz. 70c yi lb. $2.00 
★ BONNY BEST (CERTIFIED)—100 Days 
This is an old favorite early tomato maturing after Earliana. The fruits are globular when small, 
becoming slightly flattened when they attain large size. Our strain has been selected for heavy yield, and 
where Bonny Best, John Baer, or Chalks Jewel is used for market or canning, we highly recommend our 
Certified Bonny Best as meeting the requirements of this group. In a test at Penn State College in 1935, 
Landreths’ Certified Bonny Best produced the highest yield of marketable fruits of the 10 varieties in the 
Second Early Group, and the largest average size of fruits. In 1936, a grower in Bucks County produced 
over ten tons with our Certified Bonny Best. 
G. Picked Certified—pkt. 15c oz. 85c y£ lb. $2.75 Certified—pkt. 10c oz. 55c yi lb. $1.75 
Uncertified—pkt. 5c oz. 30c yi lb. $1.00 
★ BREAK O’DAY (CERTIFIED)—95 Days 
This recently introduced tomato has become a popular early red variety, grown in some western states 
with great success. Dr. F. J. Prichard, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, originated it by crossing 
Marvana with the Marglobe. 
The vines are very open growing and somewhat resemble Earliana in appearance. The leaves are small 
and rather short for such a prolific plant. It is quite resistant to disease. The fruits are medium to large in 
size and quite closely resemble the Marglobe as to shape. Under good cultural and climatic conditions where 
a heavier vine growth and a somewhat lower summer temperature prevail, the Break O’Day will produce 
satisfactory external and internal color. This variety is not recommended for light nor sandy soils. It is 
only a few days later than our Earliana. 
C. Picked Certified—pkt. 15c oz. 85c yi lb. $2.75 Certified—pkt. 10c oz. 55c K lb. $1.75 
Uncertified—pkt. 5c oz. 40c yi lb. $1.25 
