DESCRIPTIONS OF LANDRETHS’ 
CROWN PICKED PENNSYLVANIA CERTIFIED 
AND CERTIFIED TOMATO VARIETIES 
The demand for Crown Picked Certified 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 CERTIFIED SEED. THE UNCERTIFIED VARIETIES DO 
NOT HAVE A STAR * 
★ 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 require¬ 
ments 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. 
★ 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. Pritchard, 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. 
★ BROWN’S SPECIAL (CERTIFIED) — 120 Days 
A new, late variety of considerable merit for canning, especially suited to the South. 
The stems of the plant are long, and the leaflets are large and dark green in color. The plant 
produces the largest amount of foliage of any tomato that we know of, therefore is well 
suited to lighter soil types. Heavy applications of nitrogenous fertilizers should not be made 
to this variety. 
The fruits resemble Stone and Greater Baltimore in type, being somewhat flattened, 
but are much larger, averaging 6 to 8 ounces per fruit. The external and internal color is a 
dark red, and the interior structure is very solid with very small seed cavities. A distinguish¬ 
ing character of Brown’s Special is the light green color of the fruits just before they ripen. 
Brown’s Special produced the highest yield per acre of the 7 varieties in the Late 
Group and the largest average size per fruit in a test at Penn State College in 1935. 
In 1936, this variety also stood highest in yield of 6 late varieties in a test in Ohio. 
The crop is produced later than Stone or any of that group. This is a fine juice and 
canning tomato, on account of its color and productiveness. 
★ CHALK’S JEWEL (EAGLEY STRAIN) (CERTIFIED) — 100 Days 
This strain has been grown and selected for a number of years by a Pennsylvania 
farmer. We have been further selecting it for large, smooth fruits of good color. It is of 
the large Bonny Best type. 
