in shape, deep red color, very little depression at the stem end, has few seeds and does not 
crack readily. The blossom scar is very inconspicuous. It has solid internal structure, no 
green core and is most productive, one of our ten acre fields in 1934 producing over 210 
tons, that is at the rate of 21 tons of red ripe fruits to the acre. In 1936, six growers in Bucks 
County produced over 10 tons per acre with our Certified Marglobe. In Ohio, our Marglobe 
yielded IK - tons more per acre than the so-called Master Marglobe. In this test it was 
stated that Landreths’ Marglobe had very nice tomatoes all through the season. It was 
their best variety. The vines are robust and as wilt-resistant as any variety we have ever 
seen. It possesses everything desirable in character and is a most attractive tomato in every 
way. The Northern market much prefers a red tomato to a pink. The growers have been 
using a Pink Globe because Red Globes were unknown anywhere until the last 10 years. 
Marglobe has been found to be the best tomato which can be grown in Florida and other 
parts of the South for shipping to Northern markets. We recommend the Marglobe for 
market gardeners, home gardeners and canners. The seed which we offer is all grown 
by us and is an improved strain of the original stock obtained from the late Dr. Pritchard. 
We cannot say too much for our strain of Marglobe and we hope all our customers 
will order it. 
If we were going to recommend only one variet}^ of tomato, we would name our Mar¬ 
globe, as it is suited to practically all conditions and soils, and the surest cropper of any on 
the market, and therefore the most profitable of all varieties. It is very solid, and there¬ 
fore contains few seeds. 
Due to confusion in the three types of foliage which we foimeily supplied in Marglobe, 
we have discontinued Strains A, B, and C, and are now offerirg only a medium heavy 
foliage type which seems to fit all uses of this variety. This is a selection from Strain A, 
and retains the fine globe shape of the fruits, as well as the heavy yielding qualities and 
the foliage of that strain. For those who wish a very heavy foliage, we now offer the 
Rutgers variety, and for the lighter types we have Grothen’s Red Globe. 
Ask your own State Agricultural Experiment Station about our strain of Marglobe. 
Not only is the Landreth Strain of Marglobe of fine globe-shape, but it produces larger crops 
than most other strains of this variety. Yield records were taken on strains of Marglobe at 
Penn State College in 1934. The results were as follows: 
Total Yield 
Tons Per 
Acre 
Percent. 
Marketable 
MARGLOBE, CERTIFIED A 
Master Marglobe 
Marglobe 
Marglobe Certified 
LANDRETH 18.2 
New Jersey Seedsman 16.0 
Connecticut Seedsman 15.8 
Another Penna. Seedsman 15.5 
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You will note that Landreths’ Strain A, the strain now being used by us exclusively, 
produced over two tons more per acre than the next highest seedsman’s stock. Yield per 
acre is important to the grower. 
it NORTON (CERTIFIED) —115 Days 
Where wilt disease is present, this late tomato of the Stone Group can be used with 
success since it has some resistance to this disease. The fruits are solid, of good color but 
not quite as deep as Landreths’ Red Rock. 
it NYSTATE (CERTIFIED) — 100 Days 
A new red variety from the Geneva Experiment Station. Developed especially for the 
canners of New York. Midseason, Bonny Best type, with flattish round fruits of good 
external and internal color. Does not crack at the stem end as readily as some other 
varieties. 
it PENN STATE (CERTIFIED)—90 Days 
The Penn State is a new hybrid created by crossing Cooper’s Special with Earliana. 
A development of Dr. Myers, of Penn State College. This is a self-topping type of vine 
with short thick stems, and large, coarse dark green leaflets. Because of the small size and 
compactness of the plants, they may be set in rows 3 feet apart, and 18 to 24 inches between 
the plants in the row. This close planting tends to bunch up the foliage, thus giving some 
protection to the somewhat exposed fruits. 
The fruits are borne in clusters of 4 to 6, closely set in the center of the plant, several 
clusters generally being found bunched together within a very small radius from the main 
stem. The fruits are medium in size, smooth, slightly flattened, of good red outside and 
inside color, and of fine solid internal structure with small seed cavities. 
