Little Olive Smith (age 4) 
enjoyed filling her basket with 
Farmer Seed & Nursery Com¬ 
pany's Bison Tomatoes, picked 
from her Daddy's big Bison plant. 
r ’Hf 
Luscious Tomatoes 
1 oz. Produces 2000 Plants, V4 lb. to Transplant an Flcre 
CULTURE—The time from setting out plants to marketable stage is listed 
here. For early plants, sow the seed in flats or hotbeds, in March. Cover 
with soil to a depth of one-half inch. The seed germinates in 6 to 12 days. 
When the plants are 3 inches high, transplant them to other flats, or pref¬ 
erably to paper pots, giving each plant 4 inches of room. About the end 
of May, set the plants out in the garden, 3 feet apart each way. Pinching 
off some of the stems will make the plants bear more abundantly. 
Newest Triumphs of America*s Plant BreedersI 
61 7. Scarlet 
Topper 
Dependable Favorites 
611. SCARLET EXTRA EARLY JUNE 
-(60 days.) This tomato ripens a whole week 
earlier than Earliana, and is very productive. 
Fruits are of large size for an early sort, deep 
glossy scarlet, and ripen uniformly, the stem 
end coloring up perfectly. Flavor is delicious, 
fruit is firm and meaty, with few seeds. Pkt. 
8 c, y 2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 1/4 lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50, 
prepaid. 
612. SPARKS EARLIANA- (65 days.) 
Fruit: flattened, medium size, firm, bright red, 
quite smooth. Vine: open spreading, medium 
small. A first ear^ sort, widely used for home 
gardens and truckers. Pkt. 5c,' y 2 oz. 15c, oz. 
25c, y 4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.75, prepaid. 
617. SCARLET TOPPER -(73 days.) 
A scarlet, self-topping, disease-resistant variety. 
It is highly productive, of excellent quality, and 
very valuable for market garden use and for 
long distance shipping. Fruit: large, smooth, 
solid, with thick walls and cross sections: color 
light scarlet. A tast> tomato either sliced or 
canned. Pkt. 8 c, y 2 oz. 25c, 1 oz. 40c, % lb. 
$1.25, prepaid. 
628. JOHN BAER -(70 days.) Here is 
an excellent early sort maturing between Earli¬ 
ana and Bonny Best. Excellent for local mar¬ 
ket gardening and canning. Fruit: medium sized, 
semi-globular, very attractive, bright scarlet red, 
smooth and firm. Vine: of medium height and 
open growth. Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 15c, oz. 25c, y± 
lb. 75c, lb. $2.75, prepaid. 
610. NEW RUTGERS 
-(73 days.) See Color Il¬ 
lustration Inside Back Cover. 
Originated by the New Jersey 
Experiment Station, this to¬ 
mato is a consistently heavy 
cropper, producing larger 
yields in 1938 than any other 
variety. The fruit is uni¬ 
form, globular, smooth, of 
medium size and very solid, 
with heavy cross walls and 
small seed cavities. It ripens 
evenly from the inside out, to a uniform bright 
scarlet color, is mildly acid and of pleasing taste. 
Especially valuable for slicing and in the making 
of sparkling bright red juice. Pkt. 10c, y 2 oz. 25c, 
oz. 40c, Vi lb- $1.10, prepaid. 
608. NEW PENN STATE -An All- 
America Winner. A splendid, new, very 
early tomato with attractive medium sized 
fruit of nearly globular shape and rich even 
scarlet color—with no blemishes. Flesh is 
of superb quality and flavor with rich dark 
red color, very little core and few seeds. 
Valuable for home or market because of 
earliness and tremendous yield. Pkt. 8 c, V 2 
oz. 25c, oz. 40c, y 4 lb. $1.25, prepaid. 
613. NEW RED RIVER- A new in¬ 
troduction by Prof. Yeager of North Dakota 
Agricultural College. It proved to be the 
heaviest yielder out of over 40 varieties tried 
at the experiment station at Nordon, Mani¬ 
toba, Canada. It is therefore exceptionally 
early—fruits small to medium size— bright 
scarlet slightly flattened shape. Pkt. 8c, 
V 2 oz. 25c, 1 oz. 40c, 14 lb. $1.25, prepaid. 
614. PHENOMENAL -(70 days.) A 
new continuous bearing medium early variety. 
Develops strong vigorous vines, with large 
size fruits, nearly round or slightly flattened. 
They seldom crack—are exceptionally solid, 
ripen evenly and have a bright scarlet color 
all the way through. The flavor is excellent 
and not very acid. It resists both blight and 
rust. Pkt. 10c, V 2 oz. 30c, oz. 50c, % lb. 
$1.75, prepaid. 
615. JUBILEE CLIMBING TOMA¬ 
TO -A new novelty—grows 10 to 12 feet 
high, with delicious red fruit 3 *4 inches 
across and 2 % inches deep. It is a record 
yielder, producing solid, meaty fruits until 
killed by frost. Nearly two bushels of fruit 
have been picked from a single vine. Fine 
for screen or trellis planting. Pkt. 15c, y 2 
oz. 50c, prepaid. 
618. NEW SCARLET DAWN- (70 
days.) A Gold Medal Winner. Fruit: very 
large with thick wall structure—globular, 
smooth, free from flat sides and puffiness. 
Color: bright scarlet, ripening well to the 
stem. Very attractive and appetizing in 
salads, spicy tomato juice or snappy catsup 
sauce. Pkt. 8c, y 2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 14 lb. 
$1.25, prepaid. 
1 59 Bison 
Tomatoes on 
one Plant! 
Grown by 
Elmer E. Smith, 
Tonawanda, 
n. y. 
EXTRA 
EARLY 
BISON 
635. BONNY BEST - (74 days.) A stand¬ 
ard second early variety, valuable for market 
gardeners, shippers, and canners and perhaps 
the most generally grown variety. Fruit: medi¬ 
um sized, apple shaped, smooth, solid, bright 
scarlet color of fine quality. Pkt. 5c, y 2 oz. 15c, 
oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.75, prepaid. 
636. CRIMSON CUSHION or BEEF¬ 
STEAK -(90 days.) Very large, round, and 
uniform, bright scarlet in color. Flesh is solid 
and meaty, of deliciously mild flavor, with only 
a few small seed cells. The vines grow from 
8 to 10 feet high, and may be trained or tied 
to a trellis, forming a most ornamental fence for 
the vegetable garden. If planted early, Beef¬ 
steak will ripen by the middle of July, and 
continue to hear until killed by frost. Pkt. 8 c, 
1/2 oz. 25c, oz. 40c, V 4 lb. $1.25, prepaid. 
609. EXTRA EARLY 
BISON -(63 days.) See Color 
Illustration Front Cover. Devel¬ 
oped by Prof. Yeager, North Da¬ 
kota Agricultural College. In re¬ 
peated trials it has produced an 
early and very heavy crop under 
conditions that would mean failure 
to most sorts. Fruit a little larger 
than Earliana, deep scarlet, meaty, 
few seed and of finest quality. 
Bison has produced over 40 lbs. of 
ripe fruit on one plant. Matures 
a few days ahead of Earliana hut 
far superior in yield and quality 
of fruit. Pkt. 10c, V 2 oz. 30c, oz. 
50c, x /i lb. $1.75, prepaid. 
Prevent 
“DAMPING 
OFF” 
with 
SEME SAN. 
See page 14. 
TOMATO 
PLANTS 
on 
page 25. 
CUT¬ 
WORMS? 
Plant Guards. 
Page 26. 
Insecticides. 
Page 73. 
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