Tomate (Ger.) 
TOMATOES 
.1 packet oj seed will produce about I'd) plants; an ounce 2000 plaids. 
Pomo d’oro (It.) 
Harris’ New York State Certified 
Tomato Seed 
For years we have made a specialty of raising tomato seed of 
the best possible quality from pedigreed stocks on our own 
farm here in the North. In 1935 we pioneered in producing the 
first crops of New York State Certified tomato seed to be 
grown. 
Again this year all our tomato seed crops have been inspected 
by representatives of the New York Seed Improvement Co¬ 
operative Association, which is by law the official seed certify¬ 
ing agency in this Slate, and have fully passed their very strict 
requirements for trueness to type, purity of variety and free¬ 
dom from disease. 
Our Certified Tomato Seed is all grown on our own farms 
for seed only and in comparatively small fields that have our 
careful individual attention. 
Use Harris’ New York State Certified Tomato seed and you 
will plant only the best. You can get it only from us as ice do 
not sell to dealers. 
Representatives of the New York State Seed Improvement Association 
inspecting our field of Rutgers tomato for certification. 
Red Varieties 
EARLIANA. Harris’ Extra Early Strain. We have bred up 
--- this strain of Earliana tomato for many years until 
now we have it so perfected that it not only ripens as early as any other 
kind, but is also much smoother and more regular in size and shape and 
colors almost perfectly around the stem. This tomato is not only very early 
but the fruit is solid and meaty. To get very early tomatoes both for 
the home garden and market try our Earliana. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 55c; 24 Lb. $1.55; Lb. $5.25. 
BREAK O’DAY The fruit matures early, is round smooth as an apple 
with deep orange red skin. The flesh is deep red in color, very solid 
and of high quality. The vines are of a spreading habit of growth with 
large leaves. Resistant to blight and bear an abundance of fine fruit. 
Break O’Day does not do well on light dry soil but has proved to 
be most satisfactory in sections where the vines are staked and grown 
on rich well watered ground. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 24 Lb. $1.45; Lb. $4.75. 
CANADIAN. Really a large, more rugged prolific strain of Earliana. 
We have grown and improved this variety on our own farm since 1926 
until now it is even better than when first introduced. 
The fruit is very red; larger than our special strain of Earliana, but 
not (juite as smooth, and ripens in the same season. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 55c; }4 Lb. $1.55; Lb. $5.25. 
RUTGERS (New.) Extra Large and Solid Fruit. Harris’ Early 
- Strain. This new tomato which originated at the New 
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station is outstanding for the large 
size and solid structure of the fruit. This combined with a deep red 
color all over, fine globe shape and excellent flavor have made Rutgers 
a very popular variety. See photo and full description on page 6. 
N. Y. Stale Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; 24 Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 24 Lb. $1.85; 
Lb. $6.25. 
PRITCHARD’S SCARLET TOPPER. A ' s ° ca, ' ed 
- chard. 1 his is one 
of the finest tomatoes ever grown. The fruits are medium to large, 
round, thick of flesh, firm and with but small seed cavities. The color 
is a brilliant red throughout and they color right up to the top without 
any hard green spots and seem to be resistant to “cracking.” 
This is a tomato of exceptionally fine quality being mild and free 
from acidity. It is one of the best kinds for home canning we know. 
In season the fruit ripens only a few days later than the early kinds 
such as Bonny Best and John Baer. 
Home gardeners should not be without this valuable kind in their 
garden. Market gardeners and growers for roadside stands where 
quality counts will find this a profitable variety. 
See photo at bottom of next page. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 55c; 24 Lb. $1.55; Lb. $5.25. 
Improved John Baer 
A typical cluster of fruit. 
JOHN BAER. Improved Strain. Heavy Yielding. One of the 
- - most reliable sorts for canning, home garden and 
market. This is the Geneva strain of this variety and produces im¬ 
mense crops of smooth, handsome fruit which are larger than most 
strains of this variety. 
The fruit is solid, deep red all through, and produced in great clus¬ 
ters. It is early enough to ripen the whole crop before frost in a normal 
season. 
We find by carefully conducted trials and reports of critical growers 
that our strain of John Baer is fully equal to any stock of this variety 
obtainable and far superior to most of them. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 24 Lb. $1.45; Lb. $1.75. 
“/ want to tell you liow pleased / am with the. tomato plants 
which you sent me about the middle of May. About a dozen of 
them hare small tomatoes set already.” 
Miss Frances Burns, Baldwinsville, N. Y. June 20, 1938. 
“/Is usual 1 must have Harris' Seeds and no other because, as 
/ told you before, your seed is raised farther North and is just 
right for this location.” 
F. B. McConnell, Altoona, Penna., April 23, 1938. 
Harris’ Sturdy Tomato Plants 
We make a specialty of the finest sturdy, true to 
name plants of the most popular varieties of tomatoes. 
They can be furnished either ready to set out in the 
open ground, or, if preferred, small plants which can be 
grown in frames for a few weeks before setting out. 
See page 82 for prices and varieties. 
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