VARIETAL DESCRIPTIONS OF VEGETABLES 
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RED OR SCARLET-FRUITED VARIETIES 
BONNY BEST 
A standard early variety, highly prized by market gardeners and shippers and used by 
some Northern canners. A fine, general purpose tomato. Chalk's Early Jewel is similar. 
VINES—Medium height and foliage, medium green, adapted to pruning and staking 
if desired. 
FRUIT—Attractive deep scarlet red, oblate to nearly round, medium sized, smooth, 
solid, of high quality, tart flavor. 
BREAK O'DAY TIDAL 68 
An introduction of the U. S. Department of Agriculture that is used by truckers and 
shippers due to its wilt resistance, earliness, and absence of growth cracks. First early. 
VINES—Foliage rather light, early, hardy, very prolific, open and spreading. 
FRUIT—Globe shaped, smooth, large, fleshy, of good quality, color light scarlet. 
CHALK'S EARLY JEWEL TACIT 
Bonny Best is an improved strain of the old Chalk's Early Jewel. For complete varietal 
description see Bonny Best. 
DWARF STONE TIGER 
A "tree" tomato with fruits similar to Improved Stone. 
VINES—Erect, dwarf, "tree" type, fairly prolific. 
FRUIT—Fine flavored, large, smooth, oblate, bright scarlet, solid. 
EARLIANA TAFFY 64 
Widely grown because of its extreme earliness. Our strain is the smoothest, most uni¬ 
form we have ever seen. 
VINES—Medium fo small but vigorous, open, spreading. 
FRUIT—Bright scarlet, medium sized, nearly globe shaped, thick skinned, borne in 
clusters. 
GROTHENS GLOBE TANNE 66 
A much improved type over the Break O'Day. Like Break O'Day it is disease resistant 
and in addition the vines are heavier foliaged giving protection against sunscald and 
produces large deeper fruits of full red color. An important green wrap variety with 
shippers in Florida and Texas. 
VINES—Large, upright with good foliage leaves, early, hardy and prolific. 
FRUIT—Bright red, large, globe shaped, firm, smooth and of good quality. 
EARLY BALTIMORE TAFET 73 
A development by Prof. W. A. Huelson of the University of Illinois. Resistant to 
Fusarium Wilt, earlier and of smaller vine than Greater Baltimore from which it was 
selected. A good canning or market variety adapted to soils of high nitrogen content 
where there is danger of excessive vine growth. 
VINES—Intermediate in size, and fairly compact with rather finely cut leaves; uni¬ 
formly ripens fruits. 
FRUIT—Rich red, smooth, deeper than regular Baltimore and about the size of Mar- 
globe; solid and meaty. 
GREATER BALTIMORE (INDIANA GREATER BALTIMORE) TAINT 78 
The leading canning and juice tomato. Our Keystone Canner Strain represents years 
of painstaking selection and is today the most uniform, most desirable strain we have 
ever seen. Fruits have been slightly deepened in shape, reducing loss in peeling and 
coring. Noted for its deep red color throughout. 
VINES—Vigorous, semi-erect, large vine, slightly earlier than other strains of this variety, 
and heavily productive up to frost. 
FRUIT—Deep shape, somewhat flattened, large, solid, smooth, bright deep red color of 
skin and flesh; ripens evenly over entire surface. 
ILLINOIS BALTIMORE TAGOR 
Another development by Prof. W. A. Huelson of the University of Illinois. A Fusarium 
Wilt Resistant strain selected from Greater Baltimore and recommended in its place 
where wilt is prevalent. Has additional advantage of holding foliage better than 
regular strains. A canning variety. 
VINES—Similar to Greater Baltimore, and very prolific. 
FRUIT—Rich red, smooth, medium large, deeper than Baltimore, small seed cells, 
of uniform shape. 
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