SEED GROWERS 
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TOMATO 
At our Oakview Experimental 
Gardens near Detroit, tomato seed 
is sown in the greenhouse April 25th 
to May 1st. The young plants are 
usually set in the open field early in 
June. Under this treatment and under 
very favorable circumstances, the 
earliest varieties produce the first 
picking of ripe fruits in as little as 
57 days from the date of planting 
in the field, and other varieties are 
comparably early. We have used in 
our description the average number 
of days required, based on many 
years of observation. 
According to our standard of 
description, those varieties which 
are described as producing fruits of 
medium size yield fruits that aver¬ 
age 4.5 ounces to 5.4 ounces accord¬ 
ing to the variety; those which are 
said to produce fruits of medium 
large size, yield fruits which average 
5.5—6 ounces; and those varieties 
described as large fruited, yield fruits 
that average 6.1—7.2 ounces, accord¬ 
ing to the variety. Ponderosa with 
very large fruits is in a class by itself 
and in contrast Cherry, Pear, Plum 
and Husk tomatoes bear extremely 
small fruits. 
Tomato, Supreme Gulf State Market 
Telegraph 
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AVON EARLY TOVON 
66 days. A superior variety of the Earliana class for home garden 
and early market. Fruits uniform, deep scarlet red; medium sized; 
almost globular; smooth; flesh solid. 
Bison . tobis 
60 to 63 days. An extra-early scarlet-fruited variety bred by 
Prof. A. F. Yeager of N. Dakota University, especially for 
extreme northern United States. Plants small and compact but 
extremely productive. Fruits modified globe-shape, similar to 
Earliana but usually slightly smaller. Excellent home garden 
variety for the North and where space is limited. 
Bonny Best tonny 
73 days. Unexcelled as a general purpose tomato; very valuable 
for forcing under glass and as a canning and shipping variety in 
northern sections. Fruits handsome; evenly colored bright deep 
scarlet-red; medium large; flattened globe shape; smooth and 
firm. 
Break O’Day tooda 
73—75 days. We offer a superior selection of this early wilt resis¬ 
tant, globe-shaped shipping sort. Plants heavily productive. Fruits 
large, scarlet; flesh firm and of good quality. Stock grown from 
seed obtained from United States Department of Agriculture. 
Chalk’s Early Jewel tojew 
75 days. Splendid home and market garden variety. Very thrifty, 
heavily productive. Fruits scarlet-red; large; flattened globe 
shape; smooth and firm. 
Clark's Early toark 
73 days. An early maturing variety very popular in the South¬ 
west for shipping. Vines vigorous and productive. Fruits medium 
size, globe shaped, smooth, solid, and of attractive scarlet color. 
