ALL LANDRETHS’ TOMATO SEED IS GROWN AT BLOOMSDALE FARM 
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE 
TOMATO SEED CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
T° m at° Stock Seed—Before any variety can even be entered for certification in Pennsylvania, stock 
seed from caretully selected and staked plants must be saved the year previous to certification. D. Landreth 
Seed Co. goes further than that, as our stock seed is saved from carefully staked plants at least two years 
previous to certification , and seed from those staked plants proved by test a year in advance of certification. 
Only the very best tested strains are used for growing our fields for certification. 
Field Inspection Advanced Plant Pathologist K. W. Lauer of the Bureau of Plant Industry, De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Warren Mack of Pennsylvania State College, accom¬ 
panied by Hal Mills, Plant Breeder for D. Landreth Seed Co., inspect all our tomato fields before the first 
pickings are made. At least one more field inspection is necessary and sometimes one or two after that 
before these two inspectors are satisfied that the fields are up to the high standards required. During these 
inspections the fields are rated for vigor, and the plants and fruits are carefully examined for disease and 
trueness to type, whole fields being discarded if they do not meet the very strict requirements. 
Inspection of Equipment The seed saving machines are inspected, and the processes of washing 
and drying of the seed are checked. 
Germination Tests Samples of certified tomato seed are taken by Inspector Lauer direct from the 
bagged stocks. . These are tested for germination at Harrisburg and certificates issued to our Company. 
Certification Stickers The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issues pink certification stickers 
which we paste on each package of Certified and Crown Picked Certified Tomato Seed. These stickers 
state that the tomato seed in the package was inspected and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of 
Agriculture. We guarantee the seed to be part of that inspected and passed in accordance with the Penn¬ 
sylvania rules and regulations for the certification of tomato seed. 
CROWN PICKED CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED 
The demand for Crown Picked Tomato Seed has been so great that we have previously been unable to 
fill the orders for it. We now have Crown Picked Seed of all the certified tomato varieties listed. For 
Crown Picked Seed only the first or crown clusters of fruits are used. Some growers claim that crown 
picked seed is plumper and therefore produces earlier fruits the following year than the seed from later 
pickings. 
IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR VARIETIES OF TOMATOES, WE HAVE 
PLACED A STAR * BEFORE EACH VARIETY OF WHICH WE HAVE CROWN PICKED CER¬ 
TIFIED AND CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED. THE REGULAR VARIETIES DO NOT HAVE A 
STAR ★ 
Prices for Tomato Seed—Prices for all Landreth stocks of Crown Picked Certified, Certified and 
Regular Tomato Seed will be found at the front of this catalog. 
RED VARIETIES 
★LANDRETHS’ BLOOMSDALE EARLY No. 2 
—95 Days. A new Landreth introduction for 1939. 
It is a single plant selection from the Second Early 
Group, and received fifteen points from three of the 
All America Vegetable Judges. The plants are 
small and open, and produce an abundance of large 
ovate, solid fruits with deep red internal and ex¬ 
ternal color. Excellent for early market or canning 
in the Northern States. Uniform and prolific. 
Landreths’ Bloomsdale Late No. 200—120 Days. 
Selected as a single plant in the Late Group, this 
new 1939 introduction can be grown only in the 
South or where the growing season is very long. 
Having a large, coarse plant, it should be fertilized 
lightly. The fruits are very large, smooth, dark red 
in color and very solid, and somewhat flattened. 
It received nine points from two A. A. S. Judges. 
Can be used for late canning and market. 
★LANDRETHS’ BLOOMSDALE MIDSEASON 
No. 157—100 Days. This new midseason Landreth 
tomato for 1939 was voted fifteen points by two of 
the A. A. S. Judges. Selected as a single plant 
many years ago, it has continued to produce an 
enormous number of very uniform, smooth, globular, 
solid, dark red fruits of medium size. One very 
enthusiastic Judge said, “Just as firm as an apple. 
You can drop it off of a table and it does not even 
crack. A splendid shipper and canner.” 
★LANDRETHS’ BLOOMSDALE SELF TOPPER 
No. 89—95 Days. Another new Landreth intro¬ 
duction for 1939. An outstanding single plant 
selection in the Self Topper Group. It received 
eight points from two of the All America Judges. 
A miniature plant with an enormous crop of globular, 
deep red, solid, medium sized fruits. Uniform and 
prolific. Good for canning and market in Northern 
States. 
★BONNY BEST—100 Days. The fruits of this 
old favorite are globular when small, becoming 
slightly flattened when they attain large size. Our 
strain has been selected for heavy yield. In a test 
at Pennsylvania State College recently, Landreths’ 
Certified Bonny Best produced the highest yield of 
marketable fruits of the 10 varieties in the Second 
Early Group, and the largest average size of fruits. 
★BREAK O’DAY—95 Days. The vines of this 
variety are very open growing and somewhat re¬ 
semble Earliana in appearance. It is quite resistant 
to disease. The fruits are medium to large in size 
and quite closely resemble the Marglobe as to shape. 
This variety is not recommended for light nor sandy 
soils. 
★CHALK’S JEWEL—100 Days. A splendid 
early sort for market and canning in the North. 
Crimson Cushion or Beefsteak—-115 Days. 
Large coarse plants producing very large flat, 
somewhat rough tomatoes. A favorite with home 
gardeners who want mild flavored, large fruits. 
Dwarf Stone—110 Days. A red fruited dwarf 
type of plant. 
ALL TOMATO PACKETS 10c EXCEPT CERTIFIED 15c AND CROWN PICKED CERTIFIED 20c 
