PLANT LANDRETHS’ STRINGLESS GREEN POD BEANS IN YOUR GARDEN 
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TOMATO—Continued 
Penn State—90 Days. “All-America” Bronze 
Medal 1936. The Penn State is a new hybrid 
created by crossing Cooper’s Special with Earliana. 
A development of Dr. Myers, of Pennsylvania State 
College. This is a self-topping type of vine with 
short thick stems, and large, coarse dark green 
leaflets. The fruits are borne in clusters of 4 to 6, 
closely set in the center of the plant, several clusters 
generally being found bunched together within a 
very small radius from the main stem. The fruits 
are medium in size, smooth, slightly flattened, of 
good red outside and inside color, and of fine solid 
internal structure with small seed cavities. 
Pear Shaped Red—100 Days. Small fruits shaped 
like a pear. 
Plum Shaped Red—100 Days. 2 inches long by 
§ to 1 inch in diameter, the shape of a plum. 
★PRITCHARD or SCARLET TOPPER — 95 
Days. “All-America” Gold Medal 1933. The 
plants of Pritchard (Scarlet Topper) are compara¬ 
tively small, the leaves and stems a little coarser 
than those of Earliana. The vines are branching 
and fairly short, the tips ending in clusters of fruit 
or leaflets, thus giving it the name of “Topper.” 
The fruits are medium in size and globular or slightly 
flattened at the blossom end. Features of this 
variety which strongly appeal to canners, are its 
dark red interior, as well as exterior color, and its 
extreme solidity. Another strong point in its favor as 
a canning tomato, is its large yield of ripe fruit on 
rich soil over a short picking period. The Pritchard 
(Scarlet Topper) has a richer, deeper red internal 
color than Marglobe. In a recent test at Penn¬ 
sylvania State College, our Certified Pritchard 
produced the highest yield per acre of the 5 strains 
tested, the highest percentage of marketable fruits, 
and the largest average size of fruits. 
★RUTGERS—100 Days. Introduced by Prof. 
Schermerhorn of The New Jersey Agricultural Ex¬ 
periment Station. It was developed by crossing 
Marglobe with the J. T. D. The Rutgers produces 
a rather large plant with thick stems and large 
leaflets, somewhat larger in all respects than Mar¬ 
globe. On good, rich land, heavy applications of 
nitrogen should not be made, for Rutgers is a strong 
grower. The natural abundance of foliage serves 
as ample protection from sunscald of the fruits when 
light, sandy soils are used. 
The fruits are somewhat larger than Marglobe, 
and about the same size as Break O’Day. Being 
larger than Marglobe, they tend to flatten out more 
than this variety, not being quite as globe-shaped. 
The external color is dark red. The internal struc¬ 
ture is as good as our Marglobe or Break O'Day, 
having thick outer and inner walls, and very small 
seed cavities. The internal color is darker red than 
Marglobe. Rutgers is recommended to the canner, 
the market gardener and the home gardener. In 
recent tests at Pennsylvania State College, our Cer¬ 
tified Rutgers produced the highest marketable 
yield per acre of the 4 strains in the test, and the 
largest average size of fruits. In Texas, Landreths’ 
strain of Rutgers is the most outstanding intro¬ 
duction in recent years. 
Rutgers (Early Strain)—95 Days. In our tests 
in 1938, Early Rutgers had a little smaller plant 
than regular Rutgers, and not as much foliage. The 
fruits mature about a week earlier. The size and 
shape of the fruits, however, are about the same. 
★STONE—115 Days. The standard late variety 
for all purposes. Plants are large, and produce 
large, flat fruits with good color and solid interior 
structure. 
Rutgers Tomato 
ALL TOMATO PACKETS 10c EXCEPT CERTIFIED 15c AND CROWN PICKED CER1IFIED 20c 
