SELECTED SEEDS FOR HOME AND MARKET GARDENERS 
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Tomato—Main Crop Varieties 
Ponderosa 88 Days From Plant Setting 
One of the largest varieties in general use for home garden planting. Very large vine; 
fruits very large and solid with small seed cells. Pkt., .10; oz., .50. 
Rutgers 
72 Days After Plant Setting 
A second early variety developed 
at the New Jersey Agricultural 
Experiment Station and introduced 
in 19 3 5. A cross of Marglobe and 
J. T. D., desirable for market gar¬ 
deners, for canning, regular pack 
and for juice. Plant large with 
thick stems and vigorous foliage. 
Fruits similar to Marglobe but 
flatter at stem end; bright red, 
smooth with thick walls and small 
seed cells; ripen from center; flesh 
red and firm and of low acidity. 
Pkt., .10; oz., .75. 
Nystate (New) 
Early, Large, Heavy Cropper 
08 Days From Plant Setting 
This variety introduced by New 
York State Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, Geneva. An excel¬ 
lent second early variety for mar¬ 
ket gardeners and canning; plan;s 
are vigorous, producing large 
fruits, smooth, deep red and quite 
free from cracking, being very 
mild and sweet. Pkt., .10; oz., .50. 
RUTGERS 
Yellow Ponderosa 
(A) Pritchard or Scarlet Topper 
73 Days From Plant Setting 
80 Days From Plant Setting 
Same as the red Ponderosa, except yellow. 
Pkt., .10; oz., .00. 
A scarlet, self-topping, disease-resistant 
variety introduced in 1931. It is a cross be¬ 
tween Marglobe and Cooper’s Special, and 
has inherited fine qualities from each parent; 
heavily productive. Fruits large, smooth, 
globular, solid, with thick walls and cross- 
sections; color light scarlet, not as intense 
as could be desired. Highly valuable for 
market garden use, and for long distance 
shipping; also used for canning. Pkt., .10; 
oz., .50. 
M rglobe 77 Days From Plant Sotting 
This main crop variety has come into wide 
use by truckers and shippers, and in some 
sections by canners. Plant vigorous, with 
heavy foliage, resistant to Fusarium wilt 
and nail-head rust; moderately productive. 
Fruits medium large, nearly globular, deep 
red, smooth, solid, with thick walls and 
cross-sections; of fine quality. Pkt., .10; 
oz., .50. 
Field Corn 
Early Hybrid Yellow Dent 
This variety is one of the heaviest yielding corns for nothern states. Earliest yellow Hy¬ 
brid maturing in 9 5 days. Tests indicate that it is the heaviest yielding corn in New York 
and New England states. Medium long ears. 16 straight rows of thick, sound grain. Ears 
placed low on a leafy, stock stalk that will stand up well in spite of storms. Extremely deep 
rooted and drouth resisting. 
(A) RECOMMENDED VARIETIES 
