F, LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 6! 
TOMATOES FOR SALADS, CANNING AND SHIPPING 
Tomatoes succeed best in well manured, 
light sandy soil. For early plants sow seed 
in boxes or hotbeds in January. When the 
plants are about 2 inches high trans- 
plant to 4 inches apart each way. Set out 
of doors as soon as danger of frost is over. 
Transplant carefully, 6 feet apart each 
way, and cultivate well as long as vines 
will permit. To obtain early fruit pinch off 
the ends of the branches when the first 
fruit is set. Our seed stock is of the very 
best selection. One ounce of seed for 2,000 
plants. 
Red Fruited Varieties 
*EARLIANA, No. 498—64-66 days. The 
best and most widely used early tomato. 
Fine for early forcing, and market garden 
and home use. Smooth, globular fruits, 
deep red in color, with thin walls, and no 
pronounced core. Plants are comparatively 
small, requiring only one-third as much 
space as late varieties. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 75c, 
VY Ib. $2.50, 42 Ib. $4.50, 1 lb. $8.00. 
*PEARSON—75 days. An introduction 
of the California Experiment Sication, 
which has proven very valuable for 
this state. Fruit a slightly flattened 
globe, deep red, with a tough skin, 
heavy walls, and always smooth. It 
averages slighily larger than Marglobe 
and never cracks. For this reason, un- 
excelled as a market or packing ioma- 
to, particularly for green-wrap ship- 
ment. One of the few varieties having 
a “determinate” growth—the stems ter- 
minate in a blossom cluster—hence, 
make very bushy plants requiring less 
space in the field than standard vari- 
eties, and less liable to injury by the 
wheels of dusting machinery. Pkt. 10c, 
1 oz. 80c, % Ib. $3.00, 42 lb. $5.50, 1 
Ib. $10.00. 
MARGLOBE—75 days. Resistant to both 
the fusarium wilt and nailhead spot dis- 
eases. The fruit is round, red, medium 
sized, medium early in maturity, and of 

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Tomato, Pearson 
good shipping quality. Used also for can- 
ning. Results have shown it to be particu- 
larly good for San Joaquin Valley. Pkt. 5c, 
1 oz. 50c, % Ib. $1.50, 42 lb. $2.75, 1 Ib. 
$5.00. 
NEW STONE — 85 days. An extensively 
used variety for market and home gardens. 
Matures about 3 weeks to a month after 
Earliana, and several weeks before Santa 
Clara. In size, the plants are also inter- 
mediate between these two varieties. The 
fruit is red, slightly flattened, smooth, free 
from “cat faces” and of medium size. Pkt. 
5c, 2 oz. 25c, 1 oz. 45c, Y% Ib. $1.25, 2 lb. 
$2.50, 1 Ib. $4.00. 
*EARLY SANTA CLARA — 100 days. 
Whlie not used extensively for market 
garden purposes, the standard canning 
variety and fine for home use. Fruits of 
gigantic size, deep red, much flattened 
globe shape, and extremely solid in 
nature. The plants grow extremely vig- 
orously and bear until frost stops 
growth. The best of the late tomatoes, 
and for “solid pack’ canning. Pkt. 10c, 
1 oz. $1.50, %4 lb. $5.00, 12 Ib. $8.50, 
1 Ib. $15.00. 
Pink Fruited Varieties 
OXHEART—85-90 days. More or less heart 
shaped, rosy pink, very solid flesh and few 
seeds. Good for home gardens. Pkt. 5c, 
1 oz. 75c, %4 lb. $2.00. 
PONDEROSA or BEEFSTEAK — 85 days. 
The largest tomato in existence. A won- 
derful home garden variety, being fine for 
slicing. The purplish-pink fruits are ex- 
tremely “meaty” or solid, with few seeds, 
and quite free from acid. Vines of very 
vigorous growth. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 50c, % lb. 
$1.50, 42 Ib. $2.75, 1 lb. $5.00. 

Small Fruited Varieties 
YELLOW PEAR—Fruits 2 inches long. Pear 
formed, used for preserves, etc. Pkt. 5c, 
1 oz. 50c. 
YELLOW PLUM — Fruits small, plum- 
shaped, used for preserves, etc. Pkt. 5c, 
1 oz. 50c. 
GROUND CHERRY—Husk or Strawberry 
Tomato. Fruit golden yellow, size of a 
cherry. Fruits enclosed in a husk. Excel- 
lent for preserves, sauce or pies; very pro- 
ductive. Pkt. 5c, 1 oz. 50c, % Ib. $1.75. 
The New Paste Tomato 
SAN MARZANO, JUMBO STRAIN—110 
days. Our introduction of a new very 
large, heavy producing tomato of the 
Italian Pear type. Used extensively by 
canneries, and equally as useful for 
home use, as a paste tomato, or for 
mixing with standard varieties to im- 
prove the color and quality of the 
canned product. Fruits borne in heavy 
clusters, skins are very tough, fruits 
remain firm on the vine, and contain 
much less acid and moisture than stan- 
dard canning varieties. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 
$1.50, %4 lb. $5.00, 42 Ib. $8.50, 1 lb. 
$15.00. 


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