Giant Summer Crookneck—60 Days. A large 
fruited selection of the old-time Golden Summer 
Crookneck. Fruit averages about 12 to 18 inches 
long and 6 to 8 inches thick, well crooked and 
covered with warts, color a deep orange. When 
young, a very good slicer and excellent fried. 
Golden Summer Crookneck—50 Days. Similar 
to the Giant Summer Crookneck, except earlier and 
smaller. The most used of all Summer Squashes. 
Mammoth Straightneck—60 Days. A selection 
of the Giant Summer Crookneck. It is the same in 
all respects except that the neck is straight. 
Winter or Running Varieties 
Boston Marrow—95 Days. A meaty or thick 
fleshed, very productive variety for canning. 
Fruits keep weeks after the vines have been killed 
by frost. Color of skin bright orange, shading to 
lighter color. Flesh deep orange, thick, firm. 
Delicious Green—90 Days. In shape, a medium 
sized Hubbard. Shell not thick, but hard and strong; 
color, usually dark green, sometimes light and 
mottled. Bright yellow, fine grained, thick flesh. 
Hubbard Blue—95 Days. An early blue skinned 
Hubbard of excellent quality. 
Hubbard Golden or Red—92 Days. Similar in 
shape to the Green Hubbard, only earlier and smaller. 
Skin usually warted, of a fine orange-red color 
except for a slight tinge of green at blossom end. 
Flesh deep orange. A fine keeper. 
Hubbard Improved or Green—95 Days. A very 
popular Squash, pointed at both ends. Skin dark 
‘green to bronze, slightly marked with orange. 
Flesh is a bright yellow orange; tough rind. An 
excellent keeper, sometimes lasting until Spring. 
Hubbard Warty—95 Days. Identical to the old 
form of Hubbard, except a trifle larger. Covered 
with warts. Some prefer it to smooth types. 
Mammoth Chili—96 Days. The largest Squash 
in cultivation, often reaching a weight of 100 
pounds. Fruit long and pointed at blossom end. 
Very showy, skin bronze, mottled, flesh thick. 
Table Queen, Acorn or Des Moines—55 Days. 
Length 6 to 8 inches, 3 inches in diameter. About 
2 pounds. Trailing habit. Deep green turning to 
orange; fruit ribbed; skin smooth. As it ripens use 
frequently. Desirable for home and shipping. 
SUNFLOWER 
Mammoth Early Russian—The seed can be sown from early Spring until July, depending upon the 
time the crop is wanted. Drill in rows 33 feet apart, then thin the plants one to every 12 or 15 inches. 
Pennsylvania State Tomato Seed Certification Requirements 
Tomato Stock Seed—Before any variety can even be entered for certification in. 
Pennsylvania, stock seed from carefully 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, Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., and Dr. Warren Mack of Pennsy]l- 
vania State College, accompanied by the 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 pro- 
cesses 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. 
tificates issued to our Company. 
These are tested for germination at Harrisburg and cer- 
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 in- 
spected and certified by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. We guarantee the 
seed to be part of that inspected and passed in accordance with the Pennsylvania 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 CERTIFIED AND CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED. 
THE 
REGULAR VARIETIES DO NOT HAVE A STAR ®& 
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