
Certified 
Marglobe 
For description 
see page 44 
One ounce of seed should produce 2000 plants in the greenhouse or coldframe. One-quarter 
pound of seed sown in the field should produce ample plants for 1 acre. Tomato plants should 
be hardened before setting in the field. This is best accomplished by withholding water a few days previous 
to moving them to the field. An average production of fruits is 7 tons per acre, but it is not uncommon for 
tomato growers to produce 10 to 20 tons per acre when they plant our Pennsylvania Certified Tomato Seed. 
In purchasing Landreths’ Pennsylvania Grown Tomato Seed, the buyer is certain of the absolute 
purity of what he buys. Every crop is produced from seed saved from hand-selected fruits of the preceding 
year, every one of the fruits being closely inspected and approved as to shape, color and internal structure. 
What is more important, the only fruits saved are from vines of approved type, vigor, yield qualities, and 
freedom from disease. 
Red Varieties 
Beefsteak or Crimson Cushion—115 .Days. 
Large coarse plants producing very large flat, 
somewhat rough tomatoes. A favorite with home 
gardeners who want mild flavored, large fruits. 
%*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. 8. Judges. 
Can be used for late canning and market. 
* LANDRETHS’ BLOOMSDALE MIDSEASON 
No. 157—100 Days. 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 a table and it does not even 
crack. A splendid shipper and canner.” 
SEED COMPANY 
%* LANDRETHS’ BLOOMSDALE SELF TOPPER 
No. 89—95 Days. An outstanding single plant 
selection in the Self Topper Group. 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 
Itarly 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 Harliana 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. 
Dwarf Stone—110 Days. A red fruited dwarf 
type of plant. 
Earliana—90 Days. This variety is used by 
market gardeners for a first early. It produces an 
abundance of medium-sized fruits on a small vine 
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