Plant Tomatoes for Home Use 

Asgrow Scarlet Dawn 
CULTURE: Sow in bed or box thinly and 
cover with about three-fourths inch of soil. 
Before transplanting, break the soil deeply 
and work in manure or fertilizer thoroughly. 
Set plants 3 feet apart each way; give clean 
cultivation. As plants grow it is best to tie 
them to stakes. 
BREAK O’DAY. 73 days. Medium to 
large globe shape; very productive. 
Our own strain reselected from the 
original; wilt resistant. 
DWARF CHAMPION OR TREE. 78 
days. Purplish-pink fruits of medium 
size; plants dwarf and _ tree-like. 
Needs no training; can use where 
space is limited. 
DWARF STONE. 81 days. Fruits 
bright red, flattened globe-shaped. 
Vines similar to Dwarf Champion. 
EARLIANA. 64 days. Fruits medium 
size, deep scarlet; vines small. Par- 
ticularly desirable for home gardens. 
EARLY DETROIT. 78 days. Fruits 
rich purplish-pink, large, globe- 
shaped, smooth, firm. 
GREATER BALTIMORE. 83 days. 
Similar to Stone and particularly val- 
uable for canning. 
GROTHERN’S GLOBE. 73 days. New, 
early maturing, wilt resistant variety, 
similar to Break O’Day, popular for 
shipping in some sections. 
GULF STATE MARKET. 
Purplish-pink, large, globe-shaped. 
Especially popular in South. With- 
stands blight well. Mild flavor. 
SUPREME GULF STATE MARKET. 
A superb strain of this pink-fruited 
variety. 
JOHN BAER. 71 days. Similar to 
Bonny Best but often a few days 
earlier. 
JUNE PINK. 65 to 68 days. The best 
extra early purplish-pink variety. 
Similar to Earliana in every way ex- 
cept color. 
77 days. 
LOUISIANA PINK. Wilt-resistant. 75 
days from plants, pink fruit. De- 
veloped by the Louisiana Experi- 
ment Station from a cross between 
Acme and Earliana. Claimed to have 
produced more on Louisiana wilt-in- 
fested lands than any other variety. 
Very heavy bearer of smooth, pink, 
medium sized fruits. Skin is medium 
thick and flesh is very firm; seed 
cavity small with few seeds; good 
flavor. Medium early and satisfac- 
tory for market or home use. 
LOUISIANA RED. Wilt-resistant. 75 
days. Same as the Louisiana Pink 
except the skin is red. A superb home 
garden variety. 
LOUISIANA DIXIE. 74 days. Another 
magnificent development by that 
well-known horticulturist Dr. Julian 
C. Miller. Originally bred from the 
Louisiana Pink. It is resistant to 
wilt, shows resistance to early blight 
and has shown greater vigor than any 
other variety in the trials at the 
Louisiana Experiment Station. The 
handsome fruits are medium to large 
in size and globe to deep globe in 
shape. The color is pink. The fruit 
itself shows a high degree of resist- 
ance to eracking. The interior is 
made up of numerous thick bracing 
walls. Both seed and cavities are 
very small. 
MARGLOBE. Nail Rust Resistant. <A 
wonderful variety which is resistant 
to nail-head rust and fusarium wilt. 
Ripens 10 to 12 days later than 
Earliana; large, perfect globe-shaped 
fruits of a beautiful scarlet color. 
Its spreading habit of growth en- 
ables it to bear in great abundance. 
SUPREME MARGLOBE. We recom- 
mend this as the finest stock of Mar- 
globe in size and uniformity of fruits. 
OX HEART. 85 days. Heart shaped, 
rosy-pink, solid fleshed, few seeds, 

mild. Many home gardeners are en- 
thusiastic about this variety. 
PONDEROSA or BEEFSTEAK. 85 
days. Extremely large, fleshy, very 
mild, deep purplish-pink. One of the 
best for home use. 
@)PRITCHARD (Scarlet Topper). 80 
days. Deep scarlet, globe-shaped; 
plants self-pruning; wilt resistant. 
Excellent all-purpose home garden 
tomato. 
RUTGERS. 73 days.. Recent develop- 
ment of New Jersey Agricultural Ex- 
periment Station. Highly recom- 
mended for canning and tomato juice. 
STONE. 85 days. Bright deep scarlet, 
large, smooth, solid, nearly round. 
Very popular late variety. 
YELLOW PLUM. Fruits oval, 2 inches 
long; clear deep yellow. 
RED PEAR. Fruits 2 inches long; pear- 
shaped. 
TURNIPS and RUTABAGAS 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill; 
3 pounds for an acre. 
CULTURE: For early use, sow seed of 
flat varieties in open ground in spring, in drills 
1 foot apart, using seed sparingly. Thin to 
3 or 4 inches apart. For succession sow every 
two weeks until April. For fall and winter 
sow in August and September. 
COW HORN or LONG WHITE. 65 
days. Tapered, slightly crooked, 12 
to 15 in. long. Chiefly grown for 
stock. Mild, sweet, tender for the 
table when young. 
EXTRA EARLY WHITE MILAN. 40 
days. All white. Otherwise same as 
Extra Early Purple Top Milan. 
PURPLE TOP WHITE GLOBE. 55 
days. Globe-shaped;  purplish-red 
above, white below; flesh white, 
tender. Most popular variety for gen- 
eral use; our strain outstandingly uni- 
form. 
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