12 PERFECTION BRAND SEEDS—Since 1906 


Perfection Brand Delicious Tomatoes 
Everyone likes a good Tomato and every garden should have at least a dozen hills of Toma- 
toes. They may take a little more work than some other vegetables, but the occasional hoeing 
needed is well repaid by the constant supply of delicious fresh fruit all summer long. When the 
first frost comes in the fall, there are uSually a number of green tomatoes left on the vines. 
These make an excellent pickle which will be relished the whole winter. We pay special attention 
to raising Tomato plants for the home garden. 
Our California grown tomato seed is unsurpassed, bred up for hardiness and yielding qual- 
ities and is disease resistant. 
SPARKS’ EARLIANA Coming into the 
market before any other sort, it commands 
top prices. The fruits are solid, uniform in 
shape, and of a rich bright-red color. The To- 
matoes are produced in clusters, and generally 
can all be gathered in about three weeks from 
the time the first fruits ripen. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
35c; % Ib., $1.25, postnaid. 
MARGLOBE—This new tomato is the result 
of the efforts of Dr. F. Pritchard of the United 
States Department of Agriculture who has suc- 
ceeded in producing a perfectly globe-shaped 
tomato of the most beautiful red color. It bears 
an abundant crop of good sized fruit which 
ripens well up to the stem. It is a second early 
sort and has proven to be disease resistant in 
the section where tomato diseases are most 
prevalent. Pkt., 10c; 0oz., 35c; %4 lb., $1.00, 
postpaid. 
GULFSTATE MARKET—Although this va- 
riety was developed primarily to meet the de- 
mands of tomato growers who ship to distant 
markets, its many excellent qualities make it 
also a very desirable sort for the home gard- 
ener or the grower for local markets. Fruits 
medium to large, round or globe shaped, show 
but little depression about stem and are smooth 
and free from cracks. Color, deep purplish 
pink, ripening well about the stem. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 40c; % lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
RUTGER’S—This tomato has thick outer 
and inner walls of solid meat, with very small 
seed cavity. It is scarlet-red color, globe shaped, 
resembling Marglobe. Ripens first in the cen- 
ter of the fruit, so that when red on the out- 
side the tomatoes are ripe all through. Pkt., 
10c; 0z., 50c, postpaid. 

JOHN 
been carefully bred and vine selected. Has 
small seed cavity, the fruit is medium size, 
smooth and firm and of beautiful glossy red 
color. The vines are sturdy and produce the 
fruit well above the ground. Early and prolific. 
Pkt., 10c; %4 oz., 30c; 0z., 50c, postpaid. 
BREAK O’DAY—tThe variety is a cross be- 
tween the Marglobe and Marvana, possessing 
the disease-resisting quality in both to a very 
marked degree. In size, color, shape and solid- 
ity the fruit is very much like Marglobe but 
matures from ten to twelve days earlier. It 
produces a very heavy plant and from a stand- 
point of yield is one of the most prolific varie- 
ties ever produced. The fruit is globe-shaped 
and of a beautiful deep scarlet color, and is 
unusually meaty, producing very few seeds. 
Pkt., 10c; 0z., 65c; %4 lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
NEW PRITCHARD or SCARLET TOPPER 
—This is a new tomato originated by the late 
Dr. Pritchard of the U. S. Department of 
Agriculture. It is early, fruits large, smooth, 
meaty, very red, globular. Vines medium, 
dense, erect, self-topping and very prolific. 
Especially bred up for a green-wrapped to- 
mato, it is also an excellent canner and it 
ripens well up to the stem end. It Aas a tend- 
ency to set a rather large number of fruits, 
therefore requires either a naturally fertile 
soil or one well fertilized in order tv» size up 
the fruit properly and produce maximum quan- 
tity of fruit per vine. Pkt., 10c; %4 az., 20c; 
oz., 60c, postpaid. 
The New Pearson Tomato 
The Pearson 
* >» early main-crop, scarlet fruited variety, having a compact self-topping 
vine. Like otmer dererminate types the cluster of fruit set close together on the branch with 
only one or twe ieaves between clusters. The tomato is a slightly flattened globe-shape, very 
smooth, with a wousn skin which shows practically no cracking. Yields are very heavy and the 
size is good wnen grown with proper soil fertility. Owing to its tough skin it is entirely pos- 
sible that Pearson fruits for long distance shipping may be allowed to reach the pink stage of 
maturity before being picked, instead of harvested when mature-green—thus the consumer would 
be provided with a product of higher quality. Acre yields of thirty tons have been recorded in 
Indiana and California. Price per pkt., 10c; 0z., 60c; %4 lb., $2.00, postpaid. 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL—One of the best 
early tomatoes yet introduced. The vines are 
vigorous and very productive. Fruits deep scar- 
let red, nearly round or somewhat flattened, 
smooth, of large size and most excellent qual- 
ity. They ripen very early, and the pickings 
continue through a long season. Pkt., 10c; oz., 
25c; %4 lb., 90c; lb., $2.75, postpaid. 
New Pearson Tomato 

STOKESDALE—A new extra early scarlet 
fruited. sort with remarkably solid interior, 
ripening from the inside outward. Resembles 
Marglobe in size and shape, but about 10 days 
earlier. Pkt., 10c; %4 0z., 25c; 0z., 75c, post- 
paid. 
DWARF CHAMPION — The most popular 
dwarf variety in cultivation. The stocky, sturdy 
plants are of upright growth, requiring no sup- 
port. The purplish red fruit begins to ripen 
early and are produced throughout the season. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; ™% Ib., $1.25, postpaid. 
BEEFSTEAK—The fruit grows very large 
and very smooth. It is oval in shape rather 
than round like Stone. It is very solid and 
keeps well on the vines after ripening; has 
rathen few seeds and ripens all over and 
through at one time. The color is clear deep 
red. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 35c; oz., 60c. 
YELLOW PEAR—Used whole for salads and 
preserving. Pkt., 10c; % oz., 30c; oz., 50c. 
YELLOW PONDEROSA—A main crop, yel- 
low-fruited variety. Fruit is large, rough and 
flattened in shape; set in clusters of 3 to 5. 
Vine makes a medium, rather open growth and 
shows good wilt resistance. Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c. 
RED CHERRRY—Used whole for salads and 
preserving. Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 30c; oz., 50c. 
GROUND CHERRY or HUSK—Used whole 
for salads and preserving. Pkt., 10c; 1% oz., 
30c; oz., 50c. 

Independence, Kansas 
January 21, 1941 | 
Binding-Stevens Seed Co. 
Tulsa, Oklahoma. 
Gentlemen: 
Please mail me a 60c packet of your new 
Pearson Tomato Seed. This new Pearson 
is one of the Best Tomatoes I ever saw. It 
is a splendid yielder of good fruit and not 
a plant showed blight. Yours truly, 
G. A. Raglan. 

BAER — The seed offered here has: 

Tomato—New Stone 
OXHEART—Popular because of its attrac- 
tively different shape, large size and excellent 
table qualities. Not a heavy yielder but large 
size, often weighing 3 lbs. or more. Skin pink, 
almost seedless, firm sweet flesh frequently two 
inches thick, without a seed cavity. Slices well. 
Pkt., 15c; %4 oz., 30c; oz., $1.00, postpaid. 
PONDEROSA — Largest fruited tomato in 
cultivation, single fruits often weighing from 2 
to 4 pounds and measuring 18 inches in cir- 
cumference. It is solid and meaty to the heart 
and has small seed cavities. For this reason 
selected seed of this variety will always be 
scarce. Fine for slicing and of excellent flavor. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 40c; %4 Ib., $1.25. 
NEW STONE—Immensely popular with can- 
ners, Southern shippers, and market gardeners. 
It is a remarkable yielder, very firm and of a 
handsome, bright red color. It is of excellent 
shape with very smooth skin, never cracking, 
and free from green core. Pkt., 5c; oz., l5c; 
Y% Ib., 40c; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 

Valmeyer, Ill., Feb. 6, 1941 
Binding-Stevens Seed Co., 
Tulsa, Okla. 
We were transferred to this State by the com- 
pany we work for, but we still want to buy our 
seeds from you as we have done for the past 25 
years. Please send us your catalog. 
Very truly, 
C. H. Morrison. 

Cuprocide for Tomato 
Disease Control 
After four years of extensive research, in- 
vestigators at various state experiment stations 
have found that’ Yellow Cuprocide (based on 
yellow cuprous oxide) is effective and safe on 
tomatoes in the seedbed and field. This mate- 
rial, containing 47.2% copper as metallic, is 
a highly efficient fungicide which requires no 
lime; suspends well in the tank, and sticks 
tenaciously to foliage. 
Cupricide Yellow is reasonable in price and is 
convenient to handle and use. No mixing plat- 
forms or stock solutions are necessary, as the 
material is merely washed through the screen 
into the tank. It does not corrode metals, and 
may therefore be handled in ordinary con- 
tainers and used in galvanized or other types 
of spray tanks. Cuprocide may be used with 
arsenicals, nicotine sulphate, derris, cube, or 
other materials ordinarily used in sprays. 
Time and Frequency of 
Spraying 
It is desirable not to spray oftener than nec- 
essary. Perhaps the best criterion would be to 
apply three or four sprays at ten-day intervals 
after the plants begin to grow together in the 
middles. In spraying it is important to drive 
the spray to the center of the vines, ignoring 
the tips if necessary. For four applications (114 
gallons per 100 gallons of spray, and applying 
100 gallons per acre) will require 6 pounds of 
Yellow Cupricide per acre for the season. One 
case 16 3-pound bags will spray 8 acres. 3-lb. 
pkg., $1.50; case 16 3-lb. pkgs., 45c per Ib. 
