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Harris’ New York State Certified 
Tomato Seed 
Our Certified Tomato Seed is all grown on our own farms for 
seed only and in comparatively small fields that have our careful 
individual attention. 
For years we have made a specialty of raising tomato seed of the 
best possible quality from pedigreed stocks on our own farm 
here in the North. In 1935 we pioneered in producing the first 
crops of New York State Certified tomato seed to be grown. 
Again this year our tomato seed crops have been inspected by 
representatives of the New York Seed Improvement Cooperative 
Association, which is by law the official seed certifying agency 
in this State, and have fully passed their very strict requirements 
for trueness to type, purity of variety and freedom from disease. 

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Representatives of the New York State Seed Improvement Association 
inspecting one of our tomato fields for certification. 

Red Varieties 
VICTOR. Best Extra Early. A 1941 All American Winner. This PRITCHARD’S SCARLET TOPPER. Also called Prit- 
has proved to be the best early tomato brought out in a chard. This is one 


long time. See photo and full description on page 6. of the finest tomatoes ever grown. The fruits are medium to large, 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; 144 Oz. 25c; Oz. 75c; 14 Lb. $2.35; round, thick of flesh, firm and with but small seed cavities. The color is 
Lb. $8.00. a brilliant red throughout coloring right up to the top without any hard 
EARLIANA. Harris’ Extra Early Strain. We have bred up this strain green spots. This tomato has been quite resistant to “‘cracking.”’ 
It is free from acidity and altogether a tomato of exceptionally fine 
quality. It is one of the best kinds for home canning we know. In season 
the fruit ripens only a few days later than the early kinds such as 
Bonny Best and John Baer. This is a very heavy yielding variety, 
of Earliana tomato for many years until now we have it so perfected 
that it not only ripens as early as any other stock, but is also much 
smoother and more regular in size and shape and colors better around 
the stem. This tomato is very early and the fruit is solid and meaty. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 14 Lb. $1.50; Lb. $5.00. consistently producing large crops of the finest fruit. 
: ; Home gardeners should not be without this valuable kind in their 
BREAK O’DAY. The fruit matures early, is large, round, smooth as an garden. Market gardeners and growers for roadside stands where 
apple with deep orange red skin. The flesh is deep red in color, very solid quality counts will find this a profitable variety. 
and of high quality. The vines are of a spreading habit of growth with N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 144 Lb. $1.50; Lb. $5.00. 
large leaves; resistant to blight and bear an abundance of fine fruit. 
Break O’ Day does not do well on light dry soil but is most satisfactory BONNY BEST. Harris’ Special Strain. This magnificent early variety 
where the vines are staked and grown on rich well watered ground. should be largely planted for home use and market. The fruit ripens 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 14 Lb. $1.50; Lb. $5.00. only a week later than Earliana and the plants produce enormous crops 
of beautiful, smooth, high colored fruit, practically all of which ripen 
- before the vines are killed by frost. 
A Collection of Vegetables The tomatoes are of good size, only slightly smaller than Improved 
We have put up ready to mail, a collection of vegetable John Baer, smooth as an apple and a deep scarlet color which extends 
seed for the home garden, at a much reduced price. This col- right up to the stem without any green tinge. There is no finer strain 
lection contains seed of the finest varieties, and will give one of Bonny Best than the seed we offer, no matter what price is charged. 
an excellent variety of vegetables in the home garden. See N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; \4 Lb. $1.35; Lb. $4.50. 
page 7. 
JOHN BAER. Improved Strain. Heavy Yielding. One of the 
most reliable sorts for canning, home garden and 
Improved John Baer market. Ours is the Geneva strain which produces immense crops of 
Typical cluster of this widely used smooth, handsome fruit larger than most strains of this variety. 
canning and market variety. The fruit is soli Sa EEN Sane . SH ES pe EE 9: BS 
1e fruit is solid, deep red all through, and produced in great clusters. 
Tt is early enough to ripen the whole crop before frost in a normal 
season. 
We find by carefully conducted trials and reports of critical growers 
that our strain of John Baer is fully equal to any stock of this variety 
obtainable and far superior to most of them. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed. Pkt. 10c; Oz. 50c; 144 Lh. $1.35; Lb. $4.50. 
















One of our customers writes: 
“Everything I have ordered from you has grown and produced 
wonderfully. 
My special praise goes to your tomato plants. I, a city girl 
if there ever was one, married and came to this farming district 
four years ago, and every summer I have earlier and more tomatoes 
than anyone around. In fact, your tomatoes are the talk of the town.” 
Mrs. R. N. Humphreys, Londonderry, Vt. March 3, 1941. 
Harris’ Tomato Plants. 
We make a specialty of growing the finest sturdy, true 
to name plants of the most popular varieties of toma- 
toes. They can be furnished<either ready to set out in 
the open ground, or, if preferred, small plants which can 
be grown in frames for a few weeks before setting out. 
See pages 82 and 83 for full details. 

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