Sunflower 
Mammoth Early Russian—The seed can be sown 
from early Spring until July, depending upon the 
time the crop is wanted. Drillin rows 33 feet apart, 
then thin the plants one to every 12 or 15 inches. 
Swiss Chard 
Large Ribbed (Dark Green)—60 Days. Greens 
for boiling are always acceptable. Spinach cannot 
always be had and often is tough and stringy. The 
Chard, on the other hand, is in season from early 
Spring to Autumn frost, and will be found a most 
agreeable dish. One of the best vegetables, the 
green foliage used like Spinach, the thick-leaved 
stems cooked like Celery. The roots of this plant 
are not good for edible purposes. 
Lucullus—60 Days. Stalks pure white and thick 
as Rhubarb. Foliage yellowish green and crumpled 
like Bloomsdale Spinach or Savoy Cabbage. Very 
choice. The tops cook like Spinach and the stems 
like Celery. Cultivation same as Beet. 
White Ribbed—60 Days. Large smooth leaves of 
thick texture. Grown mostly for the heavy, tender Lucullus Swiss Chard 
main ribs. Foliage may be used like Spinach. 

HIGHEST SCORING TOMATO GROWER 
USES LANDRETH SEEDS 
RACTICALLY all of the Pennsylvania cannery tomatoes are sold on grade 
and the grower who had the highest scoring crop last year was John Tomlin- 
son of Oxford Valley in Bucks County. His crop was rated eighty-six per cent 
Number One. 
Mr. Tomlinson’s fourteen and a half acres were planted with D. Landreth Seed 
Company’s Pennsylvania Certified Rutgers Tomato Seed, which had been 
started in cold frames and then replanted when ready for the field. 
Production of cannery tomatoes has made tremendous advance in Pennsylvania 
during the last few years. The ten-year average acreage from 1929 to 1938 was 
about 9,000, while the average for 1939 and 1940 was a little over 18,000. Yields 
per acre have increased from a ten-year average of 4.5 to 7.4 tons for 1939 and 
5.7 tons for 1940. 

