Tematees, Mealy and Qutt- Qlauored 
One Ounce Produces 2,000 Plants, 1/4 Pound to Transplant an Acre 
CULTURE—The time from setting out plants to marketable stage is listed here: 
For early plants, sow the seed in flats or hotbeds, in March. Cover with soil to a 
depth of one-half inch. The seed germinates in 6 to 12 days. When the plants 
are 3 inches high, transplant them to other flats, or perferably to paper pots, giving 
About the end of May, set the plants out in the 
garden, 3 feet apart each way. Pinching off some of the stems will make the plants 
each plant 4 inches of room. 
bear more abundantly. 
New Disease - Resistant Strains 
610. : RUTGERS — (73 
Rutgers—An ideal canning and juice tomato with 
very firm red flesh. 
Novelty Tomato Collection 
Grow these Tomatoes and delight your family - 
with a salad composed of alternate slices of 
golden yellow, frosty white and rich red. 
One { Mingold — Yellow 
Pkt. < Snowball — White 3 Oc 
Each Skyliner — Red 
Ponderosa 
Tomatoes often 
weigh a pound 
and more. 





Ponderosa 
—the 
Giant Tomato 
--medium size and very solid, 
“evenly* from the inside out, 


days.) Originated. by the New 
Jersey Experiment Station, 
this tomato is a consistently 
heavy cropper. The fruit is 
uniform, globular, smooth, of 
With heavy-cross walls and 
small seed cavities. It ripens 
to a uniform bright scarlet 
color, is mildly acid and of 
pleasing taste. Especially 
valuable for slicing and in 
the making of _ sparkling 
bright red juice. Pkt. 8c, % 
0Zz. 25c, oz. 40c, 4% Ib. $1.10, 
prepaid. 
617. PRITCHARD OR SCARLET 
TOPPER—(73 days.) A scarlet, self- 
topping, disease-resistant variety. It is high- 
ly productive, of excellent quality, and very 
valuable for market garden use and for long 
distance shipping. Fruit: large, smooth, solid, 
with thick walls and cross sections: color 
light scarlet. A tasty tomato either sliced 
or canned. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 14 
Ib. $1.25, prepaid. . 
See Back Inside Cover for Color Illustration. 
618. SCARLET DAWN—(70 days.) 
A Gold Medal Winner. Fruit: very large 
with thick wall structure—globular, smooth, 
free from flat sides and puffiness. Color: 
bright scarlet, ripening well to the stem. 
Very attractive and appetizing in salads, 
spicy tomato juice or snappy catsup sauce. 
Pkt, 8c; Y% oes 25e, oz. 40c, 14 Ib. $1.10, 
prepaid, 
608. PENN STATE — An All-Ameri- 
ca Winner. A _ splendid, early tomato with 
attractive medium sized fruit of nearly 
globular shape and rich even scarlet color— 
with no blemishes, Flesh is of superb qual- 
ity and flavor with rich dark red color, very 
little core and few seeds. Valuable for home 
or market because of earliness and _ tre- 
mendous yield. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 
Y, lb. $1.25, prepaid. 
Twe Giant Sirains 
636. CRIMSON CUSH- 
ION or BEEFSTEAK— 
(90 days.) Very large, round, 
and uniform, bright scarlet in 
color. Flesh is solid and 
meaty, of deliciously mild 
flavor, with only a few small 
seed cells. The vines grow 
from 8 to 10 feet high, and 
may be trained or tied to a 
trellis, forming a most orna- 
mental fence for the vegetable 
garden, If planted early, 
Beefsteak will ripen by the 
middle of July, and continue 
to bear until killed by frost, 
Pkt. 10c, 4% oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 
Y% Ib. $1.25, prepaid. 
639. PONDEROSA — 
The Giant Tomato — (88 
days.) A splendid sort for 
home use and for canning, as 
the fruits are so solid, meaty 
and free from acid. Fruit: 
. very large, flat, purplish 
Plant Guards pink, solid, with small seed 
on Page 28. cells: of inviting flavor. Pkt. 
Tomato Plants 15c, 1% oz. 40c, oz. 65c, 4 
on Page 27. Ib. $2.25, prepaid. 

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A Bison Tomato Plant Showing 
the Large Fruit Clusters. 
Grown 
by Elmer: 
E. Smith, 
Tonawanda, 
N.Y 




Earliest Varieties 
619. NEW VICTOR—Produces large 
clusters of fine, deep scarlet tomatoes, uni- 
form in size, even-ripening, exceptionally 
smooth and resistant to cracking and sun- 
seald. The plants are vigorous and prolific; 
foliage is of the self-pruning type. Excellent 
for early home and market use, and espe- 
cially suited to growing conditions in the 
Northwest. Pkt. 15c, Y% oz. 40c, oz. 65¢, %4 
Ib. $2.25, prepaid. 
Illustrated in Color on Front Cover 
609. EXTRA EARLY BISON (63 
days.) Developed by Prof. Yeager, North 
Dakota Agricultural College. In repeated 
trials it has produced an early and very 
heavy crop under conditions that would 
mean failure to most sorts. Fruit a little 
larger than Earliana, deep scarlet, meaty, 
few seeds and of finest quality. Bison has 
produced over 40 pounds of ripe fruit on one 
plant. Matures a few days ahead of Earliana 
but far superior in yield and quality of fruit. 
Pkt. 10c, % oz. 35c, oz. 50c, Y% tb. $1.50; 
prepaid. 
611. SCARLET EXTRA EARLY 
JUNE—(60 days.) This tomato ripens a 
whole week earlier than Earliana, and is very 
productive. Fruits are of large size for an 
early sort, deep glossy searlet, and ripen 
uniformly, the stem end coloring up perfect- 
ly. Flavor is delicious, fruit is firm and 
meaty, with few seeds. Pkt. 8c, Y% oz. 25c, 
oz. 40c, 14 lb. $1.10, prepaid. 
612. SPARKS EARLIANA — (65 
days.) Fruit: flattened, medium size, firm, 
bright red, quite smooth. Vine: open spread- 
ing, medium small. A first early sort, widely 
used for home gardens and truckers. Pkt. 5¢, 
Y% 02. 20c, 0z. 35c, % Ib. $1.00, prepaid. 
628. JOHN BAER—(70 days.) Here 
is an excellent early sort maturing between 
Earliana and Bonny Best. Excellent for local 
market gardening and canning. Fruit: me- 
dium sized, semi-globular, very attractive, 
bright scarlet red, smooth and firm, Vine: 
of medium height and open growth. Pkt. 5e, 
1% 0Z. 20c, oz. 35c, % Ib. $1.00, prepaid. 
635. BONNY BEST—(74 days.) A 
standard second early variety, valuable for 
market gardeners, shippers and canners and 
perhaps the most generally grown variety. 
Fruit: medium sized, apple shaped, smooth, 
solid, bright scarlet color of fine quality. Pkt. 
5c, V2 02. 20¢, 0z. 35c, Y% Ib, $1.00, prepaid. 

HOTKAPS are waxed paper cones, easily set out 
in quantity over seed or growing plants. They 
guard against rain, frost, cold, wind, hail, birds and 
insects, and maintain perfect mulch. See Page 28 
for Prices. 

Fresh Seeds from FARMER SEED & NURSERY CO., Faribault, Minnesota 
