F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 61 
TOMATOES FOR SALADS, CANNING AND SHIPPING 
Tomatoes succeed best in well manured, 
light sandy soil. For early plants sow seed 
in boxes or hotbeds in January. When the 
plants are about 2 inches high trans- 
plant to 4 inches apart each way. Set out 
of doors as soon as danger of frost is over. 
Transplant carefully, 4-6 ft. apart each 
way, depending upon the variety, and 
cultivate well as long as vines will permit. 
To obtain early fruit pinch off the ends of 
the branches when the first fruit is set. 
Our seed stock is of the very finest selec- 
tion. One ounce of seed for 2,000 plants. 
Red Fruited Varieties 
*EARLIANA, No. 498—63 days. The best 
and most widely used early tomato. Fine 
for early forcing, and market garden and 
home use. Smooth, globular fruits, bright 
scarlet in color, with thin walls, and no 
pronounced core. Plants are comparatively 
small, ‘requiring only one-third as much 
space as late varieties. Very productive. 
Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 75c, 1% Ib. $2.50, 1 lb. $8.00. 
* PEARSON IMPROVED—75 days. The 
best all-around, all-purpose tomato in 
existence for Northern California. The 
original Pearson variety was _ intro- 
duced some years ago by the Califor- 
nia Agricultural Experiment Station, 
and soon gained wide popularity 
throughout the state as a home garden, 
and especially as a market or packing 
tomato for green-wrap shipment. Like- 
wise, canners found it unexcelled both 
for solid pack and canning purposes. 
Now a new improved strain of this 
variety has been introduced which 
even exceeds the former in excellence 
in many respects. A very large attrac- 
tive fruit, slightly flattened globe in 
shape, deep red color, tough skin, 
numerous cells, but. best of all, entirely 
uniform smoothed skinned without any 
cracks. Extremely heavy bearer as 
well. A self-topping variety; that is, 
the branches terminate in a flower 
cluster, and elongation therefore 
ceases, making ‘the plants more com- 
pact and less sprawling than standard 
vines. Hence, require less space in 
field and are less liable to injury by 
the wheels .of dusting machinery. 
We unreservedly recommend this vari- 
ety as the very best tomato that has 
thus far been brought out for our huge 
tomato production sections in this area. 
Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. $1.00, % Ib. $3.50, 1 lb. 
$12.00. 

MARGLOBE—73 days. Resistant to both 
the fusarium wilt and nailhead spot dis- 
eases. The fruit is round, red, medium 
sized, medium early in maturity, and of 
good shipping quality. Used also for can- 
ning. Results have shown it to be particu- 
larly good for San Joaquin Valley. Pkt. 10c. 
1 oz. 50c, % Ib. $1.50, 1 Ib. $5.00. 


Tomato, Pearson Improved 
NEW STONE — 85 days. An extensively 
used variety for market and home gardens. 
Matures about 3 weeks to a month after 
Earliana, and several weeks before Santa 
Clara. In size, the plants are also inter- 
mediate between these two varieties. The 
fruit is bright deep scarlet, slightly flat- 
tened, smooth, free from ‘'cat faces’’ and 
of medium size. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 50c, Y% lb. 
$1.50, 1 Ib. $5.00. 
*EARLY SANTA CLARA — 100 days. 
Whlie not used extensively for market 
garden purposes, the standard canning 
variety and fine for home use. Fruits of 
gigantic size, deep red, much flattened 
globe shape, and extremely solid in 
nature. The plants grow extremely vig- 
orously and bear until frost stops 
growth. One of the best late tomatoes, 
and fine for "solid pack” canning. Pkt. 
10c, 1 oz. $1.50, % Ib. $5.00, 1 Ib. 
$15.00. 


Tomato, San Marzano, Jumbo Strain 
Pink Fruited Varieties 
OXHEART—85-90 days. More or less heart 
shaped, rosy pink, very solid flesh and few 
seeds. Good for home gardens, being a 
particularly mild variety. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 
75c, Ya lb. $2.00. 
PONDEROSA or BEEFSTEAK — 85 days. 
The largest tomato in existence. A won- 
derful home garden variety, being fine for 
slicing. The purplish-pink fruits are ex- 
tremely “meaty” or solid, with few seeds, 
and quite free from acid. Vines of very 
vigorous growth. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 50c, % Ib. 
$1.75, 1 lb. $6.00. 
Small Fruited Varieties 
YELLOW PEAR—85 days. Fruits 2 inches 
long. Pear formed, used for preserves, 
etc. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 50c. 
YELLOW PLUM—85 days. Fruits oval, 2 
inches long; clear deep yellow. Pkt. 10c, 
1 oz. 50c. 
GROUND CHERRY — 90 days. Husk or 
Strawberry Tomato. Fruit golden yellow, 
size of a cherry. Fruits enclosed in a husk. 
Excellent for preserves, sauce or pies; very 
productive. Not a true tomato. Pkt. 10c, 
1 oz. 50c. 
The New Pas’e Tomato 
SAN MARZANO, JUMBO stiisuiN—110 
days. Our introduction of a new very 
large, heavy producing tomato of the 
Italian Pear type. Used extensively by 
canneries, and equally as useful for 
home use, as a paste tomato, or for 
mixing with standard varieties to im- 
prove the color and quality of the 
canned product. Fruits borne in heavy 
clusters, skins are very tough, fruits 
remain firm on the vine, and contain 
much less acid and moisture than stan- 
dard canning varieties. Pkt. 10c, 1 oz. 
$1.50, % Ib. $5.00, % Ib. $8.50, 1 Ib. 
$15.00, 

