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1101 Chalk’s Early Jewel— sweet favor 
68 days. Fruits are nearly round and slightly flattened; very deep, 
solid, and meaty, with only a few quite small seed-cells. The color 
of the skin is an attractive rich crimson-scarlet and the fine-grained 
flesh is a deep scarlet-red. Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 30¢; oz. 55¢. 
1073 Victor —All-A merica Bronze Medal Winner 
60 days. A first-early, heavy cropping tomato with fruit the size 
and shape worthy of a midseason variety. Developed especially 
for the Northern States, Canada, as well as dry and mountain 
areas. Tomatoes are scarlet, very uniformly colored, average 5 ozs. 
in weight, semi-globular, fairly smooth and refined. Plants are 
small, short, and may be set as close as 2 ft. apart in the row, thus 
taking up little space; they are not suited to pruning and staking. 
Pkt. 15¢; 12 oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
1079 Bou nty — Valuaiie for small gardens 
61 days. Plants are of about the same size as Victor, well suited 
to close planting in the home garden. The scarlet fruits are slightly 
larger than those of Victor, smoother, deeper and remarkably free 
from stem-end cracks. Both varieties are best adapted for growing 
in the upper half of the United States as well as in Canada. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
1119 Pan America— resistant to fusarium wilt 
75 days. Developed by the United States Department of Agricul- 
ture and worthy of a trial in anybody’s garden. The vines possess 
very high resistance to fusarium wilt, and the foliage is sufficiently 
dense to shade the fruit during development. Ripe fruits are globu- 
lar to deep oblate in shape, bright scarlet, with a scarlet red 
interior, and weigh about 7 ozs. Suitable for all purposes. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 75¢; oz. $1.40. 
1097 Burpee’s Sunnybrook Earliana 
58 days. This is our own strain of Earliana. Earliness, smooth- 
ness of fruit and compactness of vine growth have all been stressed 
in an effort to produce a tomato that is really superior. Fruits are 
of medium size, scarlet red, solid, fleshy, and with a tart but agree- 
able flavor. Splendid extra early tomato for home and market. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢. 
1125 Break O’ Day — Witt and rust resistant 
63 days. Outstanding for its maturity, smooth, uniform, globe- 
shaped fruits and resistance to wilt. Plants are large, producing 
an abundance of medium sized, bright red fruit with thick walls, 
small seed cavities, and splendid flavor. Best adapted to rich, 
heavy soils. It is recommended for home and market. 
Pkt. 10¢; 12 oz. 35¢; oz. 65¢. 
1077 Burpee’s Gloriana 
55 days. A tomato of the Earliana type, but preceding that variety 
in maturity by 3 to 5 days and excelling it in quality, fruit shape 
and appearance, yield, and length of bearing season. The plant 
is small at the beginning of the season, becoming medium size 
when fully grown. The fruit clusters are very large. Fruit is 
medium scarlet-red, semi-globular, neat at the shoulder, with ex- 
tremely small stem cavity and blossom scar; weigh 5 ozs. 
Seed crop is very short. Pkt. 15¢. 
1106C Pritchard 
or Scarlet Topper, Certified © 
70 days. The ideal all-purpose tomato for growing in soil of high 
fertility. The ‘‘self-topping’’ habit prevents excessive vine growth 
under all conditions. Produces an abundant crop of bright red, 
globe-shaped fruits of medium size and excellent quality. Very 
smooth and uniform. Another of the popular wilt-resistant toma- 
toes developed by Dr. Pritchard of the United States Department 
of Agriculture, Washington,D.C. Pkt.15¢; 12 0z. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
1106 Pritchard or Scarlet Topper 
70 days. Identical with the above variety except the crops were 
not field inspected and certified by the Agricultural Department. 
; Pkt. 10¢; 12 oz. 35¢; oz. 65¢. 
Explanation of Certified Tomato Seed 
Seed listed as ‘‘Certified’’ is produced from crops that 
were inspected and certified as to trueness to type and 
freedom from disease by the Agricultural Department of 
the state in which they were grown. 


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Three of the Best Red Tomatoes 
Burpee’s Sunnybrook Earliana, 
Burpee’s Matchless, and Marglobe. 
7071-3 Pkts. (1 of each, value 30¢) for only 25¢ 
1072C Rutgers Certified© 
74 days. A commercial variety of great importance in most of the 
Eastern and Southern states. It is suitable for canning, juicing, 
and for long distance shipping. Large fruit size, 614 to 7% ozs., 
makes it favored over many other popular tomatoes. Globular in 
shape, slightly flattened, smooth, bright red, and with heavy walls 
and small. cells. Vine is vigorous, heavy, and wilt-resistant to a 
high degree. For home or market. Pkt. 15¢; 2 0z. 45¢; oz. 80¢. 
1072 Rutgers— Does well on light soils 
74 days. Grown from stock seed released by the New Jersey Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station but not inspected for certification. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 35¢; oz. 65¢. 
1108 Burpee’s Matchless © 
Improved Market Gardeners’ Strain 
78 days. The best large main-crop tomato. No other main-crop 
tomato has ever equalled Matchless in size, color, and productive- 
ness. Strong, vigorous grower, with sturdy vines which produce 
an enormous crop of large, handsome fruits that are meaty, rich 
scarlet-red in color, perfectly smooth, firm, solid and noted for their 
extremely long-keeping qualities. The flavor of Burpee’s Matchless 
is deliciously sub-acid and tasty. We offer an improved strain. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢. 
1093 Dwarf Stone — Tree-type plant 
83 days. Very choice tomato of dwarf habit, making a distinct, 
tree-like growth which requires no training. Large, smooth fruits 
of a bright scarlet-red color; average 4 in. in diameter and are about 
314 in. deep. Contain few seeds. Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 40¢; oz. 75¢. 
1074c Stone Certified —cood quality late 
81 days. A favorite late or main-crop tomato that is widely grown 
in home gardens throughout the country and to some extent for 
canning and for market. The quality is good for all purposes. Vines 
are very large, widely branched, and well covered with foliage. 
Fruits are deep, flattened, smooth, solid and of excellent color, 
weighing from 6% to 7% ozs. Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
1074 Stone—Ax old favorite late tomato 
81 days. Grown from the same stock seed and under the same 
conditions as the certified seed listed above. Still very popular. 
Pkt. 10¢; 4% oz. 35¢; oz. 65¢. 
1115 Beefsteak—. lso known as Crimson Cushion 
80 days. The largest red-fruited tomato. Resembles Ponderosa 
in many ways except color—Ponderosa has purplish pink skin 
while Beefsteak is scarlet-red. The vigorous vines produce an 
abundance of extra large size fruits which are more or less ribbed. 
The flesh is a beautiful deep scarlet; juicy, solid, and has a rich 
sub-acid flavor. Grown extensively by home gardeners. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 50¢; oz. 90¢. 
1081c Greater Baltimore, Certified 
78 days. An important canning variety in the South and Middle- 
west, because of its resistance to heat and drought. Strong- 
growing vines bear a heavy crop of red, flattened but deep fruits 
weighing 6 to 7 ozs. A large-fruited, heavy yielding tomato for the 
home garden and to some extent for market in certain sections. 
Pkt. 10¢; 14 oz. 45¢; oz. 80¢. 
1081 Greater Baltimore— Heavy yielder 
78 days. A very fine stock of this popular variety. One of the 
- highly colored of all tomatoes. Always a good cropper. 
— aaa, Pkt. 10¢; 1% oz. 30¢; oz. 55¢. 
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