Tomatoes, Mealy and Bult - 
One Ounce Produces 2,000 Plants, 14 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 19 days. When the plants 
are 3 inches high, transplant them to other flats, or perferably to paper pots, giving 
Albout 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 -hesistant Strains 

Rutgers—An ideal canning and juice tomato with 
very firm red flesh, thick walls and small seed cells. 
A Tomato Bred To Resist Disease 
610. RUTGERS—-(73 days.) Originated by 
the New Jersey Experiment Station, this tomato is 
a consistently heavy cropper. The fruit is uniform, 
globular, smooth, of medium size and very solid, 
with heavy cross walls and small seed cavities. It 
ripens evenly from the inside out, 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, yy 
oz, 25c, oz, 40c, Y% 1b. $1.10, prepaid, 
Ponderosa 
Tomatoes often 
weigh a pound 
and more. 
Ponderosa 
—the 
Giant Tomato 
New Firesteel Tomato 
Illustrated on Front Cover. 
614. FIRESTEEL (62 
days.) Developed from a 
eross of Extra Early Bison 
and Pritchard (Scarlet Top- 
per) it combines the best 
qualities of both, including 
Bison’s earliness and Pritch- 
ard’s resistance to Fusarium 
wilt and disease. The fruits 
are bright scarlet, globular, 
of medium size, smooth, solid 
and free from cracks, The 
flavor is semi-acid, For dry 
seasons Firesteel has no 
equal, as it will set fruit 
when other types are drop- 
ping their blossoms. Pkt. 
15c, 1% oz. 40c, oz. 70c, % 
lb. $2.50, 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, 2 oz, 25c, oz. 40c, %4 
lb. $1.25, prepaid. 
608. PENN STATE—A splendid, early 
tomato with attractive medium sized fruit of 
nearly globular shape and an even scarlet 
color. Flesh is of superb quality and flavor 
with rich dark red color, very little core and 
few seeds. Valuable for its earliness and 
tremendous yield. Pkt. 10c, % oz. 25c, oz. 
40c, % Ib. $1.25, prepaid. 



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 
Each (Pritchard —(Scarlet Topper) 
TJwe Giant Stains 
620. COLOSSAL — 
(90 days.) Magnificent in 
Size — Delicious in Flavor. 
Colossal has _ thick, meaty 
flesh, few seeds and a mild 
flavor. The color is a deep 
purplish-red. <A big yielder 
of giant fruits, equally suit- 
able for slicing, salads and 
for canning, Pkt. 15c, % oz, 
40c, 0z. 65c, %4 Ib. $2.25, 
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 
pink, solid, with small seed 
cells; of inviting flavor. Pkt. 
_15¢, Yo oz. 40c, oz. 65c, VY, 
Ib. $2.25, prepaid. 
GROW PERFECT TOMATOES! Keep vines 
healthy by spraying them regularly with ACME 
KOPPER KING. Use as a spray or dust to control 
Blight, Mildew, Wilt and Leaf Spot. 1 Ib. 50c ppd. 

Treat Tomato Seed with SEMESAN. It controls all sce 
you of getting sturdy, healthy seedlings. 
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Gauored 
A Bison Tomato Plant Showing 
the Large Fruit Clusters. Bison has 
produced over 40 lbs. of ripe fruit 
on a single plant. 
Grown 
by Elmer 
E. Smith, 
Tonawanda 





Earliest Varieties 
609. EXTRA EARLY BISON—(63 
days.) Developed by Prof. Yeager, North Da- 
kota Agricultural College. Bison produces an 
early and very heavy crop, under conditions 
that would mean failure to most other sorts. 
The attractive, bright scarlet fruits ripen a 
few days ahead of Earliana, and are some- 
what larger. Pkt. 10c, Y% oz. 35c, oz. 50c, 
YW, lb, $1.75, 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 scarlet, and ripen 
uniformly, the stem end coloring up. perfect- 
ly. Flavor is delicious, fruit is firm and 
meaty, with few seeds. Pkt. 10c, 1% oz. 35c, 
oz. 50c, % lb. $1.75, 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. 8c, 
Yo oz. 25c, oz. 40c, 4 Ib. $1.25, prepaid. 
619. NEW VICTOR — (67 days.) 
Produces large clusters of fine, deep scarlet 
tomatoes, uniform in size, even-ripening, ex- 
ceptionally smooth and resistant to eracking 
and sunscald. The plants are vigorous and 
prolific; foliage is of the self-pruning type. 
Excellent for early home and market use, 
and especially suited to growing conditions 
in the Northwest. Pkt, 15c, Ye oz, 40c, oz. 
65c, % Ib. $2.25, 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. 8c, 
Ye 0%. 25¢, oz. 40c, Y, lb. $1.25, 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. 
8c, Yo oz. 25c, oz, 40c, Y% Ib. $1.25, prepaid. 



All-Season Tomato Collection 
One (Victor—Early 
Pkt. + Bonny Best—Midseason 35¢ 
Each (Colossal—Late 





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