

MARKET GARDENERS AND FLORISTS PRICE LIST—1944 31 
TOMATOES 
An ounce of seed will produce about 2000 plants. 
Harris’ New York State Certified Tomato Seed 
For eight successive years we have offered New York State Certified Tomato seed of our 
own growing. This seed must meet the highest standard of purity and freedom from disease. 
Most of the tomato seed sold today is a by-product from fruit which has been processed in 
canning factories for the juice. Our Certified Tomato Seed is all grown on our own farms for seed 
only. Our seed crops are grown 100% from hot water treated stock seed and the seed is all saved 
by the fermentation process; reducing seed borne diseases, such as early blight, to a minimum. 
890 Victor 
The New Extra Early Tomato 
At the time when the old extra 
early varieties have but one or two 
ripe fruits, Victor produces large 
clusters of beautiful tomatoes ripening 
all at once. 
The tomatoes are of good size, 
smooth and solid. Having a charac- 
teristic light color when green, they 
turn quickly to a brilliant scarlet color 
all over. There are no green spots on 
Victor. 
The vine is a sturdy determinate 
type, that can be planted close together 
(2 x 3 ft. is recommended) and thus 
have more early fruit per acre. If you 
want extra early tomatoes, grow Victor. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed of our 
own growing. See prices on page 33. 



Victor—An early cluster in our seed crop. 
885 Rutgers—Harris’ Northern Grown Strain 
See photo on front cover 
In our opinion Rutgers is the finest main crop tomato grown today. It combines large size, 
solid structure, fine flavor and a beautiful rich red color that goes all through the fruit, making it 
excellent for both market and canning. The vines are large and very husky and stand up well even 
late in the season; they bear tremendous crops of fine heavy fruit. 
Our strain has been grown and selected here in the North for years and has proved to be the 
best strain obtainable. The earliness and yield, the uniformly large size and smooth even shape 
of the fruit have all been improved as a result of careful breeding on our farm ever since this fine 
variety was introduced. N. Y. State Certified Seed of our own growing. See prices on page 33. 
889 Valiant—(New) Large Fruited Early Type 
This new variety has now taken the place of the old Earliana in many sections. It ripens 
three or four days later but has so much larger and finer fruit that this difference is usually not 
important. The fruit is smooth, deep, nearly round in shape and of good interior structure; it 
colors up much better than Earliana, and the early yields are very heavy. 
The vines are of spreading habit of growth and do best when well fertilized and grown on 
fairly heavy soil. Valiant has already proved to be a most popular and profitable variety for early 
market. See prices on page 33. 
888 Stokesdale 
Heavy Yielding Medium Early Type 
Ripening at the same time as John Baer, 
this excellent variety has proved to be well 
adapted for market, shipping and canning. 
The fruit is medium sized, with a very uniform 
smooth, deep globe shape, bright scarlet color 
and fine quality. The fruit ripens evenly and 
is very free of cracks and blemishes. 
The yields are extremely heavy and the 
vines are strong and vigorous, making it one 
of the most dependable kinds to grow. Our 
strain is by far the best obtainable and we 
offer only N. Y. State Certified Seed of our 
Stokesdale own growing. See prices on page 33. 

