Tomato— Pritchard Scarlet Topper 
% PRITCHARD (SCARLET TOPPER)—95 Days 
seed; 75 Days, plant. ‘All-America’ Gold 
Medal 1933. The plants of Pritchard (Scarlet 
Topper) are comparatively small, the leaves 
and stems a little coarser than those of Harli- 
ana. The vines are branching and fairly short, 
the tips ending’ in clusters of fruit or leaflets, 
thus giving it the name of ‘‘Topper.” The fruits 
are medium in size and globular or slightly 
flattened at the blossom end. Features of this 
variety, which strongly appeal to canners, are 
its dark red interior, as well as exterior color, 
and its extreme solidity. Another strong point 
in its favor as a canning tomato, is its large 
yield of ripe fruit on rich soil over a short 
picking period. In a test at Pennsylvania State 
College, Landreths’ Certified Pritchard produced 
the highest yield per acre of the 5 strains test- 
ed, the highest percentage of marketable fruits, 
and the largest average size of fruits. 
% RUTGERS—100 Days, seed; 86 Days, plants. 
Introduced by Prof. Schermerhorn of The New 
Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. It was 
developed by crossing Marglobe with the J. T. 
D, The Rutgers produces a rather large plant 
with thick stems and large leaflets, somewhat 
larger in all respects than Marglobe. On good, 
rich land, heavy applications of nitrogen should 
not be made, for Rutgers is a strong grower. 
The natural abundance of foliage serves as 
ample protection from sunscald of the fruits 
when light, sandy soils are used. 
The fruits are somewhat larger than Mar- 
globe, and about the same size as Break O’Day. 
Being larger than Marglobe, they tend to flat- 
ten out more than this variety, not being quite 
as globe-shaped. The external color is dark red. 
The internal structure is as good as our Mar- 
globe or Break O’Day, having thick outer and 
inner walls, and very small seed cavities. The 
internal color is darker red than Marglobe. 
Rutgers is recommended to the canner, the 
market gardener and the home gardener. In 
tests at Pennsylvania State College, Landreths’ 
Certified Rutgers produced the highest market- 
able yield per acre of the 4 strains in the test, 
During the Summer of 1943 
Mr. H. L. Lovett, a Pennsyl- 
vania grower produced 17% 
tons of “tomatoes per acre 
grown from D. Landreth Seed 
Company's Bonny Best Seed. 

and the largest average size of fruits. In Texas, 
Landreths’ strain of Rutgers is the most out- | 
standing introduction in recent years. 
Rutgers (Early Strain) —95 Days, seed; 79 
Days, plants. In our tests in 1938, Early Rut- 
gers had a little smaller plant than regular 
Rutgers, and not as much foliage. The fruits 
mature about a week earlier. The size and 
shape of the fruits, however, are about the 
same in both sorts. 
%* STONE, IMPROVED—115 Days, seed; 86 Days, 
Plants. The standard late variety for all pur- 
poses. Plants are large, and produce large, flat 
fruits with good color and solid interior struc- 
ture. 
Pink and Purple Varieties 
Dwarf Champion—110 Days, seed; 78 Days, 
plants. This is a late tomato of the dwarf or 
upright, potato leaf type. 
June Pink—90 Days, seed; 68 Days, plants. Is a 
pink Earliana—see Earliana for description. 
Gulf State Market (Louisiana Strain)—100 Days, 
seed; 80 Days, plants. This superior strain 
developed by Dr. Julian Miller of L. S. U., is 
better than most other pink varieties on the 
market. It has some resistance to wilt gener- 
ally not found in pink sorts. The plants are 
robust and produce an abundance of medium to 
large ovate to globe-shaped fruits. 
Livingston’s Globe (Landreth Strain)—100 Days, 
seed; 82 Days, plants. Plant strong and pro- 
lific, with heavy foliage. Leaves light green, 
broad. Fruit large, full globe, smooth, purplish- 
rose. Ripens evenly; fine quality. A standard 
type used in the South for shipments to Nor- 
thern markets. 
Oxheart—118 Days, seed; 90 Days, plants. This 
is a very late tomato with long, thin vines and 
light foliage. The fruits are enormous in size, 
the shape of a beef heart, and with such a solid 
internal structure that there is very little room 
left for seed. The flavor is very mild and sweet 
which is preferred by some people to the more 
acid flavors. 
D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY, CANAL STREET, BRISTOL, PA. 



