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Stone Tomato 
Ponderosa 88 days 
A purplish-pink variety. Also known as 
“Beefsteak” because of its very thick, solid 
flesh and few seeds. Plants are of strong 
growth and the fruits are borne in clusters 
of 3 to 5. Fruits are mostly oblong in shape, 
usually ribbed and are of large size. 
Rutgers 84 days 
A recent introduction from the New Jersey 
Experiment Station at Rutgers. It is a cross 
between Marglobe and J. T. D. In fruit and 
vine it is similar to Marglobe. The interior 
color of the fruit is a better red getting 
away from the white fibers. Plant is resis- 
tant to Fusarium Wilt. 
Stone 86 days 
A bright deep-scarlet variety. Fruits are 
medium size, somewhat flattened, smocth, 
solid and of the best table quality. Unsur- 
passed for slicing or canning. Vines are 
large, vigorous and very productive of uni- 
form size fruit. A very popular variety all 
over the country. 
~ Small Fruited Varieties 
The Following Small Fruited Tomatoes 
Are Grown For Preserves, Pickles or Dec- 
orative Purposes and Each Requires About 
75 Days to Mature: 
Garden Huckleberry 
Fruits small, about the size of a small 
gooseberry, color purple-black. Plants up- 
right in growth. Fruit used for preserves. 
Husk Tomato or Ground Cherry 
(Yellow) 
Not a true tomato. Sometimes called 
Strawberry Tomato. Small, round yellow 
fruits borne singly and enclosed in a thin, 
papery husk. Very sweet. Used mostly for 
pies and preserves. 
Red Cherry 
Small round fruits, % in. in diameter. 
Bright scarlet. Used for salads and pickling. 
Red Peach 
Resembles a peach in size and shape. The 
skin is thin, covered with slight bloom and 
peels off like that of a peach. 
Red Pear 
Bright red fruits, 2 in. long, pear shaped. 
Has rich, distinctive flavor. 
Yellow Cherry 
Differs from Red Cherry only in color. 
Yellow Peach 
Differs from Red Peach only in color. 
Yellow Pear 
Differs from Red Pear only in color. 
Yellow Plum 
Fruit about 2 in. long and 1 in. through, 
the shape of a pium and lemon yellow in 
color. 
TURNIP 
White Fleshed Varieties 
Cow Horn or Long White 65 days 
This variety is pure white except a 
dash of green in the crown. Roots 12 to 15 
in. long, 3 in. thick at shoulder. Looks much 
like a carrot only it is blunt at the end and 
usually has a crook. Chiefly grown for stock 
feed. 
Cow Horn Long Yellow (Yellow 
Bortfelder ) 65 days 
This variety is identical to the Long White 
except that crown is yellow. 
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