How Twilley’s Pedigreed Tomato Seed Is Grown 


Every year, when the first tomatoes begin to ripen, I carefully 
select the most perfect plants in my seed fields and trials. 
Each selected plant is staked and numbered. Records are 
made of the yield and earliness of each plant, and the shape, size 
and smoothness of the fruits. The fruits of each selected plant are 
cut open and examined, and only the highest yielding plants that 
have fruits with thick walls and solid interiors; entirely free from 
cracks and roughness are finally selected. The seed from each se- 

A Perfect Crown Set On A 
lected plant is than saved separately. Sélectod | Plant melee 
temoved To Show The 
Seg ee EE Ideal Fruits. 
The following year the seed 
from each selected plant is grown 
in separate rows as shown in the 
photo on the left. Throughout the 
season each row is carefully stud- 
ied, and only the earliest and high- 
est yielding rows, free of all diseases 
and with the largest and most per- 
fect fruits, are selected for seed to 
plant our certified seed fields. This 
constant improvement is continued 
year after year. 
Selecting The Best Pedigreed Strains In Twilley’s Pedigreed seed improvement is 
Seed Improvement Trials For Future Improvement tedious and expensive and requires 
years of training and experience. 
We are one of the few seedsmen in the United States having pedigreed seed improvement 
trials. 

How Twilley’s Tomato Seed Compares With Other Seedsmen 
Every year we test tomato seed grown by most of the leading seedsmen n the United 
States. More than likely we have tested tomadto seed sold by every seedsman from whom 
you have bought. Our trials show exactly how Twilley’s Tomato Seed compares in yield 
and quality with the tomato seed sold by other seedsmen. 
Every year samples of Twilley’s Tomato Seed are sent to leading agricultural experiment 
stations that conduct tomato trials. In these state trials Twilley’s Tomato Seed has always 
made excellent records, and time after time has been first in yield and quality. 
Plan to visit Twilley’s Seed Trials. We will be pleased to explain all about our methods 
of seed selection and improvement. Tomato. growers from the Gulf States to New York who 
visit us are greatly impressed with the excellent work done in our Seed Improvement Trials. 
You are cordially invited to these interesting trials. August is the best month. 
We Are Acquainted With Your Growing Problems 
We know the requirements for good seed in your section as we have traveled thousands 
of miles visiting most of the important tomato sections from the Gulf States to New York. 
From personal observation we know Twilley’s Seed will do well in your section. 
Nowhere in this catalog do we claim Twilley’s Tomato Seed is the best; the very thing 
that many seedsmen do. But we have bred something into Twilley’s Tomato Seed that most 
seed does not have. You may confidently stake your money and labor against the purity 
and quality of Twilley’s Seed. You will find the quality of our seed to be A-l. 
