TOMATOES 
A packet of seed will produce about 150 plants; an ounce 2000 plants. 
N. Y. CERTIFIED SEED MEANS FINER CROPS 
Grown on Our Own Farms—Hot Water Treated 
A tomato crop must be just about perfect to meet the requirements for 
New York State Certification. It has to be true to type and variety and 
free from practically all diseases. But every year since 1935, when we 
pioneered in producing the first N. Y. State Certified tomato seed, the 
tomatoes we grow here on our Northern farms have fully passed the tests. 
This means the finest of seed for you; there is no better to be had at any 
price. And as an added service—all our Certified Tomato Seed is Hot 
Water Treated to eliminate the possibility of any disease being carried by 
the seed. 
858 EARLY HYBRID. (Earliana x Valiant) New Extra Early 
Hybrid. For growers who want something 
a little extra in earliness and yield, we have raised a small crop of the 
best hybrid we have found. This cross was first tested at Cornell 
University and it has consistently been the leader in their trials. It 
starts to ripen earlier than other market tomatoes, and the large 
vigorous vines continue to bear profusely throughout the season. The 
fruit are medium-sized, of good type and color up well. Especially 
recommended for early market and home use. 
Pkt. (40 seeds) 35c; zg Oz. $3.00; 44 Oz. $5.75; 14 Oz. $11.00; 14 Oz. 
$20.00. (Potted plants also available—see page 75.) 


Control of Tomato Diseases 
Growers who sprayed their tomato crops in 1947 found that 
they not only controlled ‘the late blight but that they had much 
cleaner and better crops by eliminating other diseases. 
Spray or dust thoroughly but lightly every week or ten days 
starting about July 15th, and using Copper Spray (C-O-C-S) or 
Copper-Rotenone Dust (See page 83.) After August 20th 
Bordeaux is recommended. 

890 VICTOR. Extra Early—Smooth and Solid. For that first 
extra early crop in many sections, Victor is still the 
best tomato yet developed. It bears large clusters of smooth, firm, ripe 
tomatoes at a time when other early varieties have only one or two 
ripe fruits. They color evenly to a clear bright red all over and the 
flesh is remarkably solid and fine-flavored. 
The vines are of sturdy determinate type and can be planted close 
together (2 x 3 ft.), thus producing a much larger yield of early fruit to 
the acre. This tomato has proved to be a real money maker for the 
market gardener and a superb early variety for the home garden. 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c: 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 85e; 
4 Lb. $2.50. 


Stokesdale —Smooth round solid tomatoes of excellent quality. 
888 STOKESDALE. Early, Tremendous Bearer of Fine To- 
matoes. An exceptionally fine new variety 
which is ideally suited for home use, market and canning in Northern 
sections. It ripens at the same time as John Baer and bears astonishing 
crops of perfectly even smooth globe-shaped fruit. 
The tomatoes are of medium size, smooth as an apple and the deep 
round shape is ideal for slicing. They are firm, bright scarlet in color 
throughout, with no green tinge around the stem. This variety is 
outstanding for the absolute uniformity of the fruit. 
"Because of its fine quality and heavy yields, Stokesdale is now 
widely grown by commercial canners, and growers everywhere are 
delighted with the high percentage of perfect number one tomatoes. 
Our strain is the best obtainable and we are proud to offer N. Y. State 
Certified—Hot Water Treated seed of our own growing. 
Pkt. 15c; 44 Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 144 Lb. $2.25. 


Valiant 
Joe Harris notes the features that make our strain of Valiant the best. 
889 VALIANT. Very Early, Large Fruit. Now our leading early 
tomato—it has the large size and solid fruit of the 
later kinds and yet it ripens very early, ahead of almost every other 
variety. 
These tomatoes grow large, round and smooth and they color well 
up to the stem. The flesh is firm and thick-meated and the quality is 
very fine for an early type. The vines are large and vigorous with an 
open spreading habit and they do best on heavier soils of high fertility. 
Valiant starts to bear so early that growers are finding it the most 
profitable kind for early crop, and it continues to produce fine big 
solid tomatoes all through the season. We highly recommend it, 
particularly in sections where Victor does not do well. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15ce; 44 Oz. 45e; 
Oz. 85c; 14 Lb. $2.50. 
860 GEM. (New.) For Big Early Yields. An entirely new tomato 
with smooth deep globe shape, good red color and fine 
quality. Maturing about as early as Valiant, the fruit ripens uniformly 
in large clusters on compact plants. See photo and description on 
page 5. 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 20c; 4% Oz. 60c; Oz. 
$1.00: 14 Lh. $3.00. 
850 BONNY BEST. This fine early variety has long been one of the most 
popular of all tomatoes for home use and market. The fruit ripens fairly 
early, about in season with John Baer and the plants produce enormous 
crops of smooth, high colored fruit. 
The tomatoes are of good size, smooth and of deep scarlet color 
which extends right up to the stem without any green tinge. There is no 
finer strain of Bonny Best than the seed we offer, no matter what price 
is charged. 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 45c; Oz. 80c; 14 Lb. $2.30. 
867 JOHN BAER. Improved Strain. Heavy Yielding. One of 
the most reliable sorts for canning, home gar- 
den and market. Ours is the Geneva strain which produces immense 
crops of smooth, handsome fruit, larger than most strains of this variety. 
The fruit is solid, deep red all through, and produced in great clusters. 
The whole crop will ripen before frost in a normal season. 
We find by carefully conducted trials and reports of critical growers 
that our strain of John Baer is fully equal to any stock of this variety 
obtainable and far superior to most of them. 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; 
Oz. 80c; 4 Lb. $2.30. 
865 ITALIAN RED PEAR (Pomo d’oro a Pero). This tomato is most 
prized by the Italian people and many others for making “tomato 
paste.’ It is also used extensively for canning. These tomatoes canned 
whole with a few leaves of Basil (see page 21) make a delightful change 
from ordinary canned tomatoes. 
The fruit is very solid with thick walls, and deep red in color through- 
out. [tis true pear shape but three or four times as large as the ordinary 
small red pear tomatoes. Borne in clusters of 4 to 7 fruits on strong 
vines. : 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c; 1% Oz. 45c; 
Oz. 85c; 144 Lb. $2.60. 



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