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GREATER BALTIMORE TOMATO (81 days) 
BETTER THAN STONE 
VERY LARGE AND HEAVY 
The best red colored main crop variety, as well as for canning purposes. 
heavy. It ships better than most of the old sorts, ripens 10 days ahead of Stone and yields much more than Stone. 
IMMENSELY PRODUCTIVE 
It is very meaty and fleshy, and consequently 
It re- 
sists blight and other diseases better than any other variety. All gardeners and truckers are well aware of the fact that as 
soon as the Stone reaches the market, the early Tomatoes like Earliana and others, at once become back numbers. 
Now 
judge for yourself, the value of this Tomato which ripens as early as Chalk’s Jewel and is of even better quality than Stone. 
Greater Baltimore means quicker sales and better prices, and a loss of money to those who will not plant it. 
The Purdue 
University Agricultural Experiment Station, at Lafayette, Indiana, undertook Tomato investigation and published the re- 
sults in Bulletin No. 165, Vol. XVI, April, 1913. 
“The average calculated yields for three years for 11 varieties 
shows ‘Greater Baltimore’ ranking first with a yield of 16.26 tons 
per acre against Stone 13.88 tons per acre. 
“Considering yield and quality, the 11 varieties tested will 
pan as follows as a fleld crop. for canning: First, ‘Greater Bal- 
more.’ 
saath season from July 25th to October ist, the ‘Greater Bal- 
timore’ yielded nearly 22 tons per acre.” 
“The ‘Greater Baltimore’ which has been gaining in popularity 
with the Canning Trade during the past two years, begins bearing 
12 to 16 days earlier than Stone, when both are sown and handled 
in a similar manner throughout the season. 

PONDEROSA (88 days)—Enormous scarlet fruit. Pkt. 15c; 
oz. 80c; 1 lb. $10.00. 
GOLDEN PONDEROSA (89 days)—Same in size as Ponder- 
osa only the fruit is golden yellow. Pkt. 15c; oz. 80c. 
RED PLUM, RED PEAR, YELLOW PLUM, YELLOW PEAR— 
Either variety: Pkt. 10c; 4% oz. 15c; % oz. 30c: oz. 60c. 
YELLOW HUSK OR GROUND CHERRY—PKt. 10c; oz. 50c. 
TOMATO MINGOLD—The color of its large, solid, smooth fruit is 
true orange-yellow highly attractive so that when Placed on the 
market sells readily. Try Mingold. 
Extracts from that bulletin are as follows: 
“It will also be seen that ‘Greater Baltimore’ is as early a bearer 
as Chalk’s Harly Jewel, which is considered an early sort. 
“It 1s largely the earliness and the uniformity with which the 
plants bear a large number of large, smooth fruit throughout the 
ripening season that makes the ‘Greater Baltimore’ superior to the 
Stone which has been the Standard canning variety for many years. 
“The thee i date of first ripening for the ‘Greater Baltimore’ 
variety was 120 days from the sowing of the seed in the hot beds 
and 65 days from the time the young plants were set in the field.” 
Pkt. 10c; 1 lb. $4.00, postpaid; 1 oz. 40c. 


TOMATO VALIANT (70 days) 
New. Valiant, although quite new variety is very popular with grow- 
ers in New Jersey and adjacent states. It is a large tomato, very 
solid, smooth, heavy of fine quality. Vines of sparse growth there- 
fore subject to sunburn in some sections. Color red, average weight 
per fruit half a pound, globe shaped. Pkt. 15c; oz. 50c; Ib. $6.00. 
OUR SEEDS ARE TRUE TO NAME 
Of the Highest. Quality—Fresh and Strongly Germinating—You can- 
not buy better seeds anywhere, no matter what price you pay. 


