TOMATOES 
A packet of seed will produce about 150 plants; an ounce 2000 plants. 

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Valiant—Splendid fruit and among the earliest to ripen. 
889 VALIANT. Very Early, Large Fruit. The best of the early 
tomatoes—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 solid and thick-meated and the flavor and 
sweetness are remarkable. The large, vigorous vines have an open, 
spreading habit and do best on heavier soils of high fertility. 
Valiant starts to bear so early that growers are finding if the most 
profitable kind for early crop, and it continues to produce fine big 
solid tomatoes all through the season. We highly recommend it. 
N. Y. State Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c; 44 Oz. 45e; 
Oz. 85c; 14 Lb. $2.50. 
860 GEM. (New.) For Big Early Yields. Almost as early as 
$$$. Valiant, the new Gem has proved popular with many 
growers for market and canning as well as home use. The dwarf com- 
pact plants set fruit abundantly and they ripen uniformly in large 
clusters. The tomatoes are large and even with a deep round shape. 
They are very firm, and the interior is meaty and delicious. On our 
farm we have been impressed by the ease of picking and spraying and 
by the heavy early yields of fine fruit. 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 55e; 
Oz. $1.00; 144 Lb. $3.00. 


Gem-—A good early variety. 
FOR EARLIER TOMATOES 
Sure-Set, the new hormone spray, gives earlier and better fruit, 
frequently seedless. See page 81. 
CONTROL OF TOMATO DISEASES 
Spray or dust thoroughly but lightly every week or ten days 
starting July 15th, and using Copper Spray (C-O-C-S) 
or Copper-Rotenone Dust. (See page 82.) After August 20th 
about 
Bordeaux is also recommended 

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 Trealed to eliminate the possibility of any disease being carried by 
the seed. 
858 EARLY HYBRID. (Earliana x Valiant.) The First to 
Ripen. Ready to pick before any other 
good tomato and bears tremendous crops throughout the season. 
Medium-sized, well-colored fruit of desirable quality and flavor. True 
hybrid, very early and vigorous. Hot Water Treated Seed. See photo 
and description on inside front cover. 
Pkt. (50 seeds) 40c; ~g Oz. $2.75; 4% Oz. $5.00; 14 Oz. $9.50; 144 Oz. 
$17.50; 1 Oz. $32.00. See page 75 for Polted Plants of this Hybrid. 
890 VICTOR. Extra Early—Smooth and Solid. For extra early 
crop in some sections, Victor is still the best tomato 
we know. Under the right conditions, 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 firm and of good flavor. 
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 many 
market growers and a superb early variety for the home garden. 
N. Y. Certified Seed—Hot Water Treated. Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; 
Oz. 85c; 44 Lb. $2.50. 



Stokesdale—Smooth round solid tomatoes of excellent quality. 
888 STOKESDALE. mee Early, Tremendous Bearer of 
ne Tomatoes. We think Stokesdale is 
an exceptionally fine variety, 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; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 144 Lb. $2.25. 
867 JOHN BAER. Heavy Yielding. One of the most reliable 
sorts for canning, home garden 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; 14% Oz. 50c; 
Oz. 90c; 144 Lb. $2.70. 


