TOMATOES—AMERICA’S LEADING VEGETAI 
An Important Source of Vitamins A and C2 
as Well as Some Vitamin B, and Iron s 

Early Chatham 
BREAK O'DAY 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
68 days. Used extensively for early market 
where Fusarium Wilt is present in the soil. The 
orange-red fruits are globe-shaped, and average 
6 oz. It is a good yielder and continues to bear 
throughout the entire season. 
GROTHEN'S GLOBE 
(Wilt-Resistant) 
68 days. A popular variety for hot 
climates and well adapted to green- 
wrap shipping. Resembles Break O'Day, 
only the fruit is deep scarlet and the 
plants have heavier foliage, affording 
better protection from sun-seald. Itisa 
heavy cropper and fruits average 6% oz. 







EARLY 
55 days. Introduced by the Upper 
as well as for market growers wanting 
of extra early tomatoes. 

VALIANT 
70 days. Smooth, heavy, solid, fine quality, 7-ounce fruit. Early 
fruiting with light foliage habit. Good for early market or home 
pee BEEFSTEAK 
88 days. The standard large, late, home garden variety. The 
large crimson fruits are deep, but flat, and will average 9 oz. They 
are extremely fleshy with few seeds, very mild and fine for slicing 
and canning. 
PONDEROSA 
88 days. One of the mildest and finest tomatoes, Similar to Beef- 
steak, only the fruits are a little flatter and larger. They will aver- 
age 10 oz. and are of purplish-pink color. 
MARGLOBE cwiit-Resistant) 
75 days. A main-crop variety for home and market gardeners, 
as well as for shippers and canners. Our stock is a special strain. 
The deep scarlet fruits are uniformly globe-shaped, smooth, solid 
and average 6% oz. 
STOKESDALE 
70 days. Extensively used by canners and shippers, as it is an 
exceptionally heavy yielding variety. The bright scarlet fruits are 
well colored, smooth, globe-shaped and will average 534 oz. 
“WISCONSIN 55" 
68 days. This new early, large-fruited variety is in season with 
Break O’Day. The fruits are large, smooth, globular, of fine quality 
and of good scarlet red color. They are notably firm and meaty, 
with rather small seed pockets. The medium size plants are mod- 
erately open in habit and continue to bear over a long season. 
Suitable for slicing, canning, juicing and green-wrap shipping. 
Burgess’ Earliest and Best 
68 days. Since our 
Ideal for Direct Seeding 
Experiment Station of Michigan State College espe- 
cially for areas with short growing seasons. It is 
so early, il is suitable for seeding directly in the j 
garden in the North. By planting our Pelleted 
seeds direct in the garden, ripe fruits can be had 
in 80 days from seeding. The small, 
plants can stand as close as 2 feet apart and are 
loaded with firm, rich red, medium-sized, globe- 
shaped fruits. tecommended for home gardens, 
a big yield 
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BISON . 
2 days. Introduced by the North Dakota Experiment Station. This variety Starts: Ti 
ee ‘about the same time as Early Chatham, but the fruits do not all ripen in a short ti 
They ripen over a longer season and ripen with slightly green markings around the 
end, which is preferred by some growers. Plants may be started early and transplantec 
the field in fuli bloom without retarding their growth, and ripe tomatoes may be pick 
in much less time than 52 days. The red fruits are smooth, solid, meaty and of medium siz 
Seedless Tomatoes and Bigger Crops 
You can grow seedless tomatoes by spraying the flowers on your | 
tomato plants with SURH-SET. The spray produces a bigger crop of 
earlier, sweeter and meatier tomatoes that are practically mee (4-0z, 
bottle $1. 00), eee For more ccs description, see page 25, — _j 





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Plant PELLETED seed of | 
Early Chatham DiRECT j 
the garden. No need 
start plants in flats 
pots indoors. (See p 
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JUNE PINK 4 : 
64 days. The earliest pink variety. The same 
size and shape as Earliana, only the fruit is pink 
and of milder flavor. 
Oxheart 
Oxheart Tomato 
95 days. A large heart-shaped tomato that isa ae 
smooth, thick, tender and almost seedless; fr 
quently showing two inches thick without a se 
cavity. Three pound specimens are quite com- 
mon, A pink tomato with a delicious mild flavor 
that every lover of this fruit likes. For qu 
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introduction of this Tomato Seed i - ‘. 
Lefora a VERE Og, 3 Prepaid at the Following Prices 
have been quite a i Pkt. | 1% Oz.| Oz. | 14Lb.| Lb. | 5 Lbs. 
number of extra-early Besisteales oi nama cy. $0.15 |$0.55 |$1.00 |$2.95 |$8.50 |$40.00 
varieties introduced. IBISODE meal eee eas > Eien 15 45 -80 2250 6.70 31 “00 
Even though it is now Break O’Day (Wilt- ncstane) -10 -40 -70 | 2.05 | 5.80 | -26.50 
in the second-early Burgess’ Hathost and Best. -10 -40 -70 | 2.05 | 5.80 26.50 
class, it is one of the | E arly Chatham... A ee =a ls 45 -80 | 2.35 | 6.70 31.00 
finest. The bright scar- Grothen’s Globe (W.R.)..... -10 40 -70 | 2.05 | 5.80 26.50 
let fruits are smooth, { June Pink... -10 -40 -70 | 2.05 | 5.80 | 26.50 
solid, meaty, entirely Marglobe (Wilt- Resistant) . -10 Ants .60 1.75 | 4.90 22.00 
free’ from score and Seance Ba BS LO -15 -60 | 1.10 | 3.25 | 9.40 | 44.50 
average 5 oz, <A tre- SOR OEE OBE eae eg e722 -15 | .55 | 1.00 | 2.95 | 8:50 | 40.00 
mendous yielder and hse ME is ater esse very -10 -35 -60 | 1.75 | 4.90 | 22.00 
continues to bear over " RAINE lh eter epstan siete he ccl <i ens ee een sy -50 -90 | 2.65 | 7.60 35.50 
a long season. isconsin 55......... Lee S -45 -80 | 2.35 | 6.70 














