
ALL CREATED ON BURPEE’S FORDHOOK FARMS - 
Unsurpassed for quality, uniformity and yield. .Every seed from a hand pollinated fruit. 

1131 BURPEE’S BIG BOY 
Shown in color on back cover 
78 days. Largest of our true, first generation (Fy) hype 
tomatoes; a splendid companion to other Burpee Hybrids. 
Well grown fruits average 10 ozs. with some weighing 1 Ib, 
or more. Unlike other large fruited varieties, Big Boy tomatoes 
are perfectly smooth, deep globe to deep oblate in shape and ~ 
very firm; scarlet-red skin, thick walls, with bright red meaty ~ 
flesh of fine flavor and excellent quality. At its peak of per- — 
formance in midseason, when many standard varieties decline — 
in yield and size of fruit. An ideal hybrid for the home garden 
and market grower, especially roadside sales. ie, 
Plants are very large, extremely vigorous, semi- upright LORY. 
spreading in habit; moderately dense dark green xsi pro ty 
tects the fruits from sun-scald. 









staked plant, the size of the tomatoes and the quanuie Lite 
fruit produced. Because of the extra strong, thick, sturdy, ef 
strong stemmed growth, be sure to provide tall, strong poles 
preferably rough, to better hold string or other material” 
to tie up the plants. Pkt. (30 seeds) 50¢; 2 pkts. 
3 pkts. $1.25; 5 pkts 

WHY HYBRID VEGETABLES ? 
It is a well-known fact that true hybrids grow faster than open-pollinate 
varieties, show more vigor, produce greater yields and often, over a lo 
Burpee’s Big Boy Tomato period of time, bear a more uniform product. And, very often, it is possible 
to incorporate into the hybrids resistance to a number of disease: : . 
insects. Many hybrids not only combine the best features of their 
104 .. W. ATLEE BURPEE C O., Seed Growers _ but even far surpass the best that either parent has to offer. 
