TOMATO—Continued 
Rutgers (Certified) 
Field Inspected by State Authorities and 
certified to be true to type and disease 
free. 
70 days 
Fruit—scarlet, small, round, with an 8 to 
10 set per cluster. A good producer. 
Scarlet Sunrise (Forcing) 
Vine—vigorous, dark green sprawling 
growth. 
A greenhouse forcing variety. 
Sioux 70 days 
Fruit—medium size, smooth, solid, inter- 
mediate red, globe shaped, thick walled, 
meaty and practically free from hard 
core; juicy with mildly acid flavor; com- 
paratively free of blossom scar or radial 
cracks. 
Vine—partly open, with finely divided dark 
green leaves, productive. 
Developed especially for Midwestern con- 
ditions by Dr. H. O. Werner of the 
Nebraska College of Agric. from a cross 
of All Red x Stokesdale. An early mid- 
season sort possessing the uniform 
ripening factor which eliminates green 
shoulder and gives uniformly red fruits. 
Stokesdale 70 days 
Fruit—medium size, bright scarlet and 
well colored inside and out, smooth and 
free from cracking, almost spherical, 
solid fleshed, good quality and flavor. 
-Ripens from the inside out. 
Vine—medium size, with a moderate 
amount of semi-erect branches covered 
with heavy, coarse, medium green foliage 
that gives good protection to fruit. 
Productive. 
An attractive second early scarlet-fruited 
variety about a week earlier than Mar- 
globe, for home, market, shipping or 
canning usage, especially in short season 
areas. 

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Stokesdale (Certified) 
Stocks are field inspected by State Authori- 
ties and certified to be true to type and 
disease free. 
Stone, New Type 85 days 
Fruit—attractive deep scarlet, medium 
size, deep-flat, smooth except for some 
ribbing on shoulders and a small blossom 
scar, large seed cells and thick partitions, 
fine flavored and uniform ripening. 
Vine—large, vigorous and spreading, dense 
dark green foliage protects the fruits 
well at peak of harvest, very hardy and 
productive. 
Somewhat earlier and more uniform than 
Old Stone and similar to Greater Balti- 
more. An old time home garden favorite 
for table use and canning. 
Sutton’s Best of All 
Fruit—deep scarlet, small, round, very 
smooth, borne very prolifically. 
Vine—dark green and small leaved, dense 
growth, somewhat flattened. 
A greenhouse or forcing tomato that sets 
freely and is an immense cropper, yield- 
ing large clusters at short intervals over 
the entire plant. 
Valiant 70 days 
Fruit—bright scarlet, large for an early 
variety, mostly deep globe shaped, 
smooth. Medium thick walls with a light 
red interior. 
Vine—upright to partly spreading and 
dark green. 
Good for home or early market and espe- 
cially adapted to short season areas. An 
improved Break O’Day type. 
Wisconsin 55 (Certified) 73 days 
Fruit—large, scarlet, flattened globe in 
shape. Excellent interior color, medium 
thick walls, no white fibre. 
Vine—upright to spreading with good 
foliage cover. 
Developed by Dr. J. C. Walker of the Univ. 
of Wisconsin Agric. Exper. Station. A 
high yielding early variety developed 
especially for growing in Northern 
areas. A good, uniform cropper recom- 
mended for canning or home gardening. 
Small Fruited Varieties 
Used for preserves, pickles or delicious to eat fresh and uncut from the garden. 
Garden Huckleberry (Solanberry) 
75 days 
Fruit—purple-black in color, small, round 
to slightly flattened, seedy, juicy and 
about the size of a small gooseberry. 
Plant—upright, branching, very hardy and 
extremely prolific. 
Not a true tomato but a type of Solanum 
nigrum whose berries make delicious 
preserves and pies when _ properly 
prepared. Inedible raw. 
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Husk Tomato or Ground Cherry 
(Strawberry Tomato) (Yellow) 
90 days 
Fruit—deep golden-yellow, small, round, 
seedy, very sweet and borne singly en- 
closed in a thin papery husk. 
Plant—procumbent, medium green smooth 
leaves. Heat and drought tolerant and 
extremely prolific. 
Not a true tomato but a type of Physalis 
whose sweet fruits make delicious pre- 
serves, jams and pies. 
