Golden Hubbard (100 days) : Fruits 8 to 
10 pounds. Rind is golden yellow and 
warted. Flesh deep golden orange. 
Banana (105 days) : Fruits are cylindrical 
with thin, smooth skin. Flesh is orange- 
yellow, sweet and tender. 
Table Queen or Acorn (70 days) : Acorn 
shaped fruits with dark green skin. Flesh 
deep orange. Excellent for baking. 
Boston Marrow (97 days): Fruits 6 to 8 
pounds. Resembles Hubbard in shape. 
Skin deep orange and quite hard. 
TOMATO 
One of the most popular garden plants, 
the tomato requires a considerable amount 
of space, but makes very good use of it. 
Apart from the richness of the fruits in 
vitamins and dietetic value, there is noth- 
ing quite so satisfying as the delicate 
flavor of a freshly picked tomato from 
your own vine. 
Tomatoes will grow in any decent garden 
soil, properly drained, but retentive of 
soil moisture and in good heart. During 
the harvest season, better quality fruit 
will be produced if a mild application of 
complete fertilizer is made every 10 days 
to two weeks. 
There is now available for home gardeners 
a new hormone spray, which scientifically 
pollenizes the tomato blooms, and _ will 
greatly increase the productivity of your 
plants. Also, the use of this material will 
produce almost seed free tomatoes. It 
is not difficult to use, but maximum re- 
sults can only be obtained where direc- 
tions are followed to the letter. 
There are so many varieties of tomatoes, 
and each year finds additional names 
added to the list, that it is difficult to 
recommend any one variety over all oth- 
ers. Each gardener has his own taste and 
preference, because of past results. From 
volume seed sales, it would indicate that 
Bonnie Best, Prichard, and Marglobe are 
the three most popular with the majority 
of home gardeners. 
Seeds should be started in flats about a 
month before warm spring weather is an- 
ticipated, then, when all danger of frost 
is past, set out the young plants at in- 
tervals of not less than two feet, and pre- 
ferably three feet apart. Set the plants a 
little deeper in the ground than they were 
in the flats and water with a_ starter 
solution. 
As the plants grow, suckers or side 
branches spring from the axils of leaves 
where they join the main stem. Until fruit 
is set these are to be pinched out. There 
is almost as many theories on the best 
way to grow tomatoes as there are gar- 
deners. Select one plan of growing and 
then stick to it. If you attempt to try 
every method suggested, you will prob- 
ably end up with no tomato plants. 
Packet, 10c; 2 ounce, 40c; ounce, 75c. 
Bonnie Best (73 days) : Fruits medium to 
large. Globe shaped, smooth, bright scar- 
let and of excellent quality. 
Early Jewel (76 days) : A heavy cropper. 
Fruits scarlet, globe shaped. Few seed, 
thick solid meat. 
Earliana (96 days): Early, bright scarlet 
tomato. Medium size with smooth skin. 
Break O’Day (68 days): Vines vigorous 
and very productive. Fruits globe shaped, © 
very solid and medium size. 
John Baer (73 days): Fruits medium 
size, semi-globe. Excellent for canning. 
Marglobe (77 days): Resistant to wilt. 
Medium size fruits, globular in shape. A 
heavy producer. 
Pritchard (78 days): Wilt resistant, pro- 
ducing large, vigorous vines. Fruits globu- 
lar and light scarlet. 
Ponderosa (90 days) : Very large fruit of 
excellent flavor. Purplish pink in color. 
Good for canning. 
Stokesdale (70 days): Famous among 
market gardeners. Heavy producer. Fruit 
medium size and uniform. Has wide 
adaptability. 
Golden Queen (84 days): Fruits me- 
dium to large, deep golden yellow. Smooth 
skin with solid meat. 
RUTABAGA 
Grown mainly for a winter storage crop, 
this vegetable is not too popular with 
most home gardeners. Its growing habits 
are the same as most of the root crops. 
However, it differs considerably in ap- 
pearance. It is more elongated than the 
globe-shaped turnips, with gray-green, 
smooth foliage, instead of the green, hairy 
leaves of the turnip. 
American Purple Top is by far the most 
popular variety. 
Vy ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
TURNIP 
The Turnip is a cool-weather plant that 
will grow in almost any garden, but makes 
its best response to a soil that is well 
worked and in good fertility. Spring sow- 
ing in the garden should begin as early 
as possible, a little of the row at a time 
in order to provide continuous supply. 
The seed should be thinly sown in rows 
12 to 15 inches apart, lightly covered, 
and firmed down. Generally the distance 
between plants should be about five inches 
in the row. 
There are a number of varieties from 
which to select. However, Purple Top 
White Globe is the best for general home 
use. 
VY, ounce, 15c; ounce, 25c. Also Packets. 
Purple Top White Globe (57 days) : Roots 
medium size and globe shape. Flesh white, 
fine grained and excellent flavor. 
Purple Top White Globe (57 days) : Roots 
are flat with purple top. Flesh white and 
firm. 
Golden Ball (65 days): Roots medium, 
round, smooth and yellow. Flesh deep 
yellow and fine texture. 
Early Snow Ball (40 days) : Sweet, crisp, 
tender roots of medium size. Round in 
shape and white throughout. 
Pomerianian White Globe (75 days): 
Roots large, globe-shaped and weigh from 
5 to 8 pounds. White throughout. 
Yellow Aberdeen (80 days) : Roots globu- 
lar with purple tops and yellow on the 
bottom. Grown for stock feed. 
Cowhorn (70 days) : Excellent winter cow 
feed. Roots white with light green shoul- 
ders. One-third out of the ground. 

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