GRAND RAPIDS GROWERS, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan 3] 
NEW STONE. 8 days. The standard and general favorite 
with truckers and canners. Always dependable, very vigor- 
ous and productive; fruits round, large, solid, smooth, and 
Beeerecin color. Pkt.,-10c; oz., 65c; 14 Ib., $2.00;'1-Ib., 
$6.00, postpaid. 
PONDEROSA. 85 days. A very large, purple-fruited To- 
mato; solid, with but few seeds, and no acid. Fine for slic- 
ing. Pkt., 10c; 0z., $1.00; 14 Ib., $3.00; 1 Ib., $10.00, postpaid. 
BEEFSTEAK. (Red Ponderosa.) 90 days. A wilt-resistant, 
large variety for home and market garden use. Plant is open 
in habit of growth, heavy. The fruit is large, flat, scarlet, 
rather smooth. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 90c; 14 Ib., $2.70; 1 Ib., $8.00, 
postpaid. 
OXHEART. 90 days. An attractively pink-skinned variety. 
It is exceedingly smooth and tender and almost seedless. 
It has that delicious mild flavor. Rich soil adds greatly to its 
productiveness. A late variety. Pkt., 10c; 0z., $1.35; 14 Ib., 
$4.00; 1 Ib., $12.00, postpaid. 
Oxheart Tomato 
STANTON GARDEN TOMATO. This new garden Tomato was de- 
veloped by F. W. Stanton of Holland, Mich. During the entire life of the 
mother plant it has been fed special formula which gives the seed more vi- 
tality. This shows up in the strength of the plant in resisting disease and with- 
standing considerable drought. Growers report no sun scald during the sum- 
mer of 1949. Plant spreads out to a maximum of 40 inches and holds the 
fruit off the ground. Foliage is moderate and covers the fruit very well. 
Fruits are globe-shaped, uniform in size, about 242 to 3 inches in diameter. 
Mediums to dark red color, solid fruit, some with very few seeds. Sold only 
in sealed packets of true hand counted and tested for germination, as follows: 
25 seeds, 25c; 100 seeds, 90c; 250 seeds, $1.75; 500 seeds, $3.00; 1000 seeds, $5.00, 
postpaid. 
SMALL FRUITED TOMATOES. Used for pickles, preserves, canning, etc. 
Easily grown and yield well. Yellow Plum, Red Pear, Yellow Pear and Red 
Cherry. Price of any of the four varieties: 14 0oz., 30c; 0z., $1.00, postpaid. 
Special: One packet of each of these four varieties for 50c, postpaid. 
SEED TREATMENT PAYS 
Treat your seeds with Semesan disinfectants and assure yourself of a 
crop. 
Seed treatment pays no matter what kind of seed is treated. We 
handle a complete line. 
Yellow Plum Tomatoes 
Hybrid Tomatoes For Forcing 
“Just a Littlhe More of Everything” 
Two important Hybrid Tomatoes, bred and grown by Mr. Roy H. Burghart, and introduced to the trade as a better and 
more vigorous Tomato that is more resistant to wilt and disease. They are ideal greenhouse forcing hybrids, and have 
“just a little more of everything” that is desirable in a Tomato. With increased production at a lower cost, we are able 
to offer these at lower prices, enabling greater distribution and a better crop at lower cost. 
SPARTAN HYBRID. This is a cross between Michigan NORTHERN HYBRID. This is a cross between Michi- 
State Forcing and Cooper’s Special, and is an excellent green- gan State Forcing and Sutton’s Best of All, and is an ideal 
: : ree se hybrid for northern growing, especially in 
house hybrid, a week earlier than the parents and about 20 greenhouse hy } Bay os 5 perverted 
y P CANADA and northern United States. In productivity it is 
per cent more productive in weight and fruit. Color red, 
globular shape, medium size fruit, 5 to 6 ounces in weight, 
about three to pound; growing in clusters six to eight. A 
meaty ‘Tomato, small seed cavity. Vine is more open, giving 
very uniform ripening of fruit. Being extra vigorous in 
growth, it is more resistant to both wilt and disease. 
similar to Spartan Hybrid, but is more vigorous in growing, 
particularly in dark fall and winter weather which is 
prevalent in the North. Vine is open, permitting uniform 
ripening. Fruit is red in color, globular in shape, but is 
smaller, 4 to 5 ounces of solid fruit in clusters of ten to 
twelve. More resistant to wilt and disease on account of its 
vigorous growth. 
Both ef these hybrids are put up in sealed packets, 50 seeds, $1.00; 100 seeds, $1.50; 250 seeds, 
$2.50; 500 seeds, $4.00; 1000 seeds, $7.50; 1/4 oz., $12.50; 1/2 oz., $20.00; oz., 
$35.00, postpaid. 
All prices quoted herein are subject to change without notice. 
