- Tomatoes 
1 Oz. for 3000 Plants; 4 Ozs. per Acre 
Our Tomato seeds are all grown 
_ from stock seed of finest quality. 
The ‘selections for purity are 
made from healthy, strong grow- 
. ing vines yielding fruit true to 
type. A uniform standard is set 
for color, thickness, size, dis- 
ease resistance and heavy yield- 
_ ing qualities. No finer strains of 
~ Tomatoes can be found anywhere 
than our high bred stocks. 
_ Culture—For an early crop of 
tomatoes sow about the middle 
of February 1 in. deep in pre- 
pared soil in a hot bed or indoors 
ina seed pan placed at a sunny 
- window. To produce strong 
healthy plants, transplant when 
_ 8 ins. high to small pots or seed 
pans. On the approach of early 
_ Spring place them in a frame, 
admitting fresh air in mild 
weather so as to harden and 
_ make the plants stocky. 
For a late crop sow the seed in a 
warm cold-frame by April Ist, 
sufficiently thin in the row to in- 
sure strong, stocky plants. Dust 
plants with a reliable insecticide 
to protect against disease and 
insects. Transplant in the open 
_ ground the middle of May, if the 
ground is warm, 3% ft. apart in | 
rows 4 ft. apart. They thrive 
* and produce the best fruit yy 
a planted in well fertilized, loamy IN UE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR VARIETIES OF 
il. , shal 1- . 
a clean, shallow cul- jo. 4 TOES, WE HAVE PLACED A STAR % BEFORE EACH VA- 
In a home garden, support the - ; 
B plants with stakes or. trellises RIETY OF WHICH WE HAVE CROWN PICKED CERTIFIED AND 
and pinch the suckers, The fruit CERTIFIED TOMATO SEED. THE REGULAR VARIETIES DO NOT 
‘will then ripen better and be ' ' 
more choice in size and quality. HAVE A STAR * : 
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Tomato 
Certified 
- Pennsylvania State Tomato Seed Certification Requirements 
Tomato Stock Seed—Before any variety can even be entered for certification in Pennsylvania, stock 
~ seed from carefully selected and staked plants must be saved the year previous to certification. 
- We go further than that, as our stock seed is saved from carefully staked plants at least two years 
- previous to certification, and seed from those staked plants proved by test a year in advance of certifica- 
tion. Only the very best strains are used for growing our fields for certification. 
Field Inspection—The Plant Patholegist representing the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of 
. Agriculture, Harrisburg, Pa., and other inspectors of Pennsylvania State College, accompanied by our 
- Company field men, inspect all our tomato fields before the first pickings are made. At least one more 
field inspection is necessary and sometimes one or two after that before these two inspectors are satis- 
fied that the fields are up to the high standards required. During these inspections the fields are rated 
for vigor, and the plants and fruits are carefully examined for disease and trueness to type, whole fields 
being discarded if they do not meet the very strict requirements. 
Inspection of Equipment—The seed saving machines are inspected, and the processes of washing 
and drying of the seed are checked. 
_—s- Germination Tests—Samples of certified tomato seed are taken by state inspectors direct from the 
bagged stocks. These are tested for germination at Harrisburg and certificates issued to our Company. 
% Certification Stickers—The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture issues pink certification stick- 
ers which we paste on each package of Certified and Crown Picked Certified Tomato Seed. These 
stickers state that the tomato seed in the package was inspected and certified by the Pennsylvania 
Department of Agriculture. We guarantee the seed to be part of that inspected and passed in accord-: 
ance with the Pennsylvania rules and regulations for the certification of tomato seed. 
Crown Picked Certified Tomato Seed 
The demand for Crown Picked Tomato Seed has been so great that we have previously been un- 
able to fill the orders for it. We now have Crown Picked Seed of all the certified tomato varieties listed. 
For Crown Picked Seed only the first or crown clusters of fruits are used. Some growers claim that 
crown picked seed is plumper and thorefore produces earlier fruits the following year than the seed 
_ from later pickings. ; 
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