TOMATO—Continued 
Earliana Special 
A specially bred and produced stock with 
greater uniformity, slightly deeper and 
smoother fruits, more freedom from 
green shoulder. 
Firesteel 65 days 
Fruit—scarlet, large, smooth, flattened to 
deep globe; interior medium red with 
meaty irregular divisions and_ thick 
walls. Uniform in ripening. 
Vine—short, spreading to partly upright, 
self-topping with fairly dense foliage 
giving good coverage to fruit. Very 
prolific. 
A good early market and home tomato 
developed by Dr. A. F. Yaeger at the 
North Dakota Agric. College. 
Golden Queen 82 days 
Fruit—deep golden-yellow, flattened globe, 
medium large, smooth, occasionally 
becoming russeted, rarely cracks. In- 
terior solid, flavor mild with little acid. 
Vine—large, dense foliage giving good 
coverage, bright medium green and pro- 
lific. Heat and drought tolerant. 
A large yellow variety, used mostly in 
home gardens, 
Greater Baltimore 80 days 
Fruit—bright scarlet, fairly smooth, large, 
flattened, firm and solid fleshed with 
shallow core; ripens evenly over entire 
surface, making it an ideal canner. 
Vine—large, bushy, strong and vigorous 
with somewhat open growth, moderate 
leaf coverage, a continuous cropper 
usually productive over a wide variety 
of conditions, bearing until frosts. 
A standard main crop canning variety, 
also used for late crop in home gardens. 
Grothen’s Globe or Improved 
Break O’ Day 70 days 
Fruit—deep scarlet, medium to large 
diameter, globe shaped, smooth and free 
from cracking; firm, solid interior which 
ripens slowly, good quality. 
Vine—large, open spreading habit, early, 
hardy and prolific. Heavy dark green 
foliage giving protection against sun 
scald. Best adapted to lighter type soils. 
An early maturing wilt resistant variety 
which is becoming increasingly popular 
in Florida and Texas for green wrap 
shipping. An improved Break O’Day type 
with much better color. 
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73 days 
Fruit—deep scarlet-red, with excellent 
interior color, oblate to round, firm, 
smooth, medium walls and small core, 
flavor outstanding for juice or whole 
pack. 
John Baer 
Vine—medium to large, dark green, vig- 
orous and prolific. 
Almost identical with Bonny Best. Under 
some environments the foliage is denser, 
a little darker green and slightly heavier 
stemmed. Valuable for home or market 
gardeners and a very good early canner, 
Jubilee 
80 days 
Fruit—orange-yellow, very large, smooth, 
deep round, meaty interior with few 
seeds, flavor mild and sub-acid. 
Vine—vigorous, uniform and upright, re- 
quiring minimum growing space; small, 
medium green dense foliage. Prolific 
over a long season. 
A very distinctive variety with large, deep 
orange colored, meaty fruits. Excellent 
for home gardening or market use in 
limited quantity. 
June Pink (Pink Earliana) 70 days 
Fruit—medium size, attractive purplish- 
pink, uniform, smooth, somewhat flat- 
tened, solid and meaty. Produced in 
clusters of 6 to 8 throughout the season. 
Vine—rather _ short, 
branches freely, 
Similar to Earliana in every way except 
color. An early shipping and home 
garden variety. 
open _ spreading, 
