BURPEE’S HYBRID TOMATOES 
1131 BURPEE’S BIG BOY 
Shown in color on the back cover 
Burpee’s 
Big Boy 
78 days. Largest of our true, first generation (F;) Giant Hybrid 
Hybrid tomatoes; many weigh 1 lb. and more, 
average is 10 ozs. Unlike other large 
fruited varieties, Big Boy tomatoes 
are perfectly smooth, deep globe to 
deep oblate in shape and very firm; 
scarlet-red skin, thick walls, with 
bright red meaty flesh of fine flavor 
and excellent quality. At its peak of 
performance in midseason, although 
large fruits are produced late in the 
season when many standard varieties 
decline in yield and size. Ideal hybrid 
for the home and market grower, es- 
pecially roadside sales. 
Plants are very large, extremely 
vigorous, semi-upright to spreading; 
moderately dense dark green foliage 
* protects the fruits from sun scald. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 50¢; 2 pkts. 95¢; 
3 pkts. $1.35; 5 pkts. $2.15; 
1% oz. $10.00 
I have been growing tomatoes for 40 
years and your Big Boy is the largest I have 
ever raised. I cut a cluster from a plant with 
a hacksaw, the largest fruit weighed 2 lbs. 
5 ozs.—the bunch of four weighed 41'% lbs. 
and exhibited same at one of the meetings of 
the Royal Horticultural Society where it 
created a sensation. .. .”’ 
Albert E. Stonely, Tonbridge, England 
Burpee’s Best 3 Hybrid Tomatoes Important — Please Read 
Burpeeana Early (extra early), Burpee Hybrid (early-midseason), HYBRID TOMATO ES 
and Burpee’s Big Boy (giant main-crop) f : 
Hybrid Tomatoes are strong, vigorous growers 
| 7078— SPECIAL: One pkt. each of these three outstanding, and outyield regular varieties, the extra quantities 
¥ highly prolific Fi hybrid tomatoes, $1 coming, in large measure, from the soil. It can be 
3 pkts. in all, value $1.35 for only ‘ readily understood that because Hybrid Tomatoes 
have the ability to produce larger plants and 
higher yield they must be fed more than standard 
tomatoes. Therefore, to produce a maximum crop 
of large fruits, we recommend that you maintain 
good fertility and moisture in your soil, For this 
purpose, it is desirable to make your fertilizer ap- 
plication at the time of planting and, if possible, 
cover the ground around the plants with well- 
rotted manure when plants begin to bloom or set 
their first fruit. Keep watered during dry spells. 
Each hybrid tomato seed is produced by hand 
pollination which requires a great deal of work and 
entails a heavy expense. We strongly urge that 
special care and attention be given to the sowing 
of the seed and the growing of the crop. Extra care 
will repay you in better fruits and a bigger yield. 
Burpee’s 
Hybrid Tomatoes 
were all created on 
Burpee’s Fordhook 
Farms 
11322 BURPEE HYBRID 
70 days. An all-purpose, main-crop, true, 
first generation (F,) hybrid outstanding for the 
quality and rich flavor of its fruits. It is a great 
producer; earlier and more prolific than such 
well-known varieties as Marglobe or Rutgers. 
Fruits are medium to large, firm, thick walled, 
average 8 ozs. in weight, deep globular in shape, 
scarlet-red in color; flesh is meaty and of excel- 
lent quality. Has proved itself to be a valuable 
tomato of wide adaptation for the home garden, 
market grower, ‘“‘green wrap,’’ canning and 
long-distance shipping. Highly recommended. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 40¢; 2 pkts. 75¢; 
3 pkts. $1.05; 5 pkts. $1.65; 1 oz. $8.00 
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