3 Tomatoes 
I Oz. for 3000 Plants; 4 Ozs. per Acre 
4 Our Tomato seeds are all grown 
from stock seed of finest quality. 
= The selections for purity are 
ir made from healthy, strong grow- 
fe ing vines yielding fruit true to 
type. A uniform standard is set 
for color, thickness, size, dis- . 
ease resistance and heavy yield- 
3 ing qualities. No finer strains of 
& Tomatoes can be found anywhere 
i than our high bred stocks. 
+ Culture—For an early crop of 
tomatoes sow about the middle 
of February % in. deep in pre- 
pared soil in a hot bed or indoors 
in a seed pan placed at a sunny 
window. To produce strong 
healthy plants, transplant when 
3 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 
= B Marglobe 
to protect against disease and Tomato 
insects. Transplant in the open Certified 
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 
planted in well fertilized, lamy IN THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTIONS OF OUR VARIETIES OF 
il. , shal iz 
fete eh Allow CU TOMATOES, WE.HAVE PLACED-A STAR *% BEFORE EACH VA- 
By it.2 home garden, support the RipTy OF WHICH WE HAVE GROWN PICKED CERTIFIED AND 
-plants with stakes or trellises 
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 *% 
ll Ss eee 
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 Pathologist 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. ; 
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 therefore produces earlier fruits the following year than the seed 
from later pickings. 
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