e HUBBARD, CHICAGO WARTED 
(Days to Maturity, 110) 
Uses: The leading Winter Squash. Particularly 
desirable for market use. Adapted to freezing. 
Fruit: 14 inches long and 10 inches in diameter, 
globular in shape and pointed at both ends, heavily 
warted and bronze-green at maturity. Weighs 
about 15 pounds. 
Flesh: Orange-yellow, very thick and dry. 
SWISS CHARD 
CULTURE: Sow in spring as soon as ground can 
be worked, in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, covering 
the seed with about | inch of soil. Later thin plants 
to about 4 to 5 inches apart in the row. One ounce 
of seed will plant 100 feet of drill; 6 to 8 pounds 
per acre. 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus 
» @ LUCULLUS 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
Uses: Widely used tor home gardens, also very 
satisfactory for market use. Excellent for freezing. 
Stems: Light green in color, broad and _ thick; 
leaves light green, fleshy, crumpled. 
TOMATOES 
CULTURE: Start early tomato plants indoors, al- 
lowing 4 to 6 weeks to produce plants for setting 
out. Sow in hotbeds or shallow boxes in rows early 
in the year. Seed should be 4 to 6 inches apart and 
> inch deep. When the plants are about 2 inches 
high, transplant into 3-inch pots or shallow boxes 
4 inches apart each way. Transplant in the open 
ground when all danger of frost is past, 3 to 4 feet 
apart each way. Cultivate frequently. An ounce 
will produce about 3,000 plants, or enough for !/> 
acre. 
Richmond, Virginia 
e BONNY BEST 
(Days to Maturity, 53) 
Uses: Market gardens and shipping. 
Vines: Medium height and medium green foliage. 
Fruit: Scarlet-red, oblate to nearly round, me- 
dium sized and smooth. 
e BRIMMER 
(Days to Maturity, 90) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Vines: Large, coarse, spreading, broad, medium 
green foliage. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, extremely large, flat, very 
solid, somewhat irregular, with very tew seeds. 
e JUNE PINK 
(Days to Maturity, 68) 
Uses: Market gardens and shipping. 
Vines: Rather short and spreading. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, somewhat flat, medium size, 
solid. 
e VALIANT TOMATO 
(Days to Maturity, 70) 
Uses: Home and market agardens adapted to 
short season areas and early market. 
Vine: Sparse and open, medium height. 
Fruit: Large for an early variety, bright scarlet 
in color and globe shaped. 
Tomatoes, Rutgers 
e RUTGERS, CERTIFIED 
(Wilt Resistant) 
(Days to Maturity, 80) 
Uses: Market, canning and for juice. Recom- 
mended for the uniform deep red color of the 
flesh. 
Vines: Strong, compact, and prolific. 
Fruit: Bright deep scarlet, ripens from inside out, 
globe shaped, firm. 
e PONDEROSA 
(Days to Maturity, 86) 
Uses: Home gardens. 
Fruit: Purplish pink, extremely large, flat, very 
solid, somewhat irregular, with very few seeds. 
e STONE 
(Days to Maturity, 85) 
Uses: Home and market gardens and canning. 
Vines: Vigorous, long vines protect fruit well. 
Fruit: Scarlet-red, large, flat, smooth, uniform in 
ripening. 
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