ALPINE (60 Days) 
An extra-ordinary new early red variety de- 
veloped at the Cheyenne Horticultural Field 
Station in Wyoming. Medium size vine, dense 
foliage for an early strain and very healthy. 
Semi-determinate,. but can be used for staking 
in a two-stalk system. A very heavy yielder, 
setting fruit very freely under cool tempera- 
tures. Slightly flattened globular fruits are very 
solid and meaty. Ripens to a beautiful deep 
red color, evenly over the entire fruit, without 
green or yellow shoulders. Fruit does not dis- 
color even when in contact with the ground, an 
unusual characteristic not found in other va- 
rieties. Medium size, averages very uniform. 
Most notable is the exceptionally tough skin, 
resisting cracks almost completely. Flavor is 
semi-acid and very delicious. 
Pkt. (about 600 seeds) 25c; '%4 oz. 90c; 
1 oz. $3.50; '% Ib. $11.75 
(Background 1” Squares) 
Mis-shapen fruits in tomatoes are caused by cool and below normal temperatures when 
blossoms are setting, causing distortion of the ovary, which is the part of the flower 
containing the embryo seeds, eventually becoming the fruit. 
POTENTATE (60 Days) 
A forcing tomato for early market used in England 
and New Zealand. A typical early staking variety. Vine 
growth medium size, vigorous, becoming semi-open at 
ripening time. Potentate sets heavy early fruit clusters 
very freely as noted in the photograph, ranging from 
small to medium in size and of a most uniform, globular 
MARMANDE (60 Days) 
One of the important extra early strains 
used in Israel. A leading variety in their 
country for many years. Originated in 
France, migrated to Algiers and thence be- 
came established in Israel. Vine growth 
small to medium in size, determinate, quite 
similar to Victor, but having much greater 
foliage coverage. Plants are very healthy. 
A big yielder of medium to large-size fruits, 
very flat and many oblong in shape, Its good 
red color and fruit quality is sufficient to be 
used for canning. Australia and New Zea- 
land use dwarf strains, such as Marmande 
and others, for their canneries. 
Pkt. (about 600 seeds) 25c; '%4 oz. 90c; 
1 oz. $3.50 
shape. Skin is tough and highly resistant to cracking. 
Bright red fruits are mild in flavor. A very heavy early 
yielder under cool or adverse growing conditions. 
Pkt. (about 600 seeds) 25c; 4 oz. 90c; 1 oz. $3.50 
“This variety does nicely for me in a cool greenhouse; 
does not even object to temperatures near frosting now 
and then, and will set fruit even in rather cool weather.” 
Mr. J. Morton Franklin, 
Horticultural Consultant, 
Falls Church, Va. 
