JUMBO HUSK TOMATO 
Very popular vegetable from Mexico, known 
in Spanish as “Tomate de Fresadia.” Belonging 
to the tomato family, fruits are very similar with 
the exception of being enclosed in a husk. Fruit 
interior completely solid without seed cells and 
with a very sweet non-acid flavor. This is a 
jumbo-size strain, often reaching more than two 
inches in diameter. The husk is a natural pro- 
tectant against sun scald and even heavy frosts. 
Maturity is about 65 days, bearing continuously 
for a long period. Large bushy plants appear 
similar to the common ground cherry, but much 
larger. Very easy to grow and adapted to most 
states. Seed is sown in a flat and seedlings 
transplanted the same as common _ tomatoes. 
The Mexicans combine the fruit with hot peppers in preparing a delightful 
salad, counteracting much of the hotness of the peppers. 
Pkt. 25c; 14 oz. 90c 
YARD LONG BEANS 
(Black Seeded) 
A new strain of super-long pole 
beans, pods attaining much greater 
length than the common brown 
seeded strain, now listed by several 
seed companies. This super strain 
originated from South American, the 
actual origination of the brown seed- 
ed strain. If you like to experiment 
in your garden, try these super-long 
string beans on good rich soil and 
watch the pods compete with a yard 
stick. Pkt. (about 20 seeds) 25c 
THOSE STRANGE ISLANDS 
About 600 miles off the coast and 
belonging to Ecuador are a group of 
small islands known as The Gala- 
pagos. It is verily a land of con- 
fusion and violent contrasts, for in 
that area the cold Antarctic Humbolt 
current blends with the warm cur- 
rents of the Equator. There on those 
small islands one can see things that 
make you rub your eyes. Penguins 
from the south polar seas rubbing 
shoulders with tropical parrots. Pop- 
ulation there is very small, which in- 
cludes a penal colony and a few scat- 
tered’ residents. In a man’s yard, one 
will see an apple tree bearing fruit 
and within 20 or 30 feet of it an 
orange tree also bearing fruit. Very 
often there you can see several 
square miles of water so teeming 
with fish that it looks like a solid, 
but movable body. 
TOMATOES, THE HEALTH BUILDERS 
Just to prove to curselves that the toma- 
to is as healthy as we always knew it was, 
the USDA has found that the composition 
of fresh tomatoes, chemically, is as follows: 
Water, 91.1 per cent; carbohydrate, 3.4 
per cent; protein, 1.0 per cent; fiber, .6 per 
cent; fat, .3 per cent; ash .6 per cent. The 
ash contains calcium, .011 per cent; phos- 
Phorus, .026 per cent; iron, .00044 per cent; 
copper, .00007 per cent. 
In the vitamin department, the tomato 
has ascorbic acid (vitamin C), vitamin A, 
niacin and thiamin (vitamin B-1). Forty- 
five per cent of the dietary allowance of 
vitamin C for an average man is supplied 
by one average-size tomato (2% inches) 
‘and 33 per cent of the same man’s needs of 
vitamin A, 6 per cent of the niacin and 
thiamin he will need plus 7% per cent of 
the iron allowance for the day. : 
The moral to this is: EAT MORE 
TOMATOES. 
