TOMATO—Continued 
Dwarf Champion or Tree Tomato 
83 days 
Fruit—Medium size, pinkish-purple in 
color, flattened globe, smooth and solid. 
Vine—Stocky and compact, self-support- 
ing upright growth with dark green 
foliage. 
A strictly dwarf variety, useful in home 
gardens where space is limited. Not 
very prolific. 
66 days 
Fruit—Bright scarlet, deep flat, fairly 
smooth, crowded in heavy clusters over 
the entire plant. Average 3 inches in 
diameter, meaty interior, acid flavor. 
Vine—Open and spreading with rather 
sparse dark green foliage. 
Popular first early tomato for home or 
early market. 
Earliana 
Firesteel 65 days 
Fruit—Scarlet, large, smooth, flattened 
to deep globe, interior, firm and fleshy, 
medium red with meaty irregular 
divisions and thick walls, uniform in 
ripening. 
Vine—Short, spreading to partly upright, 
self-topping with fairly dense foliage 
giving good coverage to fruit, very 
prolific. 
A good early market and home tomato 
developed by Dr. A. F. Yaeger at the 
North Dakota Agric. College. 
Golden Queen 82 days 
Fruit—Deep_ golden-yellow, flattened 
globe, medium large, smooth, occasional- 
ly becoming russeted, rarely cracks. 
Interior solid, flavor mild with little 
acid. 
Vine—Large, dense foliage giving good 
coverage, bright medium green and 
prolific. Heat and drought tolerant. 
A large yellow variety, used mostly in 
home gardens. 
Greater Baltimore 80 days 
Fruit—Large, deep-flat, smooth, 
good red color. 
Vine—Large and vigorous. An excellent 
cropper. 
A standard main crop canning variety, 
also used for late crop in home gardens. 
solid, 
Grothen’s Globe or Improved 
Break O’Day 70 days 
Fruit—Deep scarlet, medium to large di- 
ameter, globe shaped, smooth and free 
from cracking, firm, solid interior 
which ripens slowly, good quality. 
Vine—Large, open spreading habit, ear- 
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ly, hardy and_ prolific. Heavy dark 
green foliage giving protection against 
sun scald. Best adapted to lighter type 
soils. 
An early maturing wilt resistant variety 
which is becoming increasingly popular 
in Florida and Texas for green wrap 
shipping. An improved Break O’Day 
type with much better color. 
John Baer 73 days 
Almost identical with Bonny Best. Under 
some environments the foliage is den- 
ser, a little darker green and slightly 
heavier stemed. Valuable for home or 
market gardeners and a very good ear- 
ly canner. 
Jubilee 
Jubilee 80 days 
All-America Selection—1943 
Fruit—Orange-yellow, very large, 
smooth, deep round, meaty interior with 
few seeds, flavor mild and sub-acid. 
Vine—Indeterminate, vigorous, uniform, 
and upright. Prolific over a long sea- 
son. A very distinctive variety with 
large, deep orange colored, meaty fruits. 
Excellent for home gardening or market 
use in limited quantity. 
June Pink 
(Pink Earliana) 
Fruit—Medium size, attractive purplish- 
pink, uniform, smooth, somewhat flat- 
tened, solid and meaty. Produced in 
clusters of 6-8 throughout the season. 
Vine—Rather short or determinate, open 
spreading, branches freely. 
Similar to Earliana in every way except 
color. An early shipping and home gar- 
den variety. 
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