18 QUALITY SEEDS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 
TOMATOES 
Vitamins A b, C b, 
1 oz. should produce 1500 plants 
New York State Certified Seed 
Grown on our farms— Hot Water Treated 
Longred is gaining in popularity each year. 
Smoothness, color and quality make Longred an 
ideal main crop tomato for your garden. 
EARLY VARIETIES 
*449 VALNORTH: 60 days. N. Y. Certified 
Seed. A new, extra early variety developed 
by Dr. Munger of Cornell. Valnorth is at 
least 5 days earlier in fruiting than Valiant 
and it matures the bulk of its crop con- 
siderably earlier. In other respects, except 
that fruit size may average slightly smaller, 
Valnorth is very similar both in habit of 
growth and fruiting to Valiant. We be- 
lieve that because of its extreme earliness 
Valnorth will soon become a highly popular 
variety. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 70¢; oz. $1.10. 
451 VALIANT: 65 days. N. Y. Certified Seed. 
Our most popular early variety because of 
its large size, extra earliness and its ability 
to continue to bear all through the season. 
It has the solid fruit and superior quality 
of the later kinds. Under some conditions 
Valiant is subject to cracking around the 
stem. Pkt. 25¢; 4 oz. 85¢; oz. $1.35. 
450 GEM: 66 days. N. Y. Certified Seed. A 
good early variety ripening a few days after 
Valiant. Fruits are deep round, ripening 
uniformly to a bright red. Plants are 
smaller and more compact permitting closer 
planting than other varieties, an advantage 
to most home gardeners. Gem is out- 
standing in its yield of large, smooth fruits. 
Pkt. 25¢; % oz. 85¢; oz. $1.35. 
ARASAN 
SEED TREATMENT 
Widely used, effective 
on many kinds of vege- 
table and flower seeds. 
Reduces decay of the 
seed in the soil and 
protects plants from 
damping off. 34 02. 25¢; 
8 oz. $1.00, prepaid. 
Try Blossom-Set For Earlier Tomatoes 
Cool temperatures early in the season 
make fruit blossoms fall off. Two or 
three applications of Blossom-Set Hor- 
mone Spray will give you better fruit 
set early. 4 oz. bottle, makes 1-2 gals. 
— 85¢, prepaid. 
Sow tomato seed inside about March 15th. 
Transplant once and set after danger of frost. 
‘Tomatoes that are to be staked may be set as 
close as 2 ft. apart. If not to be staked, set 
plants 4 ft. each way. Dust plants as soon as 
set with Rotenone (see page 33) to protect 
from flea beetles. About July 15th start 
spraying with Manzate as referred to in box 
on this page or dusting with Copodust (see 
page 33). 
MAIN CROP VARIETIES 
*456 LONGRED: 72 days. N. Y. Certified 
Seed. One of the best of the main crop 
varieties, Longred is widely grown by com- 
mercial canners, market growers and home 
gardeners. Introduced by Prof. W. T. ‘Tap- 
ley at the N. Y. S. Experiment Station, 
Longred ripens slightly later than Red 
Jacket and compares well in yield. Fruits 
are exceptionally smooth, deep globe-shaped 
with solid flesh, exceptionally fine rich red 
color and attractive interior. Longred is not 
as mild in flavor as Red Jacket. Vines vigor- 
ous with heavy foliage cover. Pkt. 25¢; 14 
oz. 85¢; 0z. $1.35. 
*455 RED JACKET: 70 days. N. Y. Certified 
Seed. Introduced with Longred by the 
N.Y.S. Experiment Station, Red Jacket, a 
distinct potato-leaved variety has become 
highly popular with commercial canners 
and with home gardeners. Earlier than 
Longred and as heavy or heavier yielding, 
its fruits are large and flatter with some 
tendency for roughened shoulders. Red 
Jacket is outstanding in yield, quality, color 
and mild flavor. Vines vigorous with heavy 
foliage cover. Pkt. 25¢; 4 oz. 85¢; oz. $1.35. 
*460 RUTGERS: 82 days. N. Y. Certified 
Seed. Rutgers is one of the finest varieties 
ever introduced; it is a little late for some 
sections in the North, however. Fruits are 
very large, solid, excellent in color, and fine 
flavored. Vines are large and husky and 
bear heavy crops of fruit that are ideal for 
home use, market and canning. Pkt. 25¢; 
Yy oz. 75¢; oz. $1.20. 
454 QUEENS: 70 days. An outstanding mid- 
season variety developed by Dr. L. G. 
Schermerhorn of Rutgers Univ. Queens has 
many of the fine features of Rutgers and 
is considerably earlier, ripening with Red 
Jacket. Fruits are large, very firm and 
solid, free from cracking, and are a bril- 
liant scarlet with a most attractive interior. 
Its solid flesh, delicious flavor and very 
heavy yields have made it a most popular 
variety. Pkt. 20¢; 1% oz. 70¢; oz. $1.10. 
457 STOKESDALE: 75 days. A dependable 
second early tomato that is popular with 
many growers. Fruits medium sized, with 
a very uniform, smooth, deep globe shape, 
bright scarlet color and fine quality. Vines 
rather open in habit with medium heavy 
foliage. Pkt. 20¢; 14 oz. 60¢; oz. $1.00. 
458 JOHN BAER: 70 days. An old favorite 
that is still popular with many growers. 
The fruit are of moderate size, slightly 
flattened, smooth, and have exceptionally 
fine color and quality. Vines medium 
height, open growth. Pkt. 20¢; 14 0z. 55¢; 
OzZmeoGe 
I have grown your Utah sweet spanish opinion 
plants for two years now. They weighed from 
one-half to one pound each. They kept just wonder- 
ful. Mrs. Stella Crawford 
Jan. 30, 1953 Wellsboro, Penn. 
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Red Top is so prolific that it has practically taken 
the place of all other small-fruited tomatoes. 
SMALL FRUITED VARIETIES 
*470 RED TOP: 72 days. N. Y. Certified 
Seed. A new large plum-shaped tomato 
developed by the N. Y. S. Experiment Sta- 
tion is far superior to older plum tomatoes. 
Excellent for salads, canning whole or -for 
blending with standard varieties to add 
color and body to juice and catsup, or for 
making paste and puree. Red Top fruits 
are 2-4 in. long and 1-114 in. in cross sec- 
tion, firm, bright red, very mild and solid. 
Plants are small, low and compact. Yield is 
amazing. Pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.60. 
469 ITALIAN RED PEAR: 75 days. Large 
pear-shaped tomatoes borne in clusters of 4 
to 7 fruits on vigorous vines. Widely used 
for tomato paste and canning “Italian 
style”. Pkt. 30¢; 14 oz. $1.00; oz. $1.60. 
YELLOW VARIETIES 
464 MORDEN: 65 days. A new early yellow 
tomato that has been very impressive in 
our trials because of ifs heavy yields of 
attractive yellow fruits far earlier than 
Sunray or other yellow varieties. The flesh 
is firm, mild in flavor and of good quality. 
Trial pkt. 25¢. 
465 SUNRAY: 83 days. An outstanding new 
yellow tomato that will be popular with 
home gardeners because of its sweet, mild, 
delicious flavor and handsome yellow- 
orange color. It ripens in season with 
Rutgers, a little late for more Northern 
sections. Pkt. 20¢; 4 oz. 85¢; oz. $1.40. 
TOMATO DISEASE CONTROL 
For control of late blight and other 
tomato diseases the New York State Ex- 
periment Station recommends regular 
spraying with MANZATE, a highly ef- 
fective new fungicide. 14 lb. of Manzate 
is enough to spray an average garden 
planting of tomatoes for the season. 
Price for 14 lb. Manzate, $1.00 postpaid. 
Directions for preparing the spray and 
recommended time for application are 
included with each set. 
We want you to know that we like your sweet 
corn very much. Never had such nice sweet corn 
as your hybrids. Your Wando peas are better 
than advertised as they stand hot weather wonder- 
fully well. 
March 23, 1953 Harold R. Blakeley 
East Aurora, N. Y. 
ORDER INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES WITH YOUR GARDEN SEEDS — PAGE 33 
