ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved 
strain and more compact. Plants grow erect 
and sturdy with glossy dark green leaves 
heavily crumpled. Widely used for home and 
market gardens and shipping. 
BLOOMSDALE RESELECTED or SAVOY 
LEAVED (40 days)—Develops rapidly and 
a favorite type for most market purposes. 
Produces a large acreage tonnage. Leaves are 
medium size, crumpled and a glossy dark 
green color. 
GIANT NOBEL or GIANT THICK LEAF 
(45 days)—A hardy type, plants vigorous and 
spreading. The dark green leaves are large, 
broad and thick, smooth and tapered to a 
rounded tip, medium green color. 
HOLLANDIA or PRICKLEY WINTER (40 
days)—-Leaves are large, broad and arrow 
shaped, with a pointed tip and dark green 
in color. 
NEW ZEALAND (70 days)—While not a 
true spinach the leaves and tips of branches 
are picked for cooking like spinach. The plant 
is large and much branched with small, fleshy, 
deep green leaves. The large seeds are 
horned, brownish, hard and slow to germinate. 
KING OF DENMARK (45 to 48 days)— 
Plant is large and spreading, slow bolting. 
Leaves are medium sized, broad, rounded, 
dark green color, borne on long stalks. 
Tomatoes 
The modern highly bred tomato varieties 
appear to have derived from wild forms 
found in Peru, similar to our small-fruited 
types. Different forms were introduced into 
Europe and North America which became 
parent stock for numerous natural and arti- 
ficial crosses. Less than a hundred years ago 
tomatoes or “love apples” as they were then 
called, were grown for ornaments and not 
food, as looked upon with suspicion, perhaps 
as a cause of various diseases. Tomatoes were 
first used for food in Italy, then France and 
England. Modern types appear to have come 
on the market in this country during the 19th 
—29 
century. The first record of this fruit quoted 
on the market was in New Orleans in 1812. 
Seedsmen first offered tomatoes in 1818 and 
1835. 
Tomato is a strong feeding plant and re- 
quires a well drained soil amply fortified 
with nutrients. Most types of garden soils 
manured or fertilized grow the plants well. 
The seed is sown in flats, hotbeds or green- 
houses, usually 6 to 8 weeks before transplant- 
ing into the garden. Set out in open ground 
3 to 4 feet apart each way. In garden plots 
plants should be tied to stakes or a trellis. 
Three ounces of seed will provide plants for 
an acre. An ounce should give about 1500 
plants. Commercial grown plants are avail- 
able on most markets. Two dozen plants set 
out in a small backyard garden will give a 
surprising amount of delicious fresh food all 
summer. 
BISON—See Bounty. 
BONNY BEST, CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL, 
JOHN BAER (73 days)—Plants grow medium 
high bearing bright scarlet fruits, flattened 
globe shape, averaging around 5 ounces in 
weight. A standard second early variety for 
home and market gardens, and shipping. 
BOUNTY (65 days)—-An improved type 
superseding Bison and Victor. A prolific early 
variety and heavy yielder. Fruits are medium 
size about 4% ounces, globular, smooth, and 
orange-searlet in color. 
BREAK O’ DAY (70 days)—A fairly large 
plant, with open spreading growth habit and 
a prolific yielder. Fruit is medium large and 
smooth, averaging about 6 ounces, globe- 
shaped, a bright orange-scarlet color. 
CHALK’S EARLY JEWEL (See Bonny 
Best, to which it is practically identical). 
CRIMSON CUSHION, BEEFSTEAK, RED 
PONDEROSA (98 days)—Plant matures late, 
with open growth habit, medium green color. 
Fruit very large, flattened, borne in clusters, 
similar to Ponderosa except a crimson color. 
Favorite with home gardeners wanting large 
tomatoes. 
DWARF CHAMPION or TREE (85 days) 
—Plant is compact and stocky with tree-like 
shape and dark green foliage. Fruits are mod- 
erate in size, smooth and solid, pinkish-purple 
A home 
in color, a flattened globe shape. 
garden variety using little space. 
EARLIANA (66 to 69 days)—Plant me- 
dium small, open and sprawling with sparse 
to medium dark green foliage. Fruit grows 
in crowded clusters, flattened and firm and 
a bright red color, weighing 4 to 5 ounces. 
Popular as an early tomato and in areas with 
short seasons. 
FIRESTEEL (65 days)—A prolific, small 
to medium plant, self-topping with fairly good 
foliage cover. The large smooth scarlet fruits 
average around 5 ounces with nearly globular 
shape; firm and fleshy, a good early sort for 
home gardens and market. 
GOLDEN QUEEN (84 days)—A standard 
selection for those who prefer a yellow va- 
riety. Plant of medium size, produces dense, 
medium green foliage giving good cover. 
Fruits are medium large, average 4% to 5% 
ounces, smooth, a golden yellow color and a 
flattened globe shape. 
