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RUTGER’S MAIN toy) 
Favorite for Canning 
765. This great tomato is the best, large, red, main crop 
tomato of them all, The fruits are large and the quality 
is unsurpassed. The plants are strong and have just 
enough foliage to protect the fruits from sun scald. The 
large, bright scarlet tomatoes ripen from the inside out, 
evenly all the way through. The deep red, solid flesh is 
exceptionally fine for slicing and canning. You'll get a 
larger. yield from Rutger’s than any other variety we 
know of. An all around, all purpose, home garden 
tomato, 
Big Pkt. (over 800 seeds) 15c; 2 oz. 35¢; 
ounce 60c; 1, Ib. $1.65, Postpaid 
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Weeks Ahead of Main Crop Varieties 
RED CLOUD 
Made wonderful records again last year 
against very unfavorable conditions. 
761. (57 days.) You have never seen a tomato like Red 
Cloud. They are firm, smooth, meaty, and medium size 
. exactly the kind you prefer for slicing and canning. 
Red Cloud ripens unbelievably early! Plants set out 
early in May yield some ripe tomatoes in Mid-July and 
will be in full production by August Ist. You can be 
eating Red Cloud out of your garden when tomatoes 
are selling for 7c to 10c apiece. Order Today. 
Pkt. 15; Vs ox. 35¢; V2 ox. 60c, Postpaid 
ORANGE JUBILEE 
767. (75 days) A big, smooth tomato of the Rutger type, 
that ripens to a real orange tomato. Makes a beautiful 
salad plate when sliced with red tomatoes: A delicious 
flavor, and non-acid, too . , . ideal for acid-free diets. 
Pkt. 15¢; V4 ox. 35¢; Y2 oz. 65¢, Postpaid. 
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TOMATOES 
CULTURE: 1 packet produces 100 plants; 1 ounce about 1500 
plants. Four or five weeks ahead of when you want to set plants 
in the garden start the seed in a hotbed or small box in the win- 
dow. Piant rows 3 inches apart, cover %4 to % inch deep. When 
plants are 1 inch high transplant to 1 inch apart each way. When 
all danger of frost is past set the plants in the garden 3 to 4 
feet apart each way. 
Central 
America 
MAYAN HUSK TOMATO 
775. (70 days) Grown for food by the Mayan 
and Aztec civilizations before Columbus. dis- 
covered America, this annual fruit is delicious 
raw or cooked ... in salads, as garnish, prepared 
as a vegetable or as a fruit in sauces, marma- 
lades and pastry fillings. Easy to grow. 
Packet (about 250 seeds) 25c, Postpaid. 
SIOUX 
Smoothest Large Early Tomato 
762. (65 days) The fruit is large, extra smooth, and 
much more meaty-solid than the old varieties. Sioux 
‘ripens uniformly to a beautiful bright red (no green 
shoulders or spots) and the flavor is truly delicious. Be 
sure you have Sioux in your garden this year. You'll 
agree it is a great variety. Big Pkt. 15¢; Y4 ounce 30c; 
ounce 90c, Postpaid. 
(See Plant prices at the right.) 
757. MARGLOBE. (77 days.) Always produces a fine crop 
of very uniform, smooth, round, solid fruits, Marglobe 
is a great big fellow, bright red, very productive. 
Pkt. 10c; Yo oz. 30c; ounce 45c; VY, Ib. $1.55, Postpaid 
756. PONDEROSA. (88 days.) The great big tomato. 
Big Pkt. 15c; /2 oz. 55c; ounce $1.00, Postpaid 
755, RED OXHEART. (90 days.) Enormous tapering fruit. 
Big Fkt. 15c; 2 oz. 55c; ounce $1.00, Postpaid 
759. WHITE QUEEN. (78 days.) Delicate, mild, anti- 
acid. Ivory white. Pkt. 15¢; ¥2 oz. 45c, Postpaid. 
See page 27 for our gifts to you. 
TOMATO PLANTS 
BETTER and MORE CONVENIENT © 
For FAST GROWTH and EARLY BEARING 
you can't beat these OUTDOOR GROWN Tomato 
Plants. They are tough and sturdy. They start 
quicker, grow faster and bear earlier than the soft 
tender hot house plants. Shipment made at the 
proper time for your territory after frost danger is 
past. We will ship early if you tell us to on your 3 
order. (We cannot make shipments of smaller 
quantities than listed.) 
Your Choice—Postpaid 
741. Rutger 
743. Red Cloud 
744. Sioux 
25 Plants 74¢ 
50 Plants $1.15 
100 Plants $1.75 é 
200 Plants $2.25 
500 Plants $3.98 
Order No. 748 | 
MAY’S HYBRID BEST-ALL 
Super Outdoor-Grown 
TRANSPLANTS 
Heavier Root Growth! 
Stockier, Sturdier Plants! 
As ransplants have a 
real HEAD START 
795. Rutger 797. Sioux 
796. Red Cloud 
25 Plants $1.00 
50 Plants, $1.49, Postpaid 
Ezhl May TOMATO DUST | 
A combination Fungicide—Insecticide designed | 
“expressly for the control of both Early and Late | 
Blight on tomatoes. 1 Ib, Sifter-top can, 65¢; 
3 Ib. bag, $1.25, Postpaid. Ne 
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PROTECT YOUR PLANTS | 
WITH HOTKAPS 
25 Hotkaps $1.00; 100 Hotkaps $3.25 
250 Hotkaps $6.00, Postpaid. 
PRESERVING TOMATOES 
784, YELLOW PEAR, Pkt. 15c; 1/2 oz. 40c, Postpaid. 
786. YELLOW GROUND CHERRY. Prized for preserves. 
Pkt. 15¢, Postpaid. a 
BIGGER — BETTER — EARLIER TOMATOES 
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