Selecting The Best Strains In Twilley’s Tomato Trials 
GROTHEN’S RED GLOBE CERTIFIED — 
70 days. An early maturing, variety, much 
like Break O'Day, but larger. Very popular 
in the South for shipping. The core ripens 
slowly, and the heavy walls make it a very 
solid shipper. Open foliage, color and size 
like Marglobe, but a week earlier. 659—Pkt. 
10c; 1/4 oz. 50c: oz. 75c; 1/4 lb. $2.25; 1% lb. 
$3.75: Ib; $7.25. 
omato Seed” 
When I was fourteen my father gave 
me an acre of land. “Make and save all 
you can,” he said. “You must learn how 
to make a dollar.” 
I planted tomatoes, but most of the 
crop died before harvest. From the Mary- 
land Experiment Station I learned Fu- 
sarium wilt had ruined my crop. The 
next spring I secured some wilt resistant 
tomato seed developed by the Station. 
My neighbors liked the new tomato va- 
riety. “Will you sell us seed?” they ask- 
ed. I did, and started in the seed bus- 
iness. Growing tomato seed paid my way 
thru the Maryland Agricultural College. 
I continued to farm with my father, 
growing more tomato seed. Orders began 
to come from distant states, and I started 
to print a catalog. Yes, all this business 
grew out of a single package of tomato 
seed, 
FIRESTEEL—62 days. Produces remarkably 
large fruits for a very early variety. Fire- 
steel sets very heavy crops in hot, dry weath- 
er when other varieties drop their blossoms. 
Smooth, globe, bright scarlet fruits. Has a 
small vine, and may be planted close in the 
row. 672—Pkt. 10c: 14 oz. 40c: oz. 75c: Y4 
Ib. $2.25: 14 lb. $3.75; lb. $6.75. 
WILT RESISTANT GROTHEN GLOBE.—A strain cf Grothen Globe that is resistant to fusarium 
wilt and used where this disease is a problem.Prices: Pkt. 15c; Oz. 80c: 1/4 lb. $2.50; 1% lb. $4. 
00; lb. $8.00. Postpaid. 
Indark Tomato - New Wilt Resistant 
Has Greater Wilt Resistance Than Most Varieties 
A new variety offered for the first time in 1955. Developed by Dr. Victor Watts of the 
Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. Because of the extensive assistance of the Indi- 
ana Agricultural Station in testing this variety, Dr. Watts named it Indark in joint tribute to 
Arkansas and Indiana. 
Indark is highly resistant to fusarium wilt. No wilt symptoms have ever been seen in 
Indark, even on soils so badly infested that Rutgers failed to ripen any fruit. Indark makes 
vigorous growth and produces larger tomatoes than Rutgers. The fruits are nearly round in 
shape; very meaty, ripen from inside out.to a rich red color, and are relatively free from crack- 
ing. Season of maturity is with, or slightly earlier than Rutgers. Indark has produced more 
fruit of No. 1 Grade in trials than Rutgers. We offer hand saved seed from our 1954 crop. 
Prices—Pkt. 20c; 1/ oz. 60c; oz. $1.00; 1/4 lb. $3.50; 14 lb. $6.25; lb. $12.00. Postpaid. 
Wiseonsin 50 Tomato. 
A Great Midwest Tomato - Grows Well Everywhere 
This new variety, developed by the Wisconsin Experiment Station is one of the best we 
have ever grown. It has vigor, earliness, high yield, pretty globe fruits, and real color. 
Wisconsin 55 was produced from crosses made with John Baer, Del Monte, Early Balti- 
more and Redskin. This double cross has produced a new variety of real merit. The fruits 
average much larger than John Baer, Bonny Best and Stokesdale. It has some wilt resistance. 
The mature fruits are deep globe, firm, with small core, and quite free from growth cracks. 
One of the best for canning. 
Under Midwest conditions Wisconsin 55 begins to ripen in 70 to 80 days after transplant- 
ing to the field. Vine growth is large, quite open, and bears profusely until frost. Hand Sav- 
ed Seed. 660—Pkt. 15c: 14 Oz. 40c: Oz. 75c; 14 lb. $2.25. Postpaid. 
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