Market Gardener's Strain Beauty Tomato Tomatoes
This strain has been carefully selected for a number of years, until it is now far ahead of the seed of this variety usually offered. The photo above is of a basket of these tomatoes which won first premium at the Rocky Ford Fair. On the market 8-pound baskets of these sold readily at 50c per basket, when 20-pound baskets of ordinary tomatoes were selling at 75c per basket-nearly double the price of ordinary tomatoes. It pays to plant only the best. This seed was saved from tomatoes equal to those in the basket above. This strain is not offered through any other source. Those who secure a supply will be fortunate. Remember, an ounce of seed produces 2,500 to 3,000 plants, and at the price per ounce the cost compared with the crop is practically nothing. An excellent sort for home garden or shipping; hardy, strong grower, productive; fruits large, smooth and of excellent quality. Color a glossy crimson tinged with purple. Grows in clusters of four to six large fruits and retains its large size late in the season. The flesh is firm, skin tough, and it seldom rots or cracks after it rains. They can be picked as soon as there is a slight change in color from green, and ripen up nicely, look well and keep a long time after ripe. Price-(10c per pkt.) (50c per ½ oz.) ($1.00 per oz.) ($3.75 per ¼ lb.) ($14.00 per lb.) postpaid. I received one order for 100 pounds of this seed-$1,400.00. Hundreds of the leading tomato growers ordered from 1 ounce to 1 pound. An ounce of this seed may make your crop worth $100.00 more than ordinary seed.
Originally listed in: 1927 Burrell's Seed Catalog
This strain has been carefully selected for a number of years, until it is now far ahead of the seed of this variety usually offered. The photo above is of a basket of these tomatoes which won first premium at the Rocky Ford Fair. On the market 8-pound baskets of these sold readily at 50c per basket, when 20-pound baskets of ordinary tomatoes were selling at 75c per basket-nearly double the price of ordinary tomatoes. It pays to plant only the best. This seed was saved from tomatoes equal to those in the basket above. This strain is not offered through any other source. Those who secure a supply will be fortunate. Remember, an ounce of seed produces 2,500 to 3,000 plants, and at the price per ounce the cost compared with the crop is practically nothing. An excellent sort for home garden or shipping; hardy, strong grower, productive; fruits large, smooth and of excellent quality. Color a glossy crimson tinged with purple. Grows in clusters of four to six large fruits and retains its large size late in the season. The flesh is firm, skin tough, and it seldom rots or cracks after it rains. They can be picked as soon as there is a slight change in color from green, and ripen up nicely, look well and keep a long time after ripe. Price-(10c per pkt.) (50c per ½ oz.) ($1.00 per oz.) ($3.75 per ¼ lb.) ($14.00 per lb.) postpaid. I received one order for 100 pounds of this seed-$1,400.00. Hundreds of the leading tomato growers ordered from 1 ounce to 1 pound. An ounce of this seed may make your crop worth $100.00 more than ordinary seed.
Originally listed in: 1927 Burrell's Seed Catalog