GOOD TOMA
SHUMWAY’S SUPERIOR STANDARD TOMATO SEED. Hybrids, Pg. 54.
TO SEED Q Buckbee’s Abraham Lincoln
ABRAHAM LINCOLN – A Shumway exclusive since 1923. Remarkably smooth and mild tast- ing, fruits weight up to 1 lb. Developed at our seed farms in Rockford, IL and named after Illinois greatest son. Extra large tomatoes, sometimes setting as many as 9 fruits in a cluster. This is the original Abraham Lincoln as it was back in the 1920’s.
00014 ORIGINAL ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Beautiful dark red fruits, sweet, solid and meaty. Smooth, crack resistant, large size fruits ripen all the way through. Ideal for catsup, juice, slicing. Sturdy indeterminate plants. 87 days. (A) Pkt. (20 seeds) $2.25; 2 pkts. $3.85; (J) 1/4 oz. $11.50; (L) 1 oz. $38.50.
Sow in flats 6 to 8 weeks prior to transplanting outdoors. Tomato seed will not germinate in cool soil. Be sure soil temperature is at least 75°F. Plant seed 1/4 in. deep. When plants are 1-1/2 in. high, transplant into Jiffy pots. Trans- plant outdoors 3 to 4 ft. apart only when night time tem- perature stays above 45°F. Maturity dates are from date of outdoor transplanting.
Culture.
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Paste-Type Varieties
PASTE. “Real tomato taste” in a turn-of- the-century Amish heirloom. The best for sauces and canning. Bright red fruits are large for canning types, about 8 oz., and not too acid- ic. Excellent for slicing fresh, too! Indetermi- nate. 74 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.15; 2 pkts. $3.90; (F) 1/16 oz. $8.50; (J) 1/4 oz. $17.95.
00029 AMISH
00618 ROMA. Best-known paste-type, in- dispensable for sauce, paste and catsup. Bears big crops of bright red, plum-shaped fruits with meaty interiors and few seeds. Excellent for can- ning whole or for adding body to juice. Disease resistant. Determinate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $7.50; (L) 1 oz. $12.50.
50440 BLOSSOM SET.
Encourages
blossoms to set toma- toes under adverse conditions.
ripe fruit 3 weeks ear- lier.
00450 MARGLOBE SELECT. Perhaps the most beautiful fruit of all, a perfect globe shape, with a pleasant sweet flavor. Heavy, uniform vine growth. Tolerant of Fusarium Wilt. High yields of large, red, uniform, sweet, globe-shaped fruits. Thick walls. Determinate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $6.95; (L) 1 oz. $11.95.
More Heirlooms!
00347 HILLBILLY. An ancient heir- loom from the hills of West Virginia. Huge, mild-flavored, beefsteak-type fruits weigh 1 to 2 lbs. Color is a most unusual orange-yellow, streaked and mottled in red and pink. 85 days. Indeterminate. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.55; 2 pkts. $4.45; (F) 1/16 oz. $6.95; (J) 1/4 oz. $14.50.
tures large, ridge-shouldered fruits, yellow with pinkish-red stripes. Quite mild, low acid. Indeterminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.25; 2 pkts. $3.85; (F) 1/16 oz. $8.50; (J) 1/4 oz. $17.50.
00506 MR. STRIPEY. An old heir- loom from the Mid-Atlantic region. Fea-
00481 MORTGAGE LIFTER. Said to have prevented bankruptcy. In the ‘30s, a guy nicknamed Radiator Charlie was in tough financial shape. He crossed heirloom tomatoes German Johnson, Beefsteak and sev- eral others, finally getting this terrific variety. He named it Mortgage Lifter because he made enough money selling fruit and plants of this huge, meaty, sweet, pink skinned tomato to get out of hock and pay off his mortgage. Indeterminate. 75-85 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (D) 1/32 oz. $5.95.
Harvest
spray causes blossoms to set and produce larger, meatier, almost seedless tomatoes. Use on other vegetables, too. 8 oz. pump spray $6.95.
Hormone-type
00030 AMISH SALAD. This pink cherry tomato seems to last forever on the vines. Abundant oval fruits literally sit there for weeks without rotting. The taste of this old-timer is mild and pleasant, and heavy fruit production continues unabated throughout the summer. Indeterminate plants grow very large with remarkable tolerance to diseases. Pink oval cherry fruits are almost always blemish free, weighing up to 2 oz. This tomato is the exception to the rule that heirloom tomatoes have softer flesh than their cousin hy- brids. These fruits are very firm. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $3.95.
00170 CASPIAN PINK. The first tomato to beat Brandy- wine in taste tests! We all love Brandywine – that wonderful Amish treasure generally considered to be the world’s finest flavored tomato. But in California trials, heirloom Caspian Pink has beaten Brandywine for several years! Originally grown in Russia in the area between the Caspian and Black Seas. 80 days. Indeterminate. (A) pkt. (30 seeds) $2.25; 2 pkts. $4.15; (D) 1/32 oz. $5.75.
83032 TOMATO HOLDER. There are two sure ways to avoid cutting yourself when slicing tomatoes. 1. Have someone else hold the tomato. 2. Use this tomato holder. Gives you a firm, safe grip, and knife slots measure perfect slices every time. Great invention. Alu- minum. Buy one for yourself and get another as a gift for a friend or relative. $8.95 each; 2 for $15.75.
00380 CLIMBING TRIP-L-CROP. Our
only climbing type pro- duces enormous yields. Vine grows 10 to 15 ft. tall and should be sup- ported on a trellis. Each vine produces as many as 2 to 3 bushels of to- matoes. Fruits are rich red, meaty and large. Fine beefsteak flavor. Excellent for canning. Indeterminate. 85 days. (A) Pkt. $1.95; (J) 1/4 oz. $10.50; (K) 1/2 oz. $17.50.
Find Our Best, Unusual Heirloom Tomatoes! See Pages 3 & 4. BRANDYWINE, BOX CAR WILLIE & WHITE SNOWBALL
00289 GERMAN JOHNSON PINK. An old heirloom favorite of the Pennsylvania Dutch, as far south as the Car- olinas. Large, rough, pink fruits, with yellow shoulders. Mild and meaty with low acid content. Indeterminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (J) 1/4 oz. $13.95.
00350 HOMESTEAD. Our best variety for areas of the Deep South where temperatures get extremely hot. Fruits are medium-large, weighing about 8 oz. each, smooth, dark red, meaty and flavorful. Good disease resistance. No staking needed. Determinate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $7.95.
00418 KENTUCKY BEEFSTEAK. An old heirloom from the hills of eastern Kentucky. Enormous fruits of a beautiful, deep orange color, weighing up to 2 lbs., without the roughness usually associated with old beefsteak types. Indeter- minate. 115 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15.
00188 CHEROKEE PURPLE. A remarkable coloration of a medium pink-purple, almost brown. Originally given by Native Americans to early Appalachian settlers from Pennsyl- vania to Georgia. Large, round fruits, crack-free, weigh 8 to 12 oz. Indeterminate. 85 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (D) 1/32 oz. $10.98.
00519 OLD GERMAN. An old heirloom originally grown by the Mennonite community of Virginia and one of the best ever for slic- ing. Fruits are huge, often weighing 1-1/2 to 2 lbs., with an unusual boat shape. Color is golden-yellow, with red to pink stripes going through to the core. Striping varies from fruit to fruit. 75 days. Indeterminate. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (F) 1/16 oz. $6.50; (J) 1/4 oz. $11.50.
00316 GOLDEN JUBILEE. Golden-orange skin makes it mild in flavor and low in acid. One of the best varieties for tomato juice. Very similar to the red varieties in shape, smoothness and heavy yields. Bright, golden-orange fruits, 2-1/2 to 3 in. across. Indeterminate. 72 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $6.95; (L) 1 oz. $11.95.
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