PLANTS & SEED
TOMATO PLANTS OF THE FINEST QUALITY. PLEASE SPECIFY WHEN YOU WANT YOUR TOMATO AND PEPPER PLANTS TO SHIP.
We offer two shipping dates for our tomato and pepper plants. Please specify which date you prefer when placing your order.
EARLY SHIP: APRIL 15 TO MAY 1. To ship your order by these dates, we must receive your order by March 15.
LATE SHIP: MAY 1 TO MAY 15. To ship your order by these dates, we must receive your order by April 10.
00972(X) PASTE COLLECTION. 4 plants each of Amish Paste, Roma, Viva Italia and Opalka. 16 plants total.
00985(X) BIG Collection. 4 plants each of Big Beef, Celebrity, Goliath and Better Boy. 16 plants total.
Hybrids, Pg. 54
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00624 RUTGERS SELECT. One of the best all-pur- pose varieties. Ideal for canning. Ripens evenly from inside out. Excellent flavor – rich, mellow, full-bodied. Bright red fruits with heavy walls, weighing about 7 oz. One of the most attractive. Disease resistant. Indeterminate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $11.95; (L) 1 oz. $20.95.
02350 HUSK TOMATO or GROUND CHERRY. Terrific flavor sort of like a cross between a strawberry and pineapple. Great on morning cereal, as a sweet snack or for making preserves. Small 1/2 oz. fruits in papery husks fall from plants the moment they are ripe. You simply pick them up, remove the husk and enjoy. Determinate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $3.95.
00295 GERMAN RED STRAWBERRY.
Ger-
man heirloom that is the quintessential sandwich to- mato! Delicious and uniform fruits closely resemble straw- berries in color and shape, but are much larger, about 10 oz. and 3-1/2 in. long. Inde- terminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30
$4.15. seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts.
00345 RAINBOW HEIRLOOM MIX. Contains a broad assortment of treasured heirloom varieties that have been around longer than us. Reds, golds, pinks, yel- lows, giants, more. Some of the finest, juiciest eating ever. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15.
00300 GIANT OXHEART. Uniquely shaped pink type resembles a heart. Rosy-pink, smooth fruits weigh 12 oz. to 2 lbs. Flesh is firm, with few seeds. Mild, sweet taste. Matures late. Indeterminate. 90 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.15; 2 pkts. $3.75; (J) 1/4 oz. $9.95.
00574 PONDEROSA GOLD. A Shumway exclusive! A bright golden version of Ponderosa Red (right). Indetermi- nate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (20 seeds) $2.50; 2 pkts. $4.50.
DEROSA RED. Extra-large, low acid type ideal for flavorful slices. Beautiful, big, late tomato. Almost seedless with solid, meaty, deep red flesh. Vigorous vines produce heavily. The standard for flavor – sweet and mild, with old-fashioned, real tomato taste. Inde- terminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $7.95; (L) 1 oz. $13.50.
00580 SCARLET BEEFSTEAK OR PON-
KOZY COAT™. Reusable water filled teepees will reward you with an early season of delicious tomatoes, cucumbers, melons and other heat lov- ing plants. The earlier you plant, the earlier you'll be picking. You don't have to worry about the heavy frost or late blizzards. Protects your plants through the worst spring weather. Even if the water in the Kozy Coat turns to ice, your plant is still pro- tected. The Kozy Coat becomes an igloo, keep- ing in heat and warmth from the soil around your plants. 53725 Pkg. of 3 for $12.95.
SORRY, WE ARE UNABLE TO SHIP TRANSPLANTS TO THE FOLLOWING STATES: AK, AZ, CA, HI, OR and WA.
1 collection $17.95; 2 to 3 collections $15.95 each; 4 or more $14.95 each.
00981(X) HEIRLOOM Collection. 4 plants each of Mortgage Lifter, Brandywine, Caspian Pink and Amish Paste. 16 plants total.
00095 BLACK KRIM. A most unusual variety that does not sacrifice one bit of taste for novelty. Fruits are a dark, deep red color (almost a shiny black) with heavy green shoulders. Interior is a deep reddish-g reen color, with sweet and tasty flesh. A very early vari- ety, only 69 days to maturity. Inde-
Collection Prices:
00984(X) CHERRY TOMATO COLLECTION. These are all deliciously “candy sweet.”
4 plants each of SunSugar (golden cherry), Sweet Million (small red cherry), Sweet Baby Girl (large red cherry) and Jelly Bean (red grape). 16 plants total.
Small-Fruited Varieties 00842 Yellow Pear. Our old-
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variety is superb for sal- ads, preserves or pickling. Clusters of yellow, pear- shaped fruits about 2 in. long
Pkt. $2.45; 2 pkts. $4.35.
terminate. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15.
00299 GIANT BELGIUM. Has huge, sweet, dark pink fruits, weighing 1 to 2 lbs., with smooth blossom ends and a mild, low-acid flavor. Thick meat is so sweet, some growers use them for making tomato wine. Indeterminate. 82-90 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15.
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Indeterminate. 76 days. (A) and 1 in. across. Mild flavor.
00684 SUGAR LUMP. The 1800’s heirloom, remains one of the sweetest small-fruited vari- eties ever developed. Our select strain, originally found in the Bavarian region of Germany, produces long, grape-like bunches of sweet, red fruits mea- suring about 3/4” across. Hardy, indeterminate vines require staking or caging to support the heavy yields of crack-resistant fruit. 72 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $3.85.
00424 LARGE RED CHERRY. The stan- dard salad type with fruits somewhat larger than other cherry types. Tall growing plant pro- duces a big yield of bright red, larger, 1-1/4 in. sweet cherry tomatoes. Delicious flavor for salads, preserving or eating whole. Indeterminate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $1.95; (K) 1/2 oz. $7.95; (L) 1 oz. $13.95.
sure 1” in diameter. Fruits hold stems very well, don’t crack and can be picked several days before com- pletely mature and allowed to ripen off the vine without sacri- ficing quality. Great variety for the home gardener or for packing into pints for market. Indeterminate. 70 days. (A) pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $3.95; 4 pkts. $6.75
53365 TOMATO RING. Designed specifi- cally for growing tomatoes. Made of galvanized spring steel and gives you the best of both a cage and a stake. Ex- perience the con- venient support of a cage and the
53726 Repair Sleeves Pkg. of 10 for $3.95 each.
00186 CHOCOLATE CHERRY. Extremely flavorful, uniform, round, chocolate-red fruits in trusses of 8, mea-
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height and stability of a stake, without the bulk of a cage or tedious tying and retying. Use up to three depending on the expected size of your plant. Simply secure the first one about 1 ft. off the ground, then move the top Ring up as your plant grows. Reusable year after year. $3.95 each.
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