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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 weigh 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. $12.95; (L) 1 oz. $41.95.
Sow in fl ats 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 acidic. Excellent for slic- ing fresh, too! Indeterminate. 74 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.25; 2 pkts. $3.90; (F) 1/16 oz. $8.95; (J) 1/4 oz. $19.95.
00029 AMISH 00618 ROMA. Best-known paste-type,
pensable for sauce, paste and catsup. Bears big crops of bright red, plum-shaped fruits with meaty interiors and few seeds. Excellent for canning whole or for adding body to juice. Disease resistant. Deter- minate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $7.95; (L) 1 oz. $13.50.
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00170 CASPIAN PINK. The fi rst tomato to beat Bran- dywine in taste tests! We all love Brandywine – that wonder- ful Amish treasure generally considered to be the world’s fi nest fl avored 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.
00624 RUTGERS. One of the best all-purpose varieties. Ideal for canning. Ripens evenly from inside out. Excellent fl avor – rich, mellow, full-bodied. Bright red fruits with heavy walls, weighing about 7 oz. One of the most attractive. Dis- ease resistant. Determinate. 75 days. (A) Pkt. $2.15; (K) 1/2 oz. $11.95; (L) 1 oz. $20.95.
50440 BLOSSOM SET.
Encourages
blossoms to set toma- toes under adverse conditions.
ripe fruit 3 weeks earli- er. Hormone-type spray causes blossoms to set and produce larger, meatier, almost seedless tomatoes. Use on other vegetables, too. 8 oz. pump spray $6.95.
Harvest
00316 GOLDEN JUBILEE. Golden-orange skin makes it mild in fl avor 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. $2.25; (K) 1/2 oz. $8.50; (L) 1 oz. $14.95.
00450 MARGLOBE IMPROVED. Perhaps the most beautiful fruit of all, a perfect globe shape, with a pleasant sweet fl avor. 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. $2.25; (K) 1/2 oz. $8.50; (L) 1 oz. $14.95.
More Heirlooms!
00347 HILLBILLY. An ancient heirloom from the hills of West Virginia. Huge, mild- fl avored, beefsteak-type fruits weigh 1 to 2 lbs. Color is a most unusual orange-yellow, streaked and mottled in red and pink. 85 days. Indetermi- nate. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.55; 2 pkts. $4.45; (F) 1/16 oz. $6.95; (J) 1/4 oz. $14.50.
00506 MR. STRIPEY. An old heirloom from the Mid-Atlantic region. Features large, ridge-shouldered fruits, yellow with pinkish-red stripes. Quite mild, low acid. Indeterminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (F) 1/16 oz. $9.50; (J) 1/4 oz. $21.50.
00481 MORTGAGE LIFTER. Said to have prevented bankruptcy. In the ‘30s, a guy nicknamed Radiator Charlie was in tough fi nancial shape. He crossed heirloom tomatoes German Johnson, Beefsteak and several others, fi nally getting this terrifi c variety. He named it Mortgage Lifter because he made enough money selling fruit and plants of this huge, meaty, sweet, pink skinned to- mato 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.
Find Our Best, Unusual Heirloom Tomatoes! See Page 4. BRANDYWINE & BOX CAR WILLIE
53886 TOMATO PATIO PLANTERS. Easy-to-use planters for balcony and patio gardens. The perfect solution for people who want to garden, but don’t have the space. These tomato-red bags are bright accents for patios and have a rein- forced woven handle on each side so they’re easy to slide around. Constructed of tough polyethylene and made to last for several seasons. Equipped with reinforced drainage holes so plants don’t become waterlogged. Each bag is 14 in. in diameter, 18 in. deep and can accommodate 2 or 3 plants depending on variety. Pkg. of 3 planters $12.95.
00289 GERMAN JOHNSON PINK. An old heir- loom favorite of the Pennsylvania Dutch, as far south as the Carolinas. Large, rough, pink fruits, with yellow shoul- ders. Mild and meaty with low acid content. Indeterminate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $2.35; 2 pkts. $4.15; (J) 1/4 oz. $15.95.
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 fl avorful. Good disease resistance. No stak- ing needed. Determinate. 80 days. (A) Pkt. $2.25; (K) 1/2 oz. $9.95.
00188 CHEROKEE PURPLE. A remarkable color- ation of a medium pink-purple, almost brown. Originally given by Native Americans to early Appalachian settlers from Pennsylvania 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.
00455 MARIANNA’S PEACE. An heirloom with old-fashioned tomato fl a- vor. Pinkish-red, beefsteak-type, 1 to 2 lb. fruits have thick red fl esh, with a perfectly balanced sweet, yet acidic fl avor. A potato-leaf variety that produces good yields. In taste trials, it was judged the best tasting tomato. Indeterminate. 80-85 days. (A) Pkt. (30 seeds) $1.95; 2 pkts. $3.50; 4 pkts. $6.25.
00380 CLIMBING TRIP-L-CROP. Our only climbing type produces enormous yields. Vine grows 10 to 15 ft. tall and should be supported on a trellis. Each vine produces as many as 2 to 3 bushels of tomatoes. Fruits are rich red, meaty and large. Fine beefsteak fl a- vor. Excellent for canning. Indeterminate. 85 days. (A) Pkt. $1.95; (J) 1/4 oz. $10.50; (K) 1/2 oz. $17.50.
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00519 OLD GERMAN. An old heirloom originally grown by the Mennonite community of Virginia and one of the best ever for slicing. Fruits are huge, often weighing 1-1/2 to 2 lbs., with an unusual boat shape. Color is gold- en-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.
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