Archive image from page 92 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 89 Indiana Certified Associated Baltimore: A deeper-fruited strain Days GOLDEN QUEEN, y 84 The standard large yellow variety. Good for home gardens and for com- mercial juice. Plant of medium size. Fruits medium large, deep golden yellow; smooth, rather solid, of mild flavor. Greater Baltimore, r 82 Mainly a canning variety. Plant large, vigorous, somewhat open. Fruits flat, medium large, deep scarlet, fairly solid and firm. G
Archive image from page 92 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 89 Indiana Certified Associated Baltimore: A deeper-fruited strain Days GOLDEN QUEEN, y 84 The standard large yellow variety. Good for home gardens and for com- mercial juice. Plant of medium size. Fruits medium large, deep golden yellow; smooth, rather solid, of mild flavor. Greater Baltimore, r 82 Mainly a canning variety. Plant large, vigorous, somewhat open. Fruits flat, medium large, deep scarlet, fairly solid and firm. Grothen's Globe, r 68 Well adapted to green-wrap shipping; particularly desirable for truckers and shippers in Florida and Texas. Resembles Break o' Day and is simi- larly disease resistant, but has a positive bright red color. Plants have much heavier foliage, affording better protection from sun-scald. A heavy crop- per. Fruits medium large, globular; firm, and solid; interior ripens slowly. Best adapted to sandy loam soils of the lighter type. Gulf State Market, p 80 Used widely in the South for shipment to Northern markets. Plant vig- orous, rather open, medium height. Fruits medium large, globular, smooth, purplish pink, thick-skinned, very solid and quite free from cracking. INDIANA CERTIFIED ASSOCIATED BALTIMORE, r 79 This earlier, deeper-fruited Asgrow strain is particularly desirable for canners and market gardeners of the East and Midwest; certified free from seed-borne diseases by Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station. Plant large with medium heavy foliage. Fruits large, thick-flat, smooth, deep red, solid and attractive; good for juice as well as regular pack. John Baer, r 70 An early sort maturing between Earliana and Bonny Best. Excellent for gardeners serving local markets and for canning. Plant of medium height and open growth. Fruits medium size, smooth, semi-globular, attractive deep scarlet, with medium walls and small core. The Asgrow strain is ex
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