Little Marvel (63 days) A variety of dependable yield, exceptional quality. Dwarf vines 18" to 20", pods 3" long and very tightly packed with 7-8 plump, deep green peas. Pods are mostly borne double, dark green, straight and blunt ended. One of the most important varieties grown by home gardeners in the United States. Unsurpassed by any other in recovery of shelled peas per pound of pods picked—an average of 55%. Well adapted for freezing. PUMPKINS Thomas Halloween (110 days) The original selection of this decorative pumpkin was made by the late John Andrew on the farm of Glen Thomas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. After years of breeding and selecting, we have a “second to. none,” medium to large-fruited, Halloween pumpkin. A deep, rich, orange color plus a slightly ridged surface give this variety a distinctive appearance. The shell is hard and the flesh is thick so that it resists bruising in handling and shipping. Thomas Halloween will vary in shape from slightly flat tened to tall oval with a high percentage of desirable rounds. Fruits weigh 15-30 pounds with a few reaching 50 pounds under ideal conditions. In Agway trials, total yield has sur passed the high yielding Connecticut Field pumpkin by 25 percent. Thomas Halloween, however, matures earlier than Connecticut Field. Excellent for home garden, roadside stands, and for the shipping trade. RADISHES Early Scarlet Globe (24 days) A special strain, bred, maintained and produced by Agway. Early, with bright scarlet oval roots and a medium top. Very desirable for forcing under glass and field grow ing on muck or mineral soils. Flesh is white, crisp and ten der. Agway’s most popular home garden variety. TOMATOES Hybrid #9BO (80 days) Verticillium and fusarium resistant hybrid developed by Agway, Hybrid #9BO has met and exceeded the chal lenge for the early mid-season market. Greenhouse growers report that the plants outsell all others on appearance alone. The extra vigorous vines and fine foliage cover make this Order Your Vegetable Seeds From The Following Agway Retail Outlets G & G Feed & Supply Henry B. Hoover, Inc. Lancaster Store 872 Mt. Joy Road 27 N State St Manheim Pike and Manheim Ephrata Dillerville Road 665-5001 733-6593 Lancaster 394-0541 Salunga Store 101 Main St. Salunga, Pa. 898-2248 Advertising Supplement to Lancaster Farming M. M. Good & Son Mrs. Jacob L. Kurtz Willow Street Store Quarryville Store R. D. #1 1160 N. Market St. R. D. #1 27 E. 4th St. Gordonville Elizabethtown Willow Street 786-2126 768-3781 367-5430 464-3521 variety ideally suited for staking. Because of the high degree of disease resistance, this variety will outlast many others in the same maturity season. The fruit averages 2 to 3 per pound and is smooth, firm, deep red in color and slightly flattened with a low incidence of cracking. The excellent mild flavor has brought favorable comments over the years. Super Red (90 days) An Agway developed verticillium and fusarium resist ant hybrid; large firm fruit. Super Red has been acclaimed by many in the professional field to be one of the best look ing tomato hybrids in the late midseason maturity class. With the high degree of disease resistance, its extra vigor and excellent foliage cover, this variety will continue to yield well into the fall. Fruit size will exceed two to a pound with good cultural practices. Fruit is slightly flattened in shape, thick-walled, and ripens uniformly with an unusual shine. Because of its size, color, and prolificness, this variety has made an excellent market basket variety. WATERMELONS Sugar Baby (75 days) Extra early, round fruits, flesh crisp and sweet with small brown seeds. Rind is fairly thick and handles well. The skin is very dark green when fully mature. Many fruits are in the 4 to 8 pound range when harvested, but have reached up to 17 pounds. Fruit diameter will vary from 5 to 10" and will average 8". This variety is the most popular of the “Ice-Box” watermelons—replaces New Hampshire Midget, Agway’s most popular home garden and local market melon. Widely adapted, drought resistant. Although an extra early variety, Sugar Baby was developed in Geary, Oklahoma and released in 1956 by a Mr. Hardin. Agway recommends you acquaint yourself with this melon whether you live in Maine or Delaware, near Boston or Pittsburgh. Summer Festival F, Hybrid (85 days) An early hybrid variety from Japan. Very vigorous in growth, resistant to fusarium wilt and anthracnose. This desirable hybrid watermelon is oblong in shape with medium green striped skin (similar to Charleston Gray in shape and color but smaller.) A thick rind (%"), fruits weighing from 9 to 15 pounds each or more. Flesh is deep rose, firm and sweet. Small black seeds. A heavy dependable yielder used by commercial growers for roadside stand and local markets here in the Northeast. New Holland Store 219 S. Railroad Ave. 354-2146
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