Figure 9.—Marglobe plant.
Marglobe.—This variety was developed by the late Dr. F. J. Pritchard from a cross between Marvel, a French variety lending resistance to fusarium and Globe, an old variety of fine size and shape. It is widely used, north and south, for market—green or ripe, for cannery and to some extent, for [forcing].
Figure 10.—Marglobe fruit.
Marglobe is a midseason variety, with large vine and foliage, resistant to fusarium and nailhead spot. Fruits are nearly globular, shapely and smooth, medium to large, scarlet red, with medium number of thick walled cells. Marglobe is rather subject to deep radial cracks.
Pritchard is of the general type of Marglobe but is earlier, with short branching habit and resistance to nailhead rust and to fusarium, and, perhaps, is less subject to cracking.
Greater Baltimore is used chiefly for canning in long-season districts. It is late, with large vine, large flat fruits of excellent scarlet red, outside and in, with many thick walled cells. Indiana Baltimore is a variant widely grown in the mid-west for cannery.
Rutgers was developed by L. G. Schermerhorn at the New Jersey Experiment Station for fine juice and canning characters—color, flavor and substance. Growth is vigorous and yields are heavy; fruits are large, flattened and well colored.
Gulf State Market is a second early shipping tomato, generally harvested green. It is flattened in shape, of well developed pink color and good interior.