STOKES SEED FARMS 



MOORESTOWN 



Pepper 



No. 840. Chinese Giant (Mild). Days to Maturity, 150. 

 A variety introduced by Burpee in 1900. It is the largest and latest 

 of the peppers known in this country. The fruits will average four 

 and one-half inches in length, which usually are divided into four 

 or five lobes. They are about four inches in diameter. The flesh 

 is thick, mild, of a rich dark green, timiing to red at maturity. 



Pkt. lOi, oz. 50i, M lb. $1.85, lb. $7.00, 5 lbs. $34.25, postpaid; 

 by express, 5 lbs. or more, $6.75 per lb. 



No. 841. Ruby Giant (Mild). Days to Maturity, 150. 

 Supposed to be a hybrid of Ruby King and Chinese Giant, the 

 cross having been made about 1912 by a New Jersey grower. This 

 variety will nm almost Uniformly four lobes to each fruit. The lengtrh 

 of the peppers will very often run about five inches. Side walls are 

 thick, and the quality excellent. The deep-green color turns to a 

 rich ruby red on maturity. 



Pkt. 10^, oz. 50i, H lb. $1.50, lb. $6.00, 5 lbs. $27.50, postpaid; 

 by express, 5 lbs. or more, $5.40 per lb. 



COMPANY 



NEW JERSEY 



Parsnip 



{Pastinaca Sativa) 



History — A native of Europe, well known to the Romans, but 

 probably not long before the Christian Era. Apparently parsnip 

 developed in the more northerly parts of Europe. Pliny gives a 



detailed account of how parsnips 

 were brought from Germany for 



the Emperor Tiberius, as it was ' 



considered that the parsnips CHINESE GIANT (Natural Size) 



from certain parts of the Rhine valley were superior to all others. Gerard speaks of parsnips, showing 

 that they were well known in England during the sixteenth century. 



No. 725. Hollow Crown or Guernsey. Days to Maturity, 130. A variety known in this 

 country for over half a century. Gregory listed it in 1866. A variety in very general use for table 

 purposes or for stock feed. The root will attain a length of from eight to ten inches. The color is 

 pure white, uniformly smooth and of excellent quahty. The name. Hollow Crown, is derived from the 

 depression, out of which the leaves grow, at the crown of the root. For the best results, care should 

 be taken in the preparation of the soU, so that it may be loosened to a depth of about ten inches. 



Pkt. 5i, oz. li lb. 2H, lb. 80^, 5 lbs. $3.50, postpaid; by express, 5 lbs. or more, 60^ per lb. 



HOLLOW CaROWN OR GUERNSEY 

 PARSNIP Ot 4/5) 



Walker, Minn., October 12, 1919. 



Stokes Seed Farms Co., 

 Moorestown, N. J. 



Gentlemen: 



I write to say that your Bonny Best Tomato was way ahead of anything that I had this 

 summer. I had in the same patch Ferry's Earhana, Vick's EarUana, Field's Early June, June 

 Pink, Livingston's Beauty and Trophy, New Magnus, Ponderosa, Ferry's Early Detroit, Jewel 

 and a few others, but all in all, the Bonny Best was by all odds the most valuable. The New 

 Magnus (Potato Leaf) is a very fine second early. 



Next year I shall order your highest priced Bonny Best and shall cut out nearly all other 

 varieties. 



Your Halbert Honey Watermelon was not the Halbert Honey. It looked hke the Florida 

 Favorite, but it was about as early as Harris' Earliest and Cole's Early and was a very fine large 

 melon. Your Early Knight Muskmelon also did not come true to your description of the melon. 

 It was a small round melon, green fleshed, well netted and early and prolific. It was hke a good 

 variety of the Rocky Ford. 



I have a muskmelon of my own that is about a week earher than Emerald Gem, twice as 

 large and as fine flavored. It is the best muskmelon I know of. Burpee is testing it this summer. 



With best wishes. 



Most sincerely yours. 



GEO. MICHAEL. 



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Parsnip root is more delicious if left outside for the early frosts 



