STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY 



MOORESTOWN NEW JERSEY 



VARIETIES OFFERED 



The following list of vegetables is offered, with vari- 

 eties attached. Orders may be placed at any time. 

 Shipments will commence about April 1st, or later if 

 desired. For description of varieties listed, days to maturity, 

 etc., please refer to the vegetable seed department of 

 our catalog. 



Beet — Early Eclipse, Crosby's Egyptian, Century. Doz. 

 15^, 4 doz. 45^, 100 $1.65, 1000 $4.50, 5000 $20.00. 



Cabbage — ^Early Jersey Wakefield, Copenhagen Market, 

 Henderson's Early Summer, Succession, Flat Dutch, 

 Danish Ballhead. Doz. 15^, 3 doz. 50?!, 100 $1.00, 

 1000 $5.75, 5000 $26.50, 10,000 $50.00. 



Cauliflower— Snowball. Doz. 20i, 3 doz. 50^, 100 $1.25, 

 1000 $7.50, 5000 $35.00. 



Celery — White Plume, Golden Self -blanching. Giant 

 Pascal, Winter King. Doz. 15i, 4 doz. 45^, 100 65(5, 

 1000 $4.50, 5000 $20.00. 



Eggplant — New York Purple, Black Beauty. Doz. 50^, 

 100 $2.00, 1000 $10.00. 



Horseradish Roots- 



Lettuce — Big Boston. Doz 

 1000 $4.50, 5000 $20.00. 



Pepper — Ruby King, Chinese Giant. 

 $1.50, 1000 $8.50. 



See page 24. 



15ff, 4 doz. 45,*, 100 Q5i, 



Doz. 30fi, 100 



Tomato — Earliana, Bonny Best, Livingston's 

 Stone, Ponderosa. Doz. 20i, 3 doz. 50^ 100 

 $1.00, 1000 $5.75, 5000 $26.50, 10,000 $50.00. 



Aster Plants — Queen of the Market (Mixed Colors). 

 Doz. 4 doz. 45^, 100 65^, 1000 $4.50, 5000 $20.00. 



CAULrFLOWER 



Rhubarb 



(Rheum) 



History — Probably a native of Asia. Our garden rhubarb must 

 not be confused with the ancient drug under the same name which 

 was called Rhabarbarum by the Greeks. The name is taken from 

 the river Rha, on the banks of which some of the finest rhubarb was 

 reputed to grow. This river is now called the Volga. The last three 

 syllables, barbarum, can be accounted for from the fact that 

 much of the ancient drug was brought to Barbary before being sent 



to the other countries. The 

 ancient drug trade was of the 

 greatest importance and anti- 

 quity, very often being the object 

 of entire caravans over the long 

 continental routes. It is mention- 

 ed in the Chinese Herbal, Pen- 

 King, believed to date from 2700 

 B. C. The rhubarb of our gar- 

 dens, according to Vilmorin, is 

 that referred to by botanists as 

 Rheum hybridum, a native of 

 Mongolia. However, he states it 

 is not impossible that some of the 

 varieties of this species may have 

 sprung either directly or as a 

 result of crossing from the Rheum 

 UnduUatum of North America. 

 Rhubarb was not grown as a 

 vegetable extensively until the 

 RHUBARB last few centuries. It was first 



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cultivated in England by Dr. Fathergill in 1778, but was not brought 

 into general use as a vegetable until several years after. Vilmorin 

 claims five distinct varieties which in itself stamps as ridiculous the 

 custom of American seedsmen, who at the present time hst rhubarb 

 under 36 varietal names. There is considerable question with 

 rhubarb as with asparagus if there is such a thing as variety, for it is 

 largely a matter merely of individual strains. 



Rhubarb is proving tc be a very profitable crop for a great many 

 market gardeners. Victoria is a very common name. We are, at 

 present, able to offer both roots and seed, all of selected strain and 

 we offer them with every confidence that they will bring good 

 results either for outdoor planting or for winter forcing, in which 

 case roots should be frozen once or twice, either artificially in 

 cold storage or under natural conditions and then placed in a 

 damp cellar, covering them with earth and watering frequently. 

 For outdoor sowing Rhubarb should be sown in a shallow drill, 

 One ounce of seed to 100 feet of row, and later thin to 10 to 12 

 inches in the row and keep well cultivated. Stalks should not 

 be cut untU the plants have had a full season's growth. The 

 use of roots, however, will very often produce strong, better- 

 yielding stalks than seed the following spring, for it is better to 

 allow stalks grown from seed an extra year of growth before cutting. 



A bed of Rhubarb should be in every garden — it is a permanent 

 investment. 



Roots, $1.25 per doz., $7.50 per 100, $60.00 per 1000. 

 Seeds, pkt. lOff; oz. 20^;, }4 lb. 45(i, lb. $1.50. 



