STOKES SEEDS 



You are starting right if yoi 

 plant Imperial Black Beauty. 



EGGPLANT 



BLACK BEAUTY— IMPERIAL STRAIN 



A stock free from the organisms of Phomopsis Rot 



Days to maturity, 110-125. This Imperial strain of the well-known Black Beauty egg- 

 plant represents, in our opinion, the most important forward step taken in eggplant in 

 the last decade. When it is realized that the vast majority of eggplant seed sold in this 

 country is taken from areas that are very serioush' infested with the organism known as 

 Phomopsis Rot, and when it is further realized that this disease is carried under the seed 

 coat so that no kind of disinfectant is practicable against it, is it any wonder that so many 

 eggplant failures occur over the country? 



Phomopsis Rot attacks the plant in its middle growth, withers the leaves, and finally 

 rots the fruit. In some instances the spoiling of the fruits does not take place until they 

 are enroute to northern markets. To be sure, a great deal of this Phomopsis Rot comes 

 from infected soil, but unless the grower starts from disease-free seed he is beaten from 

 the start 



Our Imperial strain of Black 

 Beauty has been grown under 

 conditions that make us morally 

 certain that our seed is entirely 

 clear from the organisms of 

 Phomopsis Rot. Many of our 

 customers this past season have 

 had crops grown from our seed 

 which have developed a superb- 

 ly fine stock of the well-know n 

 Black Beauty type and which have netted them splendid returns. The fruits are 

 of a triangular globe shape, the color is a deep purple black, the height of the plant 

 is about eighteen inches, and the seed we offer is of fine appearance and strong ger- 

 mination. Growers who are looking for the very best in eggplant should by all means 

 try out this strain. It should prove a money maker wherever planted. 



FLORIDA HIGH BUSH 



Days to maturity, 115-130. This well-known variety grows on a higher vine 

 than Black Beauty. The plant very often attains a growth of three feet, a feature 

 which is especially desirable in wet seasons inasmuch as the fruit is usually held 

 entirely of? the ground. Generally speaking. Florida High Bush is more resistant 

 to eggplant disease than Black Beauty, a factor which recommends it to many 

 growers, especially in Florida and Cuba. In shape the fruit is slightly longer and 

 more oval than Black Beauty. We do not offer this variety in Canada. 



For prices please refer to inside front cover 



Francis C. Stokes inspecting a hcia ol Imperial Black Beauty near \.\ cslaco, f , 

 in October. 1929. Our customer, Mr. Lightner, harvested thiscropduring Nnvi rr 

 and December. 



