Yes, We Are Nearly Surrounded by Tomatoes 



N FACT, from the appearance of this Catalog, you may 

 get the impression that we are turning a distinct scarlet. 

 Part of this may be traced to the force of tradition (Atlantic 

 Standard, Sparks' Earliana, Stokes Bonny Best, and Master 

 Marglobe), but it is not out of the past that we are receiving 

 all of our inspiration, for right now we are working on some 

 new developments which we expect to offer with great enthu- 

 siasm in less than a year's time. 



It is true that this Catalog presents many other well-remem- 

 bered stocks — Viking Golden Acre Cabbage, Imperial Black 

 Beauty Eggplant, Stokes Vanguard Corn, Long-standing White 

 Boston Lettuce, etc. These, again, are presented to you with 

 our strongest endorsement. 



Perhaps the outstanding offering of this Catalog will be found on the following 

 page. We there give you a list of hardy, southern-grown vegetable plants pro- 

 duced from precisely the same seed as is offered in this Catalog. Last season we 

 brought some eighteen million plants north, mainly from our own acreage along 

 the seacoast of North Carolina. Altogether over 300 acres of plants are being 

 produced from our pedigreed stocks this year. These will be hardy, field-grown 

 stock, well rooted and well hardened. Our packing is done with great care, with 

 ample quantities of sphagnum moss being used, so that losses in transportation 

 are reduced to a minimum. These plants are grown for market gardeners and 

 truckers. One thousand plants of any one variety is the minimum we offer. The 

 schedule of varieties, prices, and shipping dates will be found on turning the page. 

 Separate order sheets are furnished, one for plant orders and one for seed orders. 



We respectfully solicit your business for both seeds and plants of the Stokes 



Standard. ^ . T c TT 



Faithfully yours, 



Francis C. Stokes 



FRANCIS C, STOKES & CO., Inc. 



P. O. Box 923, Philadelphia, Pa- 



WOODBURY, N. J. SANFORD, FLA. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS WESLACO, TEXAS 



Stokes Master Marglobe Tomato plants being harvested at our plant farm 

 in Cartaret County, North Carolina, April 5, 1934 

 Copyright 1935, F. c. s. a Co.. Inc. 



