Heredity . . . Vigilance 



ALMOST any carefully layed program will succeed if it is adhered to with unremitting energy. For a number 

 of years we have persistently developed a policy of variety simplification, under the conviction that in the 

 end such a policy would commend itself to the commercial vegetable grower, — by reason of its economies and 

 of its greatly increased control. That this confidence was justified is now evident by the fact that our volume of 

 business is at present far ahead of that of any preceding year, — all of which we take to be the direct result of being 

 able to place a definitely superior product in the hands of our customers, at a 

 figure comparable to, and in some cases lower than, the prices asked by the 

 general competition. 



This combination is proving to be justly popular with the buyer and has 

 more than justified the faith we have had in the ultimate value of simplified 

 practice. The production of Stokes Seeds is in the hands of twenty-five men, 

 all of whom appreciate fine things, and all of whom, by character, training 

 and tradition, are fitted to carry their responsibility. This year, as a new 

 development in our organization, we have established a Winter Proving Ground 

 in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a final check against error. This is 

 another of the progressive steps by which our firm has led the way. Stokes 

 Seeds are now a definite factor in the vegetable industry of the United States. 

 This catalog is their spokesman. 



Francis C. Stokes & Co 



WASHINGTON SQUARE 



PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 



Texas Branch 

 WESLACO 



Florida Branch 

 SANFORD 



Canadian Branch 

 ST. CATHARINES, ONT. 



Printed In U. 8. A. 



"We are in this business because 

 we believe in it." 



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