DATA FROM OUR SEED LABORATORY 



This is a replica of the 

 dated seal which will be 

 used this year on our seed 

 packages. This firm has 

 been giving germination 

 tests on its seed packages 

 for a number of years past. 

 It is our feeling that this is 

 information which a custo- 

 mer is rightly entitled to. 

 The figures shown are 

 taken from the latest tests 

 made in our Seed Labora- 

 tory and these tests are 

 constantly rechecked at 

 our branch offices. If, by 

 any chance, you receive a package of seed with the seal broken, we 

 ask that this be returned at our expense for in such cases there may 

 have been tampering with the package. 



THIS seed was tested in our 

 laborator>- before being 

 packed. At that time it 

 showed a germination of 



98% 



If kept in a cool, dry place it 

 will maintain its vitality dur- 

 ing all of 1929. This seal is 

 for our mutual protection. 



FRANCI5CSTOKE5&CO. 



OUR PLANT BREEDING DEPARTMENT 



It is our feeling that no seed growing or 

 merchandising organization is complete 

 without doing some of its own research 

 and plant breeding. Thi^ department 

 of our Company has been in charge of 

 Mr. M. Mokta. F. R.G.S. A number of 

 different programs have been organized. 

 Among the most promising at the present 

 time is a new strain of Marglobe Tomato 

 which we hope to have on the market by 

 June 1929. We are now about to harvest 

 the third generation of a special selection for far greater solidity, — a 

 factor which should greatly add to the shipping quality of this already 

 splendid tomato. 



PERSONAL NOTICES 



There is no charge for deliver>- of Stokes S>eed to any post office or 

 Express office in the United States or Canada. The price quoted in 

 this book is the price delivered to your door. You are not required to 

 figure up the probable postage charge for there is none. The only 

 exception of goods on which we do not pay transportation are our Mary 

 Washington Asparagus roots. These are sold f.o.b. our New Jersey 

 growing station. 



You take no risk in making us your remittance by Postal money 

 order, Express money order or bank draft. We will appreciate receiv- 

 ing cash with order for the C.O.D. is expensive and it is necessary to 

 assess the collection charge to the amount of the bill. We guarantee 

 the safe delivery of our gwxls to you and in instances where there is any 

 error or cause for complaint, a post card advising us of the difficulty 

 will remedy it promptly. 



Stokes Seeds are not sold under the usual non-warranty clause and 

 have not been for a great many years. We have found that our custo- 

 mers play fair with us if we play fair with them. We have been in this 

 business nearly fifty years and have found that it pays invariably to 

 try to do the right thing under all circumstances. 



OUR NEW WINTER PROVING GROUND 



This very inadequate photograph of our new Winter Proving Ground 

 was taken on November 1, 1928. This service opens an entirely new 

 field in seed merchandising and one that will prove of benefit to our 

 customers. The purpose of this Winter Pro\ ing Ground is to make a 

 bag-by-bag test of our ent^fe seed supply, thus practically eliminating 

 the la.st chance for mechanical error in wrong labeling, etc. In the vast 

 majority of cases, we will have this final bag test before the seed is 

 actually sold. This new work is being carried on near Weslaco, Texas, 

 within eight miles of the Rio Grande River and is in charge of our 

 Te.xas Manager, Mr. Reed S. Lehman. 



