No. 79— THE MARGLOBE 



We offer a stock of great purity 



Days to maturity, 100-135. Marglobe is the most important single variety 

 that we offer. This is the fourth season we have carried it. It is beyond the 

 experimental stage. We are selling it in increasing volume. We know what we 

 are offering and have excellent reasons for saying that it is probably the finest 

 strain of Marglobe now available in the United States. It is no exaggeration to 

 say our firm was the first to recognize the enormous importance of Marglobe. 

 Our preliminary investigations were carried on sometime before the Department 

 of Agriculture formally released any seed and our interest in Marglobe ha^ 

 steadily grown. Until this year our large private acreage in New Jersey had to 

 be supplemented by an equally large acreage in California. 



Our own plantation of Marglobe this year consisted of some 62 acres grown 

 near Vincentown, Burlington County, New Jersey, in a fertile area free from 

 Wilt and other like difficulties. To begin with, our operations were protected 

 by using stock seed supplied us directly by the originator. Following this our 

 fields were rogued and given periodical inspections both by ourselves and by 

 several leaders in the tomato industry, including Dr. Fred J. Pritchard himself. 

 Our grinding machinery' was used for no other variety. After the fermination 

 period and the washing, our seed was dried 

 naturally in the sun which we consider defi- 

 nitely superior to artificial drying for it insures 

 a stronger germination. (The tests 

 have been averaging around 98 per 

 cent.) This seed was insF>ected by 

 the Department of Agriculture of 

 the State of New Jersey and certifi- 

 cate granted showing purity of 

 type and freedom from disease. 

 This seed is packed and sold in in- 

 dividual bags under seal as an 

 absolute protection. Stokes Mar- 

 globe will make a splendid record 

 for itself. Price, delivered: pkt., 

 20c; oz., 65c; Va lb., $2.50; V2 

 lb., $4.50; lb., $8.00; 5 lbs., (5, 

 $7.75 per lb.; 10 lbs., ^ $7.50 

 per lb.; 50 lbs., (a^ $7.00 per lb. 



The Tomatoes I produced from >our 

 .Marglobe seed last year were without a 

 doubt the last thing in a Tomato. 



H. W. P., Toledo, Ohio 



