If You Grow Tomatoes, You Will Read This 



Very few men are completely satisfied with the profit they are securing from 

 Tomatoes. Believing that the following facts about The Master Marglobe will be 

 helpful, we devote the most important page of this Catalog to the subject. 



Where was the 1933 crop grown? 



Our 140 acres were grown in Burlington County, 

 New Jersey — the entire crop, the product of two 

 plants chosen from the 1931 plots. The entire 

 acreage was inspected and certified by officials of 

 the State of New Jersey. 



Who has done this work? 



Our own trained Company executives have taken 

 the personal responsibility of this development. 



What is The Master Marglobe? 



It is a tenth-generation selection out of Dr. 

 Pritchard's original Marglobe Tomato. Our work 

 started in 1926 on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 

 and since that time has been carried on in the lower 

 Rio Grande Valley of Texas, the Island of St. 

 Croix, and on our Company Proving-Grounds at 

 Moorestown. 



What is claimed for The Master Marglobe? 



Forty per cent greater production; a ratio of 

 depth to width of 92 per cent against a ratio of 

 80 per cent in the old Marglobe (giving the consumer 

 two extra slices) ; and an interior solidity that is 

 receiving acclaim from the buying public. The color 

 illustration on the opposite page is a faithful 

 reproduction. 



What has been the basis of the breeding 

 program? 



Constant selection for the factors above men- 

 tioned, backed by painstaking fruit-measurements 

 for proportionate size, weight, color, solidity; also 

 weight of fruit per vine, disease susceptibility, and 

 general vine characteristics. 



What protection has been taken against error? 



First, our own pedigree stock seed was used. 

 Second, plants were produced on our own Proving- 

 Grounds from this seed. Third, the acreage in 

 question was planted exclusively to The Master 

 Marglobe. Fourth, the entire seeding operation was 

 done at our plant at Vincentown, N. J., with our own 

 men and machinery. This plant is open to visitors 

 six days a week. 



Is the present seed-supply limited? 



Yes, it is, seriously so. The tropical storm of 

 August 23 reduced our harvest by 50 per cent. We 

 will be sold out long before the season is over. 



How completely has The Master Marglobe 

 been tested? 



Large crops on a nation-wide scale were produced 

 this past season. We are especially pleased to have 

 the opinion of many veteran shippers to the effect that 

 never in their experience have they found anything so 

 completely to their liking as The Master Marglobe. 



What additional protection is given the buyer? 



All of The Master Marglobe seed is packed in 

 sealed canisters on which the test and date of the 

 test is stamped. This 1933 tenth-generation seed 

 is averaging about 90 per cent germination. A sample 

 of this container is on opposite page. 



What is the price of this seed? 



Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. $1; \i\h. $3; lb. $10. 



Is this price justified? 



Yes, we believe anyone is justified in paying 50 

 cents per acre more for seed that is perhaps the 

 highest development so far attained in Tomatoes. 

 Your attention is called to the exceptionally small 

 seed-cavities in The Master Marglobe illustration 

 shown below. 



On what should the final decision be based? 



One's analysis of the cause of failure in the past. 

 This, whether it was low yield, sub-standard fruit 

 quality, low markets, or what not, can be largely 

 corrected by the use of The Master Marglobe. The 

 question is, "Can you afford to be without it?" 



1926: U.S.D. A. MARGLOBE 1933: THE MASTER MARGLOBE 



£>even Years Progress. Note increased interior solidity, thicker walls, and fewer seeds. See color plate 

 opposite for unusual depth of Master strain 

 Copyright 1934 by Francis C. Stokes & Co., Inc. 1 



