STOKES 

 SEEDS 



SUPER-STANDARD STRAINS 



Early 



Tomatoes 



Allow 2 ounces 

 per acre 



Penn State Earliana 



Very early, large, smooth, and productive. One of 

 the finest strains of Earliana ever developed. 



GROWN FROM STOCK SEED SUPPLIED BY PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE 



Days to maturity, 125. Penn State has proven the most impressive strain of Earliana it has been 

 our pleasure to grow. We look on it as a very important adjunct to our list. It is a direct result of 

 intensive selection by Dr. C. E. Myers, of the Department of Plant Breeding, Pennsylvania State 

 College. On many occasions persons who have examined our seed crop have expressed their astonish- 

 ment at the smoothness and productiveness of the strain. 



Penn State Earliana is a product of over twelve years' scientific selection, resulting in an extremely 

 early and pure strain. It is highly recommended for the early market in all districts except those 

 distinctly affected with wilt, for it is not a disease-resisting type. Further, we would point out that 

 Earliana is best suited for cultivation on warm, sandy loam. It is not suited to heavy soils and will 

 not perform well on them. Under the right conditions, Penn State Earliana will produce handsome, 

 extra-earlv Tomatoes that ordinarily find a ready market. This strain cannot fail to deeply impress 

 anyone who sees it. Price, delivered: Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. $1.50; y 4 lb. $6; lb. $24. 



Stokes Bonny Best 



FIELD TYPE 

 For nearly twenty years the leading second-early Tomato 



Days to maturity, 130. Walter P. Stokes named and introduced the famous Bonny Best Tomato 

 in 1908. It has been our leading Tomato for nearly twenty years, and, as such, has claimed our very 

 close attention as a seed crop. Very naturally, our firm has been looked upon as headquarters for 

 Bonny Best. In season it is a second-earty, following Earliana within a week. Year in and year out, 

 Bonny Best has proven a great money-maker, both as a market and as a canning Tomato. Along the 

 40th parallel, it will ordinarily ripen about July 15, continuing to bear for six weeks. This Field Type 

 can be looked upon as a very superior commercial strain for general purposes. Year in and year 

 out Bonny Best has been a consistently profitable tomato for those who have planted it. It is not 

 resistant to wilt or nail-head rust, and for that reason is not recommended for cultivation in the 

 Southern States. Price, delivered: Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; y 4 \b. $1.50; lb. $6; 5 lbs. or more, 

 $5 per lb. 



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