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I This Catalogue Is Published for | 

 | the Vegetable- Growing Industry I 



Market Gardeners, Greenhouse ' Men 

 Truck ' Growers, Shippers, Growers' Associations 

 Canners, and Experiment Stations 



THIS spokesman for our eighty-five Super-Standard 1 



strains of vegetable seed is presented with confidence | 



and enthusiasm — with confidence because our variety | 



simplification has developed great thoroughness; with en- 1 



thusiasm because this concentration of effort has accom- | 



plished notable type improvements, from which our trade | 



is already profiting. For all of which we are indeed grateful. 1 



A Short List — Only the Very Best 



Literally hundreds of varieties have been dropped from our list, being 

 superseded by fewer and better ones. It is our belief that six strains of . | 

 cabbage (the finest six strains which have been developed either in the 

 United States or Europe) are of infinitely more account to the energetic | 

 vegetable-grower, because of some stated quality — earliness, tonnage, ap- 

 pearance, size, winter-keeping, etc. — than are thirty-odd sorts which by reason 

 of their loose pedigree usually produce just "cabbage," often of the 20-cent sort. 



Our Own Private Strains | 



"Constantly improved but no yearly models" in part expresses our policy. 

 In line with this, we are identifying our special strains, as, for instance: 

 Cabbage, Copenhagen Market (Viking Strain). Thus we label our very 

 earliest stock of Copenhagen, a sort developing a full week ahead of the 

 Golden Acre Strain. Furthermore, it will be our purpose to maintain uni- 

 formity in our strains year by year — carefully noting alterations that develop. 



Accuracy | 



Our descriptions have been written from the most carefully prepared 

 records. As a grower you have definite specifications on which to complete 

 your season's program with promptness and dispatch. As seedsmen we | 

 stand ready to fill these specifications to the best of our ability. We have 

 faith to believe that our stocks will perform with accuracy and precision, 

 thus eliminating one of the attendant risks of vegetable-growing. Our care- | 

 fully bred strains have been well grown. They have been disinfected against 

 seed-borne disease. They have been carefully tested for germination, and 

 stamped with the latest test. They will be delivered at prices quoted, all 

 carriage charges paid, to any address in the United States or Canada. Along 

 these clearly stated lines we solicit your seed business. | 



Faithfully yours, | 



FRANCIS C. STOKES & CO. | 

 Philadelphia, Penna. § 



SANFORD, FLA. ST. CATHARINES, ONT. | 



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Copyright, IQ26, by Francis C. Stokes & Co. 



23s South Sixth Street 

 East Washington Square 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



November 1, 1926 



