Stokes Seed Farms QoMrANv, MoqRestown,New Jersey ' 



Stokes' Bonny Best Tomato 



1908— ELEVENTH YEAR— 1919 



See colored cover for photograph of this Tomato growing on Windermoor Farm 



At the date of writing this part of the catalogue, August 17, 1918, only half of our crop of Bonny Best Tomato 

 on Windermoor Farm has been harvested and, from present indications, it will yield from eight to ten tons per 

 acre for the average of the nine-acre crop. We have never had a Tomato crop on our farm which was more free 

 from disease and insects than is this crop at present, and we challenge any farmer in the whole state of New 

 Jersey to show us a crop which is finer in every respect than the one which covers the southeast comer of Winder- 

 moor this year. 



Bonny Best Tomato has been on the market for ten successive and successful years and now brings in a 

 revenue of millions of dollars to American planters. Of all the single introductions which were made by the late 

 Walter P. Stokes, this stands out as the most important. 



Stokes' Bonny Best Tomato is, for all practical purposes, as early as the Earliana, setting from twenty-five to 

 fifty nearly globe-shaped fruits for every hill. Its color is an intense glowing scarlet, ripening to the stem without 

 crack or black spot. For all general purposes we know of no other that can equal Bonny Best, either for home or 

 commercial use. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 35 cts., V^lb. $1.25, lb. $5, 10 lbs., $45. 



Special-Stock Bonny Best 



For all planters who are looking for the very acme of perfection in Tomato seed, we would recommend Special-Stock Bonny 

 Best 1005. This seed is taken from a most careful selection made by our Farm Manager. The individual specimen must be up to 

 certain standards in addition to its mother plant having had an extremely high percentage on all the required points. For large size, 

 earhness, uniformity of ripening, uniformity of color, tonnage, and disease resistance, we would recommend our Special-Stock Bonny 

 Best for either outdoor planting or greenhouse work. It has been tried by thousands of customers with the utmost success, and the 

 year 1919 should add a great many planters to the already large Hst. Pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1, Vilh. $4, lb. $15, 10 lbs. $140. 



1010 Johnson & Stokes' Earliana Tomato 



INTRODUCED BY THE OLD FIRM OF JOHNSON & STOKES SOME TWENTY YEARS AGO, AND NOW LISTED BY NEARLY EVERY 



SEEDSMAN IN THE UNITED STATES 



We take an especial pride in the Earliana, for we have felt that we had a reputation to hold up concerning it, as our predecessors 

 were directly responsible for its naming and introduction back in the nineties. There are very few Tomato-growers who do not know 

 the Earliana, and regardless of all its weaknesses, which are due entirely to its earliness, it is the most largely grown early Tomato 

 the country over. The great difficulty of selecting for extremely early specimens usually brings trouble of some sort, either in small 

 specimens or in inferior quality. Although the Earliana is liable to crack around the stem and is, perhaps, not so good-flavored as 

 the Bonny Best, it, nevertheless, has proved to be one of the very best money-makers on the farm. The ideal selection which we are 

 working for is a large, smooth, extremely early type not subject to cracking or spotting, and taken from the most prolific vines. Not 

 all of the Earliana Tomato seed which is offered at the present time is stock which will grow a profitable crop. Planters should exer- 

 cise extreme care not to allow their stock to deteriorate from year to year. The introduction of new, well-bred seed at least every 

 three years is the duty of every Tomato-grower. As compared to Bonny Best, Earliana w-ill ripen a portion of its crop four or five 

 days ahead of the Bonny Best. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 40 cts., y4lb. $1.25, lb. $4, 10 lbs. $30. 



1020 Greater Baltimore 



A variety somewhat similar to Stone and constantly growing 

 in favor among all classes of our trade. It is an excellent main- 

 crop market variety. It is very firm and solid and will prove to 

 be a good shipper. It will mature some two weeks after Earliana. 

 The fruits are produced in large clusters at each joint; when ripe 

 they are of a beautiful briUiant red and practically without core. 

 The seed offered has been grown on our Windermoor Farm and 

 has proved to be of the very truest tj^De obtainable. Pkt. 5 Cts., 

 oz. 40 cts., y4lb. $1.25, lb. $4, 10 lbs. $30. 



1022 Stone (Red Rock) 



Perhaps the standard main-crop Tomato for all purposes. 

 It is quite similar to Greater Baltimore but differs in some 

 respects. The fruits are solid, nearly round but slightly 

 flattened, of a deep red color. They have very little core, 

 small seed-cavities, and are exceptionally uniform in size. Stone 

 is very prolific and has proved a tremendous money-maker the 

 country over. Fine for the home-garden and as a slicing 

 variety it is unsurpassed. Pkt. 5 Cts., oz. 40 cts., Vilb. $1.25, 

 lb. $4, 10 lbs. $30. 



ADD 10 CTS. PER LB. FOR POSTAGE ON ALL SEED IF ORDERED BY MAIL 



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