FEWER — BUT BETTER, • VARIETIES 



Turnip — Purple-Top White Globe (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: Uniformity of root 

 Two pounds will plant an acre 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 96% Date of Test: October, 1927 



Type purity 95 % 

 Germination 99% 



Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 

 Days to maturity: 60-75 



AN excellent stock of the standard com- 

 mercial variety. It has good color, fine 

 ' texture, and reasonably good keeping 

 qualities. We recommend that Purple-Top 

 White Globe be disposed of sooner than 

 Rutabaga. 



Price, delivered: No packets; oz. 10c, % lb. 15c, 

 lb. 50c, 10 lbs. @ 45c per lb., 50 lbs. @ 40c per lb. 



Yellow Globe Rutabaga 

 (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: 

 shape 



True globe 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 97% Date of Test: October, 1927 



Type purity 94% Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Germination 93 % Days to maturity: 115-130 



Average size of root: 5 inches. 



Purple-Top White 

 Globe Turnip. 



This stock, which has a small top and is practically neckless, will grow to a large size and be of excellent table 

 quality. The color is a rich golden-yellow with a fringe of purple around the upper edge. We recommend that 

 Rutabaga be planted in rows and thinned to at least 6 inches. Rutabagas are sweeter when grown in light sand 

 with normal moisture. Out stock is very highly recommended for the production of fine appearing sweet roots. 



Price, delivered: No packets; oz. 10c, V 4 lb. 20c, lb. 75c, 10 lbs. @. 70c per lb., 50 lbs. @ 65c per lb. 



Every step in the production of the Stokes strains has had dose 

 Personal- attention 



A Final Word 



This catalog represents a sincere effort in the produc- 

 tion and merchandising of better quality vegetable seed. 

 We have tried to convey our message clearly and openly, 

 giving the strong as well as the weak points about the 

 stocks we offer. While we do not want to overstate the 

 importance of ordering early, at the same time we would 

 point out that when our present stocks are exhausted 

 there can not be the usual recourse to commercial chan- 

 nels. On many of our items we feel that we have an 

 adequate supply for the requirements of 1928, but on 

 certain others such as Panama Pepper, etc., we are going 

 to be deplorably short. In all modesty we feel assured 

 of the continued loyalty of our old customers. To those 

 who have not traded with us in' the past we want to sug- 

 gest that you give the Stokes Strains a fair trial, remind- 

 ing you again that they are the product of a pioneering 

 policy of varietal simplification which has brought with 

 it far greater stock control, which means higher quality. 

 It also has proportionately reduced overhead costs which 

 means lower prices. We are anxious to have a part in 

 making 1928 your most successful year. 



Francis C. Stokes & Co. 



"Hoping to hear from you soon" etc., etc. 

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