STOKES VEGETABLE SPECIALS FOR 1932 



Stokes Viking Copenhagen Cabbage 



The earliest round Cabbage under cultivation 



Days to maturity, 85-95. The above statement is supported by official readings taken at the Washington County 

 Ohio Experiment Station, June, 1931. This trial consisted of 22 strains of the so-called Golden Acre types, each test 

 being repeated four times in rows of 56 each. On June 23, this strain cut 148 heads weighing 422 pounds, giving an aver- 

 age of 2.85 pounds per head. The 21 competing strains gave an average cutting of 82.2 heads, thus giving the winning 



strain an advantage of 45 per cent over the average 

 competition, which represented some of the very 

 finest competing strains now offered in America. The 

 composite trials totaled 224 heads for each strain. 



Above every other characteristic, the 

 factor of early maturity outweighs all 

 others in choosing the strain which is to be 

 planted. The early Cabbage marlcets of the 

 intermediate states normally are reason- 

 ably strong for the first ten days or two 

 weeks. To all growers who are in a position 

 to profit by a quick-maturing crop of the 

 extra-early, round Copenhagen type, we 

 offer the Stokes Viking Copenhagen as a 

 stock of dependability and high merit. 



The average-size head of the first cutting 

 was 2.85 pounds; of the second cutting, 

 4.37 pounds. For the crop the average will 

 Ik- about 3}^ pounds, an ideal size for the 

 early market. The leaf-growth is uniformly 

 restrained and allows close planting. We 

 look on Viking Copenhagen as one of the 

 nv ist valuable strains offered in this Catalog. 

 \\ r are convinced that it will give a dis- 

 nnyuished performance. 



Price: Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 65 cts.; y4lb. $2; 

 Stokes Viking Copenhagen. A great money-maker lb. $7.50; 5 lbs., $7 per lb. 



Charleston Wakefield-Special 



Days to maturity, 95-105. The photograph 

 on this page gives a fair representation of our 

 present tj'pe of Charleston \\ akefield-Special. 



Charleston Wakefield retains first place as 

 the most important commercial Cabbage 

 grown along the Atlantic Coast. Its table 

 quality is excellent, and its market appearance 

 is greatly in its favor. Charleston is approxi- 

 mately one week later in reaching market 

 stage than Jersey, but it will produce a head 

 weighing 3^2 pound heavier. On a strict read- 

 ing, our strain will average better than 96 per 

 cent purity. Growers need look no farther 

 for a finer type of Charleston. In this con- 

 nection we would point out the utter futility 

 of growing either of the \\ akefield types except 

 with carefully bred strains. The cost of pro- 

 duction and the normal hazards of the crop 

 and market are too great to allow the ri^k- 

 that are entailed in growing Wakefield Ir^ n 

 many of the stocks that are now available. On i 

 Charleston Wakefieid-Special will not fail \ ou. 



Price: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 35 cts.; V4lb. $1.20: 

 lb. $4; 5 lbs., $3.75 per lb. 



Charleston Wakefield- 

 Special 



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