Stokes Winter Proving Grounds, Homestead, Florida. 



The Spade Work Behind Our Seed Stocks 



OURS is one of the most specialized programs of 

 any American seed-grower. After sixty years 

 we now devote our entire effort to Tomatoes. At the 

 present time our variety list covers only four sorts. 

 Each of these has an importance acceptance — in total 

 they aggregate about 50,000 pounds annually. 



If Tomato Seed, Grown by Stokes, carries a reputation 

 for dependability, it is because of one fact — through 

 war and peace, through good times and bad, we have 

 never relaxed our breeding program. In the past 

 twelve years alone we have spent in excess of $100,000 

 on improving and maintaining our seed stocks. Even 

 our bitterest competitors will admit that we have 

 carried an important part in variety control. 



This work has been carried on at our two field 

 workshops: Our Summer Proving Grounds, Vincen- 

 town, New Jersey /pictured below^ and our Winter 

 Proving Grounds, Homestead, Florida /pictured 

 above^. By producing two generations of single 

 plant selections per year, we are able to maintain an 

 effective control over our 1500 pedigreed seed acres. 



Stokes Summer Proving Grounds, Vincentown, New Jersey. 



