BULLETIN BOARD 



— 1941 



SOME MILD BOASTING. Our five varieties of Tomato 

 are: Stokesdale, Master Marglobe, Rutgers, Lange's Earliana, 

 and Valiant. The first three have received the larger part in 

 our breeding etfort. Never have we offered what we consider 

 to be purer and more valuable stocks of these than this year. 

 Several hundred visitors to our establishment at Vincentown 

 this summer confirmed that opinion. 



STOKESDALE GROWS UP. With our trade, the Stokes- 

 dale Tomato has now reached a place of equal importance 

 with Master Marglobe and Rutgers — a remarkable showing 

 after five years. 



PREVIEW OF 1942: Final 1940 Proving-Ground Acreages 

 of Single Plants. Ratio 

 Yield in Total fruit Depth 

 Av. no. kg- to yield depth to 



Variety offruits 8/14 in kg. oz. kg- inM.M. Width 



Valiant 34 3.15 4.72 .140 4.9 58.5 92. 



Stokesdale 32 2.00 4.38 .138 4.8 59.7 90.1 



Master Marglobe.. .23 .66 3.30 ,146 5.1 61.6 90. 

 Rutgers 26 .52 4.63 .162 5.6 62.2 91. 



MULCHING at Stokesdale in 1940 delayed ripening, re- 

 duced both early and total yield, and decreased size of fruit. 



PINCHING off early flower clusters is a practice that has 

 proved of no effect whatsoever, either on early yield, total 

 yield, or average weight of fruit.] 



BONNY BEST— GOOD-BYE. Bonny Best /'introduced by 

 Walter P. Stokes, 1908^, after a long and useful career, is 

 reluaantly eliminated as Stokes variety. Stokesdale has almost 

 completely replaced it. 



COPPER DUST at Stokesdale in 1940 resulted in healthier 

 vines (4 points on our scaled and deeper fruit color {5 points 

 on our scaley. It is a recommended investment to all who are 

 seeking the higher money. 



THE 1940 TALLY. Our 1066 acres harvested at Vincen- 

 town this year gave the following results: 



Aver. Govern- 



Av. ton. meat grade Average value 



per acre U.S.I U.S. 2 Cull per acre 



Stokesdale 7.58 52 43 5 $111.35 



Master Marglobe 6.74 55 40 5 99.01 



Rutgers 6.05 52 44 4 88.87 



THE WINNERS. Mr. Preston E. Wells, with Stokesdale 

 rated the highest production with 13.29 tons per acre. Mr. 

 Edwin Noller with Master Marglobe rated the highest grade. 

 His grade was: 87 per cent U. S. No. 1, 12 per cent U. S. No. 2, 

 and 1 per cent Culls. 



STOKESDALE vs. GROTHEN'S. Further comparative tests 

 between Stokesdale and Grothen's Globe confirm our previous 

 findings, namely: that while Grothen's Globe is larger, it is 

 also much flatter. The respective ratios are approximately 

 90 and 8 5 per cent. Smoothness and interior solidity are also 

 on the side of Stokesdale. 



COME TO HOMESTEAD! Besides the routine testing of 

 our 1940 Vincentown singles at our Homestead Proving- 

 Ground, we are making tests of the following new types: 

 Pan-America fV.S.D.A.}; Newell /'Florida Experiment Sta- 

 tion^; Victor /^Michigan Experiment Station and 1940 All- 

 America Seed Selections^; The X Tomato /^Kille^. Our 

 customers are invited to inspect these tests when visiting 

 Florida this winter. 



TWO STEMS ARE BETTER. Staking at Stokesdale in 

 1940 indicated that pruning to two stems, and not one, in- 

 creased both early and total yield. It also improved fruit-color 

 and leaf-health. 



MOST DISTANT VISITORS IN 1940: Maung Hpu, 

 Hla On, San Khin, Shwe Tha Htwe, Rangoon, Burma. 



Next most distant visitors in 1940: Sr. Vicente Giaconi M. 

 and family, Santiago, Chile. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: 



Photographs by Allen & Rahn, Moorestown, N. J. 



Francis C. Stokes, Jr., Moorestown, N. J. 



Engravings by Gatchel & Manning, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Printing by J. Horace McFarland Company, Harrisburg, 

 Pa. 



Proving-Ground Co-operators: 



Wilmer A. Robbins Samuel Harris 



Howard W. Haines Chester Robbins 



all of Vincentown, N. J. 



