Master M AR G LO B E — //M Generation. Generally conceded to 



be America 's foremost shipping Tomato 



'nr^HE high money in the northern markets goes to the Tomatoes that are uniformly deep, large, and solid. 



If our Company has had any influence in the Tomato industry it has been in the direction of deeper Tomatoes — 

 the fruits that carry the extra slice. The consumer has fixed this standard for she invariably chooses a Tomato 

 that will slice well. Knowing this, the market-man invariably chooses the deeper fruit. For years this Company 

 has stressed the importance of depth-to-width ratio above all other Proving-Ground readings. The Tomato 

 buyer watches two other points also: He wants 5 x 6 or 6 x 6 fruit, and he guards against loss by buying solid 

 Tomatoes. He is constantly on the lookout for puffs. 



As Tomato breeders, we have worked hard and long over Master Marglobe. There have been disappoint- 

 ments, as there always are, but in the long run we have gained ground. After seventeen plant generations, with 

 an expenditure of approximately $30,000, Master Marglobe has developed an average depth-to-width ratio of 

 90% — a most unusual figure. The solid interior, as shown in the cut on the opposite page, is characteristic of the 

 Marglobe parent, Merveille de Marche. Fred Pritchard's magic touch started all of this back in the days of the 

 first World War. What he sought and found was resistance to disease. His Livingston Globe X Marvel cross has 

 brought millions of dollars to the Tomato industry. 



Our part in this development has been a humble one. Perhaps the best to be said for it is consistency of effort. 

 Through war and peace, through good times and bad, we have never relaxed on the breeding program of Master 

 Marglobe. The results tell their own story. The 1940 stock comes nearer our ideal shipping Tomato than any 

 we have ever produced, and that goes for all the qualities, including size, depth, solidity, color and, uniformity 



of vine-coverage. 



When you buy Master Marglobe in our 

 tamper-proof canister you are getting our 

 prize product. Perhaps we may be par- 

 doned for believing it represents the finest 

 breeding work in America. If you have 

 planted unidentified stocks of Marglobe 

 and have been disappointed, don't condemn 

 the variety until you have tried Stokes 

 Master Marglobe — crop 1940. Our acre- 

 age under New Jersey Department of 

 Agriculture certification represents an enor- 

 mous effort going back thirteen continuous 

 years. 



Price, postpaid: Trade pkt. 25 cts.; 

 oz. 50 cts.; V4lb. $1.50; lb. $5; 

 5 lbs. $22.50 



My Tomatoes, Master Marglobe, Valiant, and Stokesdale, 

 set an immense quantity of green fruit and I did have a fair 

 crop. I have a small retail greenhouse and sell about 20,000 

 plants per year. Considering adverse conditions, the quality 

 was superior as to smoothness, size, flavor, and solidity. I 

 consider your strains highly superior and shall continue to 

 plant them until something better is developed. — H. A. W., 

 Halstead, Pa. 



Now the Master Marglobe was different. I had given the 

 neighbors quite a few of these plants and they tell me they 

 were as fine Tomatoes as they ever had. The most favorable 

 comment was in regard to its being such a fleshy Tomato 

 with a remarkably thick side wall and such a small seed- 

 cavity. — C. A. Y., Lancaster, Pa. 



From my soil no variety I have tried can touch Marglobe. 

 The seed and plants of that variety were 100 per cent satis- 

 factory. — L. C, Oceanside, N. Y. 



