STOKES SEED FARMS COMPANY, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 



VEGETABLES 



There are only 170 varieties of vegetables listed in this catalog. This number, 

 as contrasted to an average of over 480 varieties carried by each of five of our 

 representative competitors, throws light on the general policy of our company. We 

 have aimed to concentrate attention on a restricted list, for in this way closer atten- 

 tion can be given individual varieties. We believe this catalog will be unusually 

 easv to order from and that vou will find it to be strong by its very simplicity. — 



S. S. F. Co. 



WASHINGTON ASPARAGUS ROOTS 



(Stokes Standard) 



A Rust Resistant Strain surpassing all others in value. 



This strain, which is the result 

 of ten years' work by scientists 

 of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, is already in such great 

 demand that we believe it is des- 

 tined to supersede all other va- 

 rieties and so-called varieties. 

 Washington is a highly rust- 

 resistant strain, vigorous and 

 high yielding. The pedigree of 

 our stock may be traced back to 

 the best plants found in a ten 

 years' search among millions of 

 asparagus plants which were 

 tested. By best we mean those 

 plants that have produced off- 

 spring which were uniform rust- 

 resistant, high yielding, of large 

 size and rapid growth, all of 

 which indicates tenderness and 

 that in turn indicates greater 

 market value. Argenteuil, Pal- 

 metto and Reading Giant were 

 not found of sufficient uniform- 

 ity to justify their adoption as a 

 basis for breeding work. 



An asparagus bed is a perma- 

 nent investment. Growers should 

 not be satisfied, therefore, with 

 anything but the best obtainable. 

 The original investment of an 

 asparagus plantation is compar- 

 atively small when it is consid- 

 ered that at least eight succes- 

 sive years will come from it. On 

 advice from asparagus experts in 

 the Bureau of Plant Industry we 

 are listing one-year-old roots 

 only, as these have proven to be 

 the most practical size for trans- 

 planting. See Farmers Bulletin 

 Xo. 829, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. Our supply of roots 

 is limited and Ave reserve the 

 right to limit the number which 

 any one customer shall purchase. 

 Price of roots 100 $1.75, 1000 

 §15.00, transportation at cus- 

 tomer's expense, no charge for 

 Washington ASPARAGUS (x %) container. 



