The F2 Stokescross"^ Hybrids offer all 

 tomato growers unusual opportun- 

 ities. You have five to choose from. 



Francis C. Stokes Company has the honor of an- 

 nouncing the introduction of five F2 Hybrid Tomatoes. 

 These closed-formula, second generation hybrids will 

 be sold under the registered trade-mark STOKES- 

 CROSS,* and will be identified by numbers. We suggest 

 a careful examination of the variety chart in this book- 

 let, and of the variety descriptions. No one Stokescross 

 hybrid will fill all requirements. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 

 will be of interest to those growers who depend 

 primarily on early maturity. No. 4 and No. 5 will 

 mature in the 70 to 75 day range from transplanting. 

 These have great vitality. The astonishing hybrid vigor 

 of the Stokescross tomatoes will, in varying degrees, 

 develop these advantages: 



1 . Production increase up to 30%. 



2. Earlier, more continuous, and more profuse fruit 

 setting. 



3. A more extended harvest season. 



4. Distinctive qualities of color, flavor and firmness. 



5. Far less cracking of fruit. 



Hybrid tomatoes offer all tomato growers very strong 

 advantages. By giving them your best they will repay 

 you handsomely. You cannot afford to overlook them. 

 Whether you are growing tomatoes in the greenhouse, 

 in the home garden, or whether you grow for the near- 

 by or distant market, for the processor, or for the 

 repacker, the range of usefulness of the Stokescross 

 Hybrids covers all of North America. They are the latest 

 development in Stokes' long years of specialization in 

 tomatoes. We are proud to offer them to you. 



*Trade-mark Registered. 



Stokes hybrid tomato breeding dates back to 1942. 



