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abe needed to complete your +oma"l'o acreage. 



Stokescross No. 3 



I 5 oz. fruit ripens 75 days from transplanting. 



This completely new and distinct hybrid will not be avail- 

 able commercially until August 15, 1951. It promises to be 

 in a class by itself. In developing this hybrid we especially 

 had in mind a tomato more suitable to the important cello- 

 phane box tomato packers. (Their business has reached a 

 volume in excess of $100 million per year). This group is 



. calling for a tomato of 4I/2 oz. size that is firm enough 

 to be harvested at turning stage and carry some authentic 

 tomato flavor to the consumer in the six month period when 

 garden tomatoes are not available. 



Stokescross No. 4 



51/2 oz. fruit ripens 80 days after transplanting. 

 I This brilliant F2 hybrid is already established as a tomato 

 of enormous importance. Its hybrid vigor is at once seen 

 in its ability to produce large, solid, highly flavored fruit, 

 in quantity, fully 10 days in advance of Rutgers. When 

 adequately fertilized it will surpass Rutgers in production 

 by a wide margin. As a canning tomato its deep red color 

 and solid interior is especially noticeable. Under normal 

 weather conditions it will be almost crack free, a factor 

 probably due to its deeper root system. 



S/oAescross No. 5 



5'/2 oz. fruit ripens 85 days from transplanting. 



Yields exceeding 30 tons per acre have been recorded for 

 this distinguished F2 hybrid. It has a long harvest season. 

 Its hybrid vigor stands out in its heavy production of highly 

 flavored and highly colored fruit. In normal weather 

 Stokescross No. 5 carries much of the crack free qualities 

 of No. 4. (No tomato is completely crack free following a 

 [ heavy rain.) The interior of No. 5 is extremely solid, a factor 

 making it of great importance as a canning tomato. It will 

 stand up in the can far better than the conventional sorts. 

 Thousands of acres of Stokescross No. 5 will be grown in 

 1951. 



Price of Seed: 



$5.00 per ounce. There are no apologies for this price. 

 Each ounce contains over 5,000 seeds. This seed in official 

 New Jersey State Seed Laboratory tests averages 95 to 

 98% germination. One ounce of seed, therefore, will plant 

 more than one acre. Several 1950 reports tell us of Stokes- 

 cross crops grossing in excess of $500 per acre. No one 

 will hesitate to spend I % for that kind of tomato seed. 

 Garden packets (approx. 200 seeds) are 50^''. Trade packets 

 (approx. 500 seeds) are $1.00. 



