RULES FOR SUCCESS 



WITH STOKESCROSS HYBRIDS: 



1. Plant them in your best soil. Test this for all ele- 

 ments, and add deficiencies in your fornnula. Don't overlook 

 boron. Keep building up for organic matter. 



2. Feed them heavily- — 2000 lbs. per acre, of the correct 

 formula, with half of this in two or three side dresser ap- 

 plications. 



3. Avoid a transplanting set-back. Handle quickly and 

 with starter solution. No tomato plant ever fully recovers 

 from a set-back. 



4. Early plants means early harvest. Remember that 

 it is the warm sunshine of August that ripens the sweetest 

 tomatoes. 



5. You must spray. Early Blight, Late Blight, and insects 

 are here to stay. Both crop and flavor go when the foliage 

 goes. 



6. Help your blossoms to set. Avoid an over-vegetative 

 vine. Go slow on your nitrogen applications until the first 

 two hands show fruit. Ditto on irrigation. 



7. Dodge September weather. Mature as much of your 

 crop in August as is possible. The five Stokescross Hybrids 

 will help. Make your choices with care. 



8. Maintain fruit size. There are four factors — heredity, 

 spacing, continued feeding and irrigation. All of these rate 

 your best thought. 



9. Reduce fruit cracking. Again maintain foliage. 

 Stokescross No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 have all shown a definite 

 reduction in cracking. 



10. Secure top market. Pack top grade. Never forget 

 quality. It is up to you to maintain the integrity of your 

 pack. You are the manager. Hybrids have a quality of 

 their own. Give them your best. 



