THE MARK OF THE BEST 



STOKES 

 TOMATO 



PRODUCING SINCE 1882 



An Offer of Stokes Proving-Ground Stocks 

 for Greenhouse Forcing 



THESE represent our choicest selections — the de luxe Tomato seed of America. They 

 are one generation in advance of the regular stocks offered on the two preceding pages. 

 As such, this is the seed we recommend for greenhouse forcing and for all other intensive 

 Tomato production where great exactness is called for and is expected. This seed is taken 

 from our 1944 stock-seed bins and is therefore precisely comparable to the mother stock for Stokes 2,000 

 pedigreed acres in the coming year. As is the case with all other stocks offered in this folder, the price remains 

 unchanged from last year. In fact, there has been no change in the price of our Proving-Ground Stocks for the 

 past seven years. For more complete variety notes refer to the preceding pages. 



PRICE, POSTPAID: Trade pkt. $1; V 4 oz. $1.75; V 2 oz. $3; oz. $5; V 4 lb. $17.50 



VALIANT 



This proving-ground stock is offered for extra-early production, where every ounce of extra effort counts. 

 That goes especially for growers in a position to profit from the early market. Valiant is some four days earlier 

 than Stokesdale. It is not as perfectly formed and is not usually recommended for greenhouse production. 



STOKESDALE 



The perfection of form of this variety has made it especially profitable in greenhouse forcing. It will mature 

 under glass in shorter time than Marglobe and the fruit clusters will set more readily. The average size is very 

 desirable for a greenhouse Tomato. Stokesdale will give an outstanding performance under glass. 



MASTER MARGLOBE, F S U STRAIN 



This strain holds a place of importance as a forcing Tomato. It is somewhat larger and one week later than 

 Stokesdale, and is slightly darker in color, with a thicker wall. Its perfection of form and its table qualities have 

 long been recognized. This is a very superior hybrid stock, and is highly recommended. 



RUTGERS 



This is our de luxe stock of Rutgers and is offered to those planters who require their Tomato seed on a stock- 

 seed basis. Generally speaking, Rutgers is not recommended for greenhouse forcing. While often on the large 

 side it does not have the depth-to-width ratio of Stokesdale nor Master Marglobe. This is the finest stock of 

 Rutgers we have so far offered. 



JAN 24 A.*, * 



Single plant election follows all hybridization effort in Tomato breeding. The stakes shown 

 are a part of that routine here at our Summer Proving Grounds at Vincentoivn, N. J. 



