Stokes Seed Farms Company, Moore s town. New Jersey 



French or Green Globe ARTICHOKE 



One ounce will produce 

 about 500 plants 



This vegetable comes to us from across the Atlantic. To our knowledge the French or Green Globe is the best sort for general use. The 

 leaves, silvery gray in color, with reddish ribs at the base, are entirely without spines. The seales are pale green, shading to violet 

 at the base. The stems are about 2* 2 feet high. The scales and bottom of the flower-head are the edible portion, usually eaten as a salad. 

 The seed should be sown in hotbeds in February or March so that the plants can be set outside in rows when spring opens. The rows 

 should be 4 feet apart and the plants 2 feet apart in the row. By this method globes develop the first year. Seed sown in May and trans- 

 planted in June should have the tops cut off in the fall and be carefully protected over winter. Artichoke beds should be renewed once in 

 three years. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 25 cts., V^lb. 80 cts. 



ASPARAGUS 



FIRST EARLY 

 MONEY 



Culture. — Sow the seed thinly in rows a foot apart, in April or May. Thin out seedlings to 3 or 4 inches apart, saving the strongest. Hoe 

 frequently, and the next spring move the roots to their permanent location. Asparagus does best in deep, rich loam, which should be en- 

 riched with decayed manure. One ounce of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 4 to 5 pounds, or 7,000 roots, will plant one acre. 



secure seed from what we believe is the finest stock of Asparagus in 

 this country. The roots we have to offer this season are one-year-old 

 roots which experience has proven are the most valuable for trans- 

 planting work. Two-year-old roots will very often not bring results 

 as well as roots that have been transplanted after the first season. 

 It is our honest belief that the Asparagus roots which we offer this 

 season will produce the highest type of Asparagus it is possible to 

 raise. They are absolutely rust-resistant, and at the same time 

 contain such inherent strength as to produce considerably larger 

 stalks than the ordinary strains. It will be our constant aim in our 

 selecting of Asparagus on our farm this season to keep in mind the 

 fact that the large stalks are the most desirable for all classes of trade, 

 and the selecting work, therefore, will be done with this idea in view. 

 Price of roots, 15 cts. per doz., 80 cts. per 100, prepaid within 

 the first three zones; $3.50 per 1,000, by freight or express at 

 purchaser's expense. 



2 S. S. Giant Green (Seed) 



The name we have given our strain of Asparagus is descriptive of 

 its growth. S. S. Giant Green is offered again this season with every 

 confidence that it will prove successful for our trade. The stock offered 

 is absolutely rust-resistant, and with moderately good growing con- 

 ditions will produce large, heavy stalks of very brightest appearance 

 and at the same time of the very best quality. As the size of the 

 Asparagus depends largely on the richness of the soil in which it is 

 grown, we are hardly justified in giving any definite dimensions. 

 Price of seed, postpaid, Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Vi'b. 15 cts., lb. 

 40 cts. 



S. S. Giant Green (Roots) 



In our endeavor to procure the very finest Asparagus roots for our 

 customers, we are pleased to announce that we have been able to 



LIMA BEANS 



GROWN in 

 CALIFORNIA 



Culture. — All Lima Beans are very susceptible to rotting in cold, wet ground, and should not be planted until warm weather fairly 

 sets in. Poles 8 to 10 feet long should be firmly set in the hill before planting the seed. Poles should be set 4 feet apart each way. One 

 quart of Lima Beans will plant about 100 hills, allowing 4 or 5 Beans to a hill; 20 quarts will plant an acre in hills 4 by 4 feet. 



35 Fordhook Bush Lima 



The superiority of this Bean over all other Bush Limas that are in 

 the market causes us to decide in its favor wholly and absolutely, 

 thus eliminating all of the other varieties, some of which have been 

 very popular in their time. The demand for the Fordhook is increas- 

 ing every year, and rather than spend our efforts in trying to keep up 

 the stocks of half a dozen varieties of Bush Limas we have decided 

 to put everything right on this one variety, and then be sure that 

 what we offer in this is as near perfection as possible. In other words, 

 we are putting all of our eggs in one basket and watching them. The 

 two great features of good Fordhook seed are, first, Beans that are 

 not cracked, which is so often the case, and, second, it is almost as 

 necessary to have the stocks absolutely pure, eliminating all of the 

 "runners" and other wild types. The first point is merely a matter 

 of careful harvest, but the second point concerns directly the manner 



Part of the Fordhook harvest in New Jersey 



of seed-growing and it should be the business of every large Bean- 

 grower to inquire into the purity of stocks which are being sold to him. 

 They are about 4^4 to 5 inches in length, each pod containing from 

 3 to 5 large Beans of exceptional quality, being entirely free from the 

 mealy quality which is often found in the old Potato or Dreer's Lima. 

 The dried Beans are oval in shape, very thick, and white with a 

 greenish tinge. We consider the Fordhook far and away the best 

 dwarf Lima under cultivation. Pkt. 5 cts., ] /2pt. 15 cts., pt. 25 cts., 

 qt. 30 cts., V 2 pk. $1.15, pk. $2.25, bus. $8. 



40 S. S. Large White Pole Lima 



A Bean that has been in use in this country for over a Gentury, 

 but during that time, however, its type has been improved consider- 

 ably. At the present time it is one of the most largely grown Pole 

 Limas. The vines make a large growth and are very productive, hav- 

 ing a long bearing season which usually begins 

 after about seven weeks. The pods are a dark 

 green, moderately curved, flat and uniform in 

 size, containing from three to five seeds. The 

 quality of the green shelled Beans is excellent. 

 This Bean is not quite so large as the King 

 of the Garden, but is somewhat earlier in 

 season, that variety taking about eight 

 weeks to mature. Pkt. 5 cts., VzPt- 10 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., Vipk. $1, pk. $1.75, 

 bus. $7. 



44 King of the Garden 

 Pole Lima 



This Bean was introduced some thirty-five 

 years ago, being developed from a selection 

 of the Large White Pole Lima. It is very 

 similar to the old Ford's Mammoth Pole, as 

 introduced by Johnson and Stokes in 1893, 

 and of late years these two Beans have been 

 used almost interchangeably by the seed 

 trade. This Bean is a great climber, very 

 productive and late in season, having a long 

 bearing season. Pkt. 5 cts., Vzpt. 10 cts., 

 pt. 20 cts., qt. 35 cts., V 2 pk. $1, pk. $1.75, 

 bus. $7. 



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