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PLANT THESE PROVING-GROUND STOCKS 



GREENHOUSE men, and other growers who 

 operate on an intensive scale, find that these 

 Proving-Ground Stocks, even at these obviously higher 

 prices, are bargains. This seed is taken directly from 

 our foundation-planting stock and is the same as that 

 we plant for our own pedigreed-seed acreage. It 

 represents the cream of the Stokes crop. It is certified, 

 disinfected, and handled with special care. Most of 

 it is sold in ounces or in fractional ounces. 



VALIANT STOKESDALE 



RUTGERS STOKES 



Each year we supply important quantities of this 

 elite seed to the forcing trade — a clear indication that 

 the extra investment pays its way. The high-produc- 

 tion expense of greenhouse Tomatoes requires that 

 only the most perfect seed-stock be used. These six 

 Tomatoes oflfer a reasonable variety range. Because 

 of varying growing and market conditions, we recom- 

 mend that two, if not three, of these varieties should 

 be planted. The following are now available: 



BONNY BEST PRITCHARD 

 MASTER MARGLOBE 



Prices, postpaid: Trade pkt. $1; V4OZ. $1.75; V20Z. $3; oz. $5; ^^lb. $17.50 



My Tomatoes, Master Marglobe, Valiant, and Stokesdale set an immense 

 quantity of green fruit and I did have a fair crop. I have a small retail green- 

 house and sell about 20,000 plants per year. Considering adverse conditions, 

 the quality was superior as to smoothness, size, flavor, and solidity. I con- 

 sider your strains highly superior and shall continue to plant them until 

 something better is developed. — H. A. W., Halstead, Pa. 



I cannot say enough about your Master Marglobe. They are'disease- 

 resistant to the very end and ripen perfectly. They are very heavy bearers 

 under the same condition that the Valiant and Stokesdale were grown in, 

 and the Master Marglobe came through with flying colors. I just flnished 

 picking them this week, October 14. They started to bear about August 10. — 

 A. C. B., South Haven, Mich. 



I have used your Tomato Seed for several years and find it the best to be 

 found on the market any year. My son and I prune and stake all of our plants, 

 some to single stalk and others to two stalks. We sure had some fine To- 

 matoes last season, some Valiant weighing as high as 12 to 16 ounces each. 

 Twenty Valiant Tomatoes weighed 16 pounds. Merchants we sold to said 

 they were the best Tomatoes in this district. Everyone likes the solid meat 

 of all of your Tomatoes. — W. L. M., Decatur, III. 



W'e sell more Master Marglobe plants, wholesale and retail, 

 than any other variety. Next to it is your Stokesdale, one of the 

 very best early varieties that we grow for plant-sale. We put it on 

 the market the first time in 1937 and our customers who pur- 

 chased plants of Stokesdale came for more plants in 1938, with 

 glowing reports of the large-size, fine-quality fruit. We use the 

 best seeds we can get, regardless of the cost, in order to maintain 

 the quality of the plants we sell. We expect to use your Tomato 

 Seed as long as we can get it. — D. E. Z., Chambersburg, Pa. 



