Georgia -Grown and Georgia - Certified Tomato Plants 



AGAIN AVAILABLE FROM STOKES PEDIGREED SEED 



WE CONTINUE to place great faith in Tomato 

 plants certified by the State of Georgia. We 

 continue to hold high respect for the men who grow 

 them, and for the officials who are valiantly aiding 

 these men. To Dr. William D. Moore, U.S.D.A., we ex- 

 tend special praise for distinguished service. Yes, it 

 is true that in 1939 there were unexpected and, in 

 some instances, severe outbreaks of Color Rot (Mac- 

 rosporium solatium). But we are by no means dis- 

 couraged. On the contrary, new information is now 



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available to explain these setbacks and to give us 

 confidence in a satisfactory performance from 1940 

 deliveries. Several factors have been introduced which 

 we believe will contribute greatly in solving obscure 

 and puzzling difficulties. This is a large and important 

 industry and is headed by men of capacity. Stokes 

 Tomato Plant customers have profited greatly in the 

 past. Our 1939 record for the most part was a satis- 

 factory one. Deliveries in 1940 will be protected by 

 a program which includes the following: 



Our own trained staff in Georgia will supervise all growing contracts, including seeding, fertilization, 

 spraying, pulling, packing, and shipping. 



2. Exclusive use of our own high-yielding, pedigreed Tomato Seed stocks — all treated under official 

 N.J.D.A. supervision, subsequently tested and found commercially free from surface-borne pathogenic 

 organisms. 



3. Seed-planting schedules, so timed that a constant supply of fresh, growing ^not dormant^ plants is 

 available throughout the four weeks' shipping season. 



4. Extra-thorough spraying, slowly and under high pressure, with tri-basic copper. CNo more Bordeaux 

 which has proved too damaging to the plants.^ 



5. Two applications of fertilizer — half at seeding-time and half when the plants are old enough to absorb it. 



6. Greater care in pulling and packing, with more moss, quicker handling, and not too tight packing — 

 always in 5 ^ths baskets. 



7. Use of ventilated express cars with, if possible, some temperature control {58 to 70 degrees F. is ideal^. 



8. Immediate delivery from the car after arrival in the North {lor the most part all shipments will be 

 handled on a basis of definite reservation/. 



Varieties available in 1940 ^VALIANT, STOKESDALE, MASTER MARGLOBE, RUTGERS 



Price f. o. b. Georgia shipping poini . . $2.25 per 1000 

 Price f. o, b. New Jersey receiving poini, $2.75 per 1000 



We anticipate a shipping season lasting from April 25 to May 20, 1940 



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For the most part we prefer to ship Tomato plants in Express cars. These two are being unloaded at Mt. Holly, N. J. 



