l/aliant — 



EXTRA EARLY 



EXTRA LARGE . EXTRA SMOOTH 



New Jersey-Grown. Ratio, depth-to-width, 88 per cent. Days to maturity, 108. Average weight, 7 ounces. 



IN MANY districts, Valiant is fast replacing the 

 Earliana types. The four additional days' time that 

 is required for its maturity is quickly overlooked 

 when the market returns come in. Valiant has a 

 sparse, open vine and therefore will never be an all- 

 purpose Tomato, but in its limited field, where it can 

 be matured without too much danger of sunburn, it 

 is already greatly prized. 



The experience of one grower, Mr. T. Wood Wyne, 

 of Thorofare, Gloucester County, N. J., is typical of 

 many in the extra-early field. Mr. Wyne has found 

 that Valiant is so profitable that he has entirely aban- 

 doned his Earliana acreage. By the use of hotbed- 

 grown, blocked plants. Valiant, under average New 

 Jersey conditions, matures most of its crop before the 



Valiant was the best Tomato we ever had. Very solid, free from cracks, 

 and of excellent flavor. As to earliness, they were not enough behind Earliana 

 to be noticeable. I have never been disappointed in Stokes' seeds. — C. J. T., 

 Auburn, Me. 



severe July heat. The fruit is so smooth and deep that 

 in many cases it is marketed in the Marglobe class. 

 With proper feeding on heavier soils, we have seen 

 Valiant develop an almost normal vine-coverage. 



Valiant, a Stokes 1936 introduction, is now in its 

 eighth generation. It is a half-brother of Stokesdale, 

 being a selection out of that remarkable variety. The 

 fruit is unusually large in comparison with the vine, 

 is solid and of brilliant scarlet color. Valiant is not 

 recommended as a cannery type, nor is it recom- 

 mended for production where it cannot be matured 

 under normal temperatures. In its field, however, it 

 has made a handsome profit for those who have han- 

 dled it properly. We recommend that a planting of 

 Stokesdale should always follow Valiant. 



It is indeed a task to sit down and write all about the beauty, firmness, 

 and productivity of your Valiant. We have never had a Tomato which ex- 

 ceeded our e.vpectations in every way as much as did this one. It is certainly 

 the most bountiful, firm, and easy-growing Tomato to be raised. — B. Bros., 

 Altamont, N. Y. 



Price, postpaid : 

 Trade pkt. 25 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; V4lb. $1.50; 

 lb. $5; 5 lbs. $22.50 



We took about $90.00 from about 650 plants of Valiant Quite a 

 number of the plants were ruined at the height of their season by rain, 

 and others were obviously injured. The quality was often remarked upon, 

 especially their firmness and keeping qualities. Even dead-ripe fruit did 

 not become soft or bruised. — J. O. W., Merrimac, Mass. 



I am pleased to say that this was the biggest Tomato year I ever had. 

 Your Valiant is a real mortgage lifter. I believe that Marglobe is a little 

 better market Tomato than Stokesdale. Rutgers is much firmer than 

 Marglobe or Stokesdale, but give me Valiant, the Champion. — ^J. G. R., 

 Taunton, Mass. 



Your Valiant is the only new variety I planted this year. I am verv 

 pleased with it. It is not only very early but a firm Tomato of good quality 

 I rely on Pritchard for midseason and late Tomatoes. — E. H. B., Pough- 

 keepsie, N. Y. 



