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ITS WIDE ACCEPTANCE IS DUE TO HEAVY CROWN-SET 



SUMMARY: 



Days to maturity at Stokesdale: 105. 

 Germination: 95% or better. 

 Date of test: December, 1936. 

 Disinfection: Mercuric Chloride, 1 to 2,000. 

 Ratio of depth to width: 75%. 

 Interior: Open. 



Color: Light scarlet when ripe. 

 Average weight of fruit: 5 ounces. 



CPARKS' EARLIANA was introduced by Johnson & 

 ^ Stokes, our honored forebears, in 1900. For over 

 30 years this variety has held a respected position as the 

 leader of the extra-early class. Some five years ago our 

 Gloucester County neighbor, Mr. Ernest Lange, found a 

 plant in his Earliana field vv^hich had developed an un- 

 usually heavy crow^n setting. Mr. Lange saved this seed, 

 and, after making further selections, sold the introduc- 

 tory rights to our Company. 



The unusual success of the variety is obviously due to 

 the fact that fully half of the crop is available during the 

 first 10 days of harvest. The photograph below^ tells the 

 story better than we can. This crop was set out in 

 Gloucester County, New Jersey, the first week in May. 

 The first ripe Tomato was gathered on June 17. The first 

 five baskets were gathered on June 22, and thereafter 50 

 to 100 baskets were gathered daily. It is not at all un- 

 common for the crown-set to carry 6 to 12 fully developed 

 fruits. Lange's Earliana is still an Earliana. It nevertheless 

 is a fine representative of its class. 



Price, Postpaid: Trade pkt. 15 cts./ V20Z. 40 cts.; 

 oz. 75 cts./ V4lb. $2.75; lb. $10 



STOKES TOMATO INTRODUCTIONS 



Atlantic Prize 1889 Master Marglobe . . . 1930 



Spark's Earliana. ... 1900 Stokesdale 1936 



Bonny Best 1908 Valiant 1937 



The Lange Strain of Earliana has consistently topped the market in the Swedesboro, N. J., area for the past four years. 



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