STOKES 

 1908 INTRODUCTION 



THE ORIGINAL TYPE AS INTRODUCED BY WALTER P. STOKES 



IN 1908, when Walter P. Stokes introduced Bonny Best, 

 it promptly found a place of importance as it was a dis- 

 tinct improvement over the older Chalk's Jewel in both 

 earliness and depth. Bonny Best held its place staunchly 

 until about 192 5 when the more modern and more disease- 

 resistant Marglobe began to be widely accepted. From that 

 time its acreage fell off, except in the North where its type 

 still predominates over all other sorts, and where the loss 

 from Fusarium Wilt is about at the zero point. 



We are very fortunate in being able to offer this present 

 strain. Bonny Best-Stokes is an almost exact replica of the 

 original introduction of twenty-nine years ago. In our 

 opinion, it may lead to a definite revival of the variety. 

 What we offer here is a Tomato earlier, deeper, and 

 smoother, with thick walls which are remarkably free from 

 cracks. The color and the flavor are of the fine old Bonny 

 type. The average weight — five ounces — is distinctly larger 

 than most strains of Bonny in recent years. 



Price, Postpaid : Trade pkt. 10 cts.,- oz. 35 cts./ 

 V4lb. $1.25; lb. $4 



SPECIAL GREEN- 

 HOUSE STRAIN 



This seed, grown in the North and saved with the greatest 

 care by our own men, represents what to us is the finest 

 stock of Bonny Best we have ever known. The type is large, 

 round, solid, and very productive. Except on Fusarium- 

 infected soils, it will make a very profitable type for the 

 greenhouse. It supersedes our Super-Standard Bonny Best. 



Price, Postpaid: Trade pkt. $1; V40Z. $1.75; V20Z. $2.75; 

 oz. $5; V4lb. $17.50 



BONNY BEST -STOKES 

 SUMMARY: 



Days to maturity at Stokesdale: 112. 

 Germination: 90% or better. 

 Date of test: December, 1936. 

 Ratio of depth to width: 86%. 

 Interior: Remarkably solid. 

 Resistance to Fusarium Wilt: Slight. 

 Color: Brilliant scarlet. 

 Average weight of fruit: 5 ounces. 



This vigorous seed-field of Special Greenhouse Strain of Bonny Best-Stokes performed brilliantly. 

 We have never seen quality to equal it. This photo taken in Wayne Co., N. Y., September, 1936. 



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