THE LARGEST SECOND-EARLY TOMATO 



CertiRed 



Our most important introduction since Master Marglobe 

 Ratio, depth to width, 85 per cent 112 days to maturity Averase weisht of fruit: 8 ounces 



STOKESDALE is now of age — 21, and red, brilliant red! We believe it is to become one of the great varieties. 

 The point for emphasis is that this sixth-generation selection has apparently fixed the type that a year ago 

 showed so much promise but which then was not completely fixed. 



The glowing reports of its performance in 1937 under many varied conditions indicate a striking advance in 

 Tomato culture. We urge that you include Stokesdale in your 1938 schedule, and we suggest that you consider it 

 as an important all-purpose type for market or for cannery. 



For market, it will be profitable because of its earliness, its beauty, and its quality. It averages three days earlier 

 and 25% larger than Bonny Best (Stokes, 1908). 



For the cannery, it offers high tonnage per acre, with all that makes for a strong Government grade. It has 

 the further advantage of spreading the picking season — the peak will precede Marglobe by 10 days, Rutgers by 

 14 days. This past August, loads of Stokesdale graded among the highest at our Vincentown plant. One load 

 rated 95% U. S. No. 1, 5% U. S. No. 2. No culls. Flavor and interior color are also outstanding points. 



Striking results with Stokesdale have been reported from such widely separated locations as Crystal City, 

 Texas, Fort Pierce, Fla., Lexington, N. C, Manhattan, Kans., Storrs, Conn., Waltham, Mass., Ithaca, N. Y., and 

 Saint Catharines, Ont. One report from Kansas says, "Stokesdale was the most wilt-resistant of any variety 

 tested." That, in the face of former tests, is encouraging, but other reports have shown that Stokesdale is not 

 completely resistant to fusarium wilt. Here in New Jersey, several men growing for canneries reported Stokesdale 

 to be their high-yielding variety. You will be astonished with its producing power. 



Price, postpaid: 



Trade pkt. 50 cts.; oz. $1; V^Wi. $3; 

 lb. $10; 5 lbs. $45 



STOKESDALE, groivn hy Stokes, already a source of great profit to many growers 



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