THE SHAPE OF THINGS— 



AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FACTOR IN TOMATOES FOR SHIPMENT 



Greater depth means an extra slice^ and that is what Mrs. Brown is lookins for 



IF Tomato growers could spend an hour each week on the big produce markets, they would realize what a subtle 

 thing perfection is. The remarkable success of Stokes Master Marglobe is based on one simple factor — shape. 

 We have spent ten years striving to perfect the most desirable slicing Tomato in the United States. That effort 

 has met with genuine success. Buyers everywhere give this stock preferred attention. Their customers want deep, 

 smooth, solid fruits. Flat Tomatoes, with deeply ridged shoulders, do not slice well, and, what is worse, they often 

 have a blossom-end scar and a green core. That type of Tomato was ruled out ten years ago. 



Stokes Master Marglobe can claim fourteen generations of single-plant selection. We doubt if this record can 

 be equaled. Upward of $2 5,000 has been spent in the development of this stock. Yet this seed is available to you 

 at a cost of less than $1 per acre. It is possible that you may secure a seed-supply for half that price, but is it worth 

 the risk when your total per-acre production expense approximates $100, and your possible return per acre may 

 be in excess of $500.' We sincerely believe Stokes Master Marglobe, Strain Six, to be the ideal Tomato for the 

 green-wrap trade. 



J^tltckaid 



Ratio, depth to width, 85 per cent 113 days to maturity 



Average weight of fruit: 5 ounces 



WE HAVE a wholesome respect for the Pritchard Tomato. Under certain growing conditions, this variety 

 far outyields all others. This particularly applies to New York and to New England where Marglobe ordi- 

 narily does not ripen a full crop. In maturity, Pritchard will average five days ahead of Marglobe. 



Pritchard — a Marglobe X Cooper's Special hybrid, originally introduced by the U. S. Department of Agriculture 

 as Scarlet Topper — was officially renamed by the Department to honor its originator, the late Dr. Fred J. Pritchard. 

 His originations in wilt-resistant types have had a vast influence on Tomato production in the United States. 



Pritchard is a plant of the determinate growth type and because of this it is highly desirable to feed it heavily 

 in order to develop as heavy vine as possible. We recommend that ammonia in some available form should be 

 applied before the fruits develop. Reasonable vine protection is very desirable. 



Price, postpaid : 



50 cts.; 

 5; 



10 



V^ritcharA — the last origination of a great plant'breeder 



