PROVING-GROUND STOCKS FOR GREENHOUSE FORCING 



THE seed of the five varieties offered on this page is comparable in every way to stock seed for our own 

 company acreage. It was all produced at our Stokesdale Proving Grounds. This seed is of value to 

 anyone who profits by absolute perfection in his operation or who, for any reason, desires the 

 product of Tomatoes grown under our exacting system. Obviously, the great demand for it comes from 

 growers of greenhouse Tomatoes. Each year we supply important quantities of this seed to that critical trade. 

 The production expense of greenhouse Tomatoes is such that only the most carefully bred seed should be 

 used. Our single-plant plots assure an exceptionally fine stock. The seed offered on this page will do well 

 under glass or in exacting field production. 



Varieties direct jrotn Stokesdale Proving Grounds: 



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Stokesdale Proving Grounds are one of the largest experimen- 

 tal fields in the United States devoted exclusively to Tomatoes. 

 Although this is our source of foundation stocks with which 

 we plant our 1,000 acres for seed, we are running a great many 

 other projects which contribute their share of information to 

 the industry. 



In addition to stock-seed production, here are tested the 

 leading strains of Tomatoes from all over the world. Source 

 records are open to everyone; thus comparisons are readily 

 made which are of value to all Tomato growers. Here, also, 

 you may study the comparative results of staked vs. unstaked 

 plantings; the use of hot caps vs. no hot caps; maturity figures 

 of early, medium, and late plantings. 



Visitors are also usually interested in our main establishment 

 at Vincentown, which is not only capable of harvesting, clean- 

 ing, and disinfecting 50,000 pounds of Tomato seed annually. 



but which also can produce in a normal season 2 50 carloads 

 of our by-product, Stokes Tomato Juice. A well-equipped 

 laboratory is operated in conjunction with this plant. Among 

 other things, extensive Vitamin C studies are being carried on. 

 In this connection it is interesting to note that a Tomato found 

 in the French West Indies by Francis C. Stokes this past winter 

 contained 38 mg. per 100 cc. Vitamin C — practically double the 

 content we have found on any titration of our American varieties. 



Visitors from many distant points have honored us with 

 visits at Vincentown. Among others this past summer were 

 two officials of the Soviet Government, one the chief engineer 

 of the Consercov Comeseriat which operates the large Govern- 

 ment canneries in the Ukraine and the Crimea. /'Stokes 

 Master Marglobe will be growing along the Volga in 1938.^ 

 The hand of welcome is held out to you. You will always be 

 cordially received at Vincentown. 



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