Our Stokesdale Proving Grounds has been the scene of our most important breeding work on 



Tomatoes for the past four years 



STOKESDALE PROVING GROUNDS 



DOWN near the mouth of the Thames is a point called The Start. That light marks the commencement of 

 the great voyages. Stokesdale might as aptly be named The Start, for here, too, great journeys commence. 

 This outdoor laboratory of ours covers less than 10 acres, but it is the starting-point of important production 

 for the Tomato industry. Choices made at Stokesdale are multiplied thousands of times within a three-year period. 



Each of our breeding-plots is the product of minutely studied singles. These comparatively small stock-seed 

 areas are multiplied for seed-production to about 500 acres the following summer. (This acreage is all under 

 state inspection for certification.) These 500 acres are increased to 50,000 acres in commercial production 

 the summer after that. Thus the multiplication table works at high speed in Tomato propagation. 



If Stokesdale stands for anything, it must stand as the symbol of thoroughness of detail, accuracy of measure- 

 ment, and experience in judgment. Customers are cordially invited to visit us whenever possible. August is 

 the best month. We are 20 minutes distant from Philadelphia by automobile, taking Route 38 from the 

 Camden Airport. It requires two hours to motor from New York, taking Route 2 5 to Cinnaminson, thence 

 4 miles to Moorestown. We were honored by visits this past year from persons coming from as far away as 

 Arizona, Texas, Cuba, and Florida. The hand of hospitality is held out to you. 



FRANCIS C. STOKES & COMPANY, Inc. 



Breeders and Growers of Totnatoes 

 STOKESDALE PROVING GROUNDS, MOORESTOWN, NEW JERSEY 

 Sanford, Florida Corpus Christi, Texas Weslaco, Texas St. Catharines, Ontario 



A mistake in judgment here will affect production on 50,000 acres three j ears hence 



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Copyright 1936, F. C. S. & Co., Inc. 



