Stokes Seed Farms Qdmpany, Moorestown,Ne^ Jersey 



Earliana, the Earliest Tomato under cultivation 



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The Earlidna Tomato 



THE SELECTED STOCK HEREWITH OFFERED 

 HAS BEEN GROWN AT WINDERMOOR FARM 



INTRODUCED BY THE OLD FIRM OF JOHNSON & STOKES SOME TWENTY YEARS AGO, AND NOW LISTED BY 



NEARLY EVERV SEEDSMAN IN THE UNITED STATES 



We take an especial pride in the Earliana, for we have felt that we had a reputation to hold up concerning it, as our predecessors 

 were directly responsible for its naming and introduction back in the nineties. There are ver\' few Tomato-growers who do not know 

 the Earliana, and regardless of all its weaknesses, which are due entirely to its earliness, it is the most largely grown early Tomato 

 the country over. The great difficulty of selecting for extremely early specimens usually brings trouble of some sort, either in small 

 specimens or in inferior quality. Although the Earliana is liable to crack around the stem and is, perhaps, not so good-flavored as 

 the Bonny Best, it, nevertheless, has proved to be one of the very best money-makers on the farm. The ideal selection which we are 

 working for is a large, smooth, extremely early type not subject to cracking or spotting, and taken from the most prolific vines. Not 

 all of the Earliana Tomato seed which is offered at the present time is stock which will grow a profitable crop. Planters should 

 exercise extreme care not to allow their stock to deteriorate from year to year. The introduction of new, well-bred seed, at least ever\ 

 three years, is the duty of everj- Tomato-grower. As compared to Bonny Best, Earliana will ripen a portion of its crop four or five 

 days ahead of the Bonny Best. Where it is possible to take advantage of the extremely early markets, Earliana will, no doubt, prove 

 to be the most profitable of any variety. Taken as a general earlj- crop, however, we would advise Bonny Best. The vines are rather 

 dark in color, small but extremely vigorous and productive. The fruits are a rich, deep scarlet, medium in size and borne in clusters 

 at the base of the plant. The entire crop can be gathered within about twenty days after the first fruits mature. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 25 cts., V4lb. 75 cts., lb. $2.50. 



^^os Special-Stock Bonny Best for Forcing 



As a forcing Tomato, Bonny Best has broken nearly all records of greenhouse men from the point of quality and productiveness. 

 Fully realizing the necessity of an extra-selected stock for this work we, ever\' year, make a practice of saving from the very finest 

 specimens in the field a small quantity of seed for this purpose. These Tomatoes equal in everj' way the "stock seed" specimens 

 which we save for our own seed crop the following year. \\ e can supply the names of a good many greenhouse men who have already 

 made big money with Bonny Best. In our opinion it has no peer for inside forcing. A colored illustration and further description 

 of this Tomato will be found on the opposite page. Pkt. 25 cts., oz. $1.25, Vilb. $4, lb. $12. 



A Statement From "The Market Growers* Journal" 



Prof. W. F. Massey, in the July 15, 1915, "Journal," has the following to say concerning three important early varieties: 

 "Comparative tests of earliness in Earliana, Bonny Best and John Baer Tomatoes have been decided. Earliana ripened a few lirst, • 

 but I picked the first from it and Bonny Best the same day, June 24. The first John Baer fruit was partly colored on July 1. Up to July 2 

 I have had more fruits from Bonny Best than any other. It was hardly the fairest test with Earliana, for while all were started at the same 

 time, the seed of the Earliana, for some reason, was slower in germinating and the plants were hardly as large as those of the other two va- 

 rieties at planting time. As to size and qu«Iity, John Baer seemed to be in the lead, and certainly seemed to be a fine-quality Tomato but with 

 me it is a good second-early and not so early as Bonny Best. There could not have been a fairer trial of these two than I have made this year. 

 We feel that this is a very fair and unbiased statement and will, no doubt, be of interest to our customers. 



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