I Stokes Seed Farms Qd^pany, MqqR^stown, New Jersey ] 



"Windermoor/' Our Home Farm 



THE ORIGINAL SOURCE OF PRACTICALLY OUR ENTIRE SEED SUPPLY 



GREAT MANY of our New Jersey and Pennsylvania friends have dropped in on us 



here at Windermoor, and we only wish that every one of our customers from every 



state in the Union could do the same. Of course we know that this is impossible, but 

 it is to be regretted, nevertheless, for we feel that you would get thoroughly into the spirit of 

 the phice once you were here. Under the circumstances, the only alternative is to tell you 

 briefly just what we have here and what kind of work we are putting through. Our farm is 

 situated along the route of one of the Pennsylvania lines running to the North Jersey shore 

 resorts. Perhaps some of you have seen us, therefore, without our knowing it. 



Above all, Windermoor is a practical seed-farm run on a scientific basis, for the triple 

 purpose of testing out the varieties of seed which are sold by us; growing a large part of our 

 stock seed w hich, the following year, is sent out to be grown as our own private crop by growers 

 where climatic conditions are most suitable; and, which is probably the most important of 

 all, we are carrying on a great many experiments in breeding and selection which, in the 

 course of a reasonably short time, should accrue to the tremendous benefit of all who are in 

 touch with us. All of our work here, however, has a real purpose behind it. Our ultimate aim 

 is to produce seed which will grow crops so far superior, either in earliness or quality, to the 

 ordinary strains that anyone who places his confidence in us will benefit accordingly. 



We are not trying to make spineless cactus nor white eggplants. What we are doing, 

 however, is by very careful study and investigation of the produce markets to analyse the 

 crying needs of the vegetable-growers, so that, within a reasonably short time, we may have 

 new strains and varieties to offer which will eliminate all possibility of the so-called "marketing 



Partial view of out Windermoor Farm and Seed House, showing stock seed plots 



problem. 



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