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Slate’s Good Seeds and Prompt Service, South Boston, Virginia 
SLATE'S TOBACCO 
We Are 
the Largest Tobacco Seed Growers in the World 
Since 1866 we have been the leading tobacco seed growers of the world. Being the first to 
start this industry and having founded our business upon the basis of a quality product 
soon secured for us world-wide recognition. During the past seventy years three 
generations of our family have conducted this business. Each generation has 
inherited from the preceeding knowledge of seed breeding that has proven 
invaluable. Thus when you buy Slate’s tobacco seed today you 
secure a product that is considered the world’s best. In 
handling our tobacco seed, we try to use the same pre¬ 
cautions that a druggist uses in filling a prescrip¬ 
tion. Only two men in our organization are 
allowed in the tobacco seed department. 
These men have had a lifetime ex¬ 
perience and know the proper 
safeguards. All tobacco 
seed are packed in 
sealed packages. 
AVOID 
LOCAL NAMES 
Almost every year there 
springs up local names for 
some standard tobacco and 
these are often mis-applied, 
causing confusion and in 
some cases loss of the crop. 
Know your tobacco by its 
real name. The only way 
to do this is to stick to the 
standard names such as we 
list. A local name may be 
applied to almost any kind 
of tobacco and may change 
from year to year. New 
varieties do not spring up. 
They come only from years 
of hard, tedious labor of 
experienced breeders. The 
man who tells you that he 
has a new variety which is 
the cross of two well-known 
kinds is doubtless honest 
in his belief but we have 
tested many of these and 
know that every one we 
have ever tried is but a 
standard variety with a 
new name. 
ORDER IN 
OUNCE UNITS 
All of our tobacco seed 
are packed in one ounce 
packages or one-half ounce 
packages. The packages 
are filled in large quantities 
at a time under special su¬ 
pervision to avoid any pos¬ 
sibility of error. We do 
not like to go into the bulk 
stock to fill orders for small 
quantities. There is too 
much risk of error, hence 
we are asking the co-opera¬ 
tion of our customers to 
the extent that they confine 
their orders to one or one- 
half ounce units as far as 
possible. If you order four 
ounces, eight ounces, or a 
pound, you will get four, 
eight, or sixteen one-ounce 
packages. We feel that 
our reputation is staked 
upon every order we fill 
and if you will aid us in 
this respect, we expect to 
maintain our flawless record 
of seventy years. 
Slate’s Tobacco Seed Are Saved From Carefully Pruned Heads. 
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 
DEPARTMENT OF 
AGRICULTURE AND IMMIGRATION 
DIVISION OF PLANT INDUSTRY 
Certificate of inspection 
No. 8 "Richmond, Virginia, August 20, 1935. 
To Whom It May Concern: 
This is to certify that, acting under authority of law, C. R. WILLEY inspected the 
tobacco fields of The Slate Seed Company at South Boston, Virginia, on the 19th day of 
August, 1935, and that the tobacco was apparently free from Wild-Fire, Angular Leaf-Spot 
and Blue Mold. 
This Certificate is invalid after August 31, 1936. 
G. T. FRENCH, 
State Entomologist. 
