The F, Stokescross* Hybrids offer all 
tomato growers unusual opportun- 
ities. You have five to choose from. 
Francis C. Stokes Company has the honor of an- 
nouncing the introduction of five F,2 Hybrid Tomatoes. 
These closed-formula, second generation hybrids will 
be sold under the registered trade-mark STOKES- 
CROSS,* and will be identified by numbers. We suggest 
a careful examination of the variety chart in this book- 
let, and of the variety descriptions. No one Stokescross 
hybrid will fill all requirements. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 
will be of interest to those growers who depend 
primarily on early maturity. No. 4 and No. 5 will 
mature in the 70 to 75 day range from transplanting. 
These have great vitality. The astonishing hybrid vigor 
of the Stokescross tomatoes will, in varying degrees, 
develop these advantages: 
1. Production increase up to 30%. 
2. Earlier, more continuous, and more profuse fruit 
setting. 
3. A more extended harvest season. 
4. Distinctive qualities of color, flavor and firmness. 
5. Far less cracking of fruit. 
Hybrid tomatoes offer all tomato growers very strong 
advantages. By giving them your best they will repay 
you handsomely. You cannot afford to overlook them. 
Whether you are growing tomatoes in the greenhouse, 
in the home garden, or whether you grow for the near- 
by or distant market, for the processor, or for the 
repacker, the range of usefulness of the Stokescross 
Hybrids covers all of North America. They are the latest 
development in Stokes’ long years of specialization in 
tomatces. We are proud to offer them to you. 
*Trade-mark Registered. 
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Stokes hybrid tomato breeding dates back to 1942. 


