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Title: 112 superb varieties for market gardeners season of 1926
Identifier: 112superbvarieti1926fran (find matches)
Year: 1926 (1920s)
Authors: Francis C. Stokes & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Tomatoes Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Francis C. Stokes & Company
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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STOKES SEEDS Long-Standing Bloomsdale Spinach, New SUPER-STANDARD Will stand from two to three weeks longer than ordinary Bloomsdale Days to maturity, 45. This new variety, together with Princess Juhana hsted below, is a new hermaphrodite or bi-sexual sort which has been produced by an entirely new principle apphed to Spinach-breeding. Spinach- growers have known for some time that male plants are always the hrst to bolt, beside producing small-leaved plants. If a large percentage are present in a crop undergoing a few days of hot weather, the whole crop is usually worthless. Using this point as a premise, our Holland grower has isolated four different types, three of which, if not pure female plants are of the female habit of growth. The photograph was taken on June 20, 1925, and we understand it is the identical field from which our present seed was taken. On the same day, the ordinary Bloomsdale on adjoining properties had entirely run to seed. Photographs at best are not very satisfactory, but this one, taken near The Hague, Holland, very clearly shows two things: First, the success of the new breeding principle in its long-standing feature, and, secondly, the almost perfectly formed plants. These will bear close examination. Any grower who had a field of that kind to cut three weeks after all competitors' fields of Bloomsdale were off the market can appreciate the value of such a strain. Our supply of seed this year of this variety is quite limited. Anyone really interested will, therefore, order promptly. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V4,lh. 20 cts.; lb. 40 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.75; 50 lbs. $15; 100 lbs. $28. Princess Juliana, New STANDARD A second-early, long-standing Spinach Days to maturity, 50. This variety was developed through the same principles described above. We consider it a great improvement over both our Long Season and King of Denmark, and have allowed it to supersede both our varieties, which we have discontinued. Princess Juliana, named in honor of the daughter of the Queen of the Netherlands, wilTprove a very valuable sort of its class. It is second-early, grows close to the ground, develops crumpled, dark green leaves which have a way of retaining their crisp freshness long after being cut. This variety, also a hermaphrodite strain, will stand a remarkably long time, even in warm weather, before bolting to seed. We recommend that it be planted a few days after Long Standing Bloomsdale. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 Cts.; y4lb. 20 cts.; lb. 35 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $12.50; 100 lbs. $24. New Zealand ( Tetragonia expansa) Days to maturity, 60. Unlike true Spinach, this one thrives during hot weather and in soil which is rich or poor. It is the best hot weather substitute that we know of. The plant is bush-like in form, growing to a height of 12 inches and spreading to about 18 inches. The leaves are small, broad and pointed, and of excellent quality. They may be cut throughout the summer, thus the name Cut-and-Come Again. The germination of this seed is hastened by soaking the seed in luke warm water for twenty-four hours before planting. Plant three or four seeds in hills 3 feet apart each way. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; V^lb. 20 cts.; lb. 75 cts.; 5 lbs. or more, 70 cts. per lb. Virginia Savoy SUPER-STANDARD A yellows resistant stock for fall planting only Days to maturity, 40. This variety has a very different, although equally interesting, history from the two sorts described above. It has been developed primarily to resist Mosaic, commonly known as yellows, a disease which is getting more and more severe in certain Middle Atlantic districts during the fall season. Virginia Savoy contains about 70 per cent male plants. It will, there- fore, shoot to seed very quickly in warm weather. For this reason it must not be planted in the latitude of Philadelphia until about August 20. This seed is only one generation removed from the stock seed grown by the Virginia Truck Experiment Sta tion, which was responsi- ble for the final development of this strain. Virginia Savoy is a cross between Bloomsdale and a Manchurian dandelion collected by the late lamented plant explorer, Mr. Frank N. Meyer, near Liaoyang. Our friend. Dr. J. B. Norton, secured natural crosses of this plant with Bloomsdale, thus infusing into Bloomsdale a resistance to Mosaic and a hardiness against cold weather, as carried through into the present variety. In offering Virginia Savoy, we wish to pay our compliments to the scientists who have been responsible for its development. We still have this variety in limited supply of the 1925 crop. Our principal offerings of it came from the new crop which is usually delivered about August 25. Orders against this crop may be booked at any time. Price, delivered: Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; y4lb. 20 cts.; lb. 35 cts.; 5 lbs. $1.50; 50 lbs. $12.50; 100 lbs. $24.
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