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Title: Eighty-five super-standard strains season of 1927
Identifier: eightyfivesupers1927fran (find matches)
Year: 1927 (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 SUPER-STANDARD STRAINS Early Tomatoes Allow 2 ounces per acre
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Penn State Earliana Very early, large, smooth, and productive. One of the finest strains of Earliana ever developed. GROWN FROM STOCK SEED SUPPLIED BY PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE Days to maturity, 125. Penn State has proven the most impressive strain of Earliana it has been our pleasure to grow. We look on it as a very important adjunct to our list. It is a direct result of intensive selection by Dr. C. E. Myers, of the Department of Plant Breeding, Pennsylvania State College. On many occasions persons who have examined our seed crop have expressed their astonish- ment at the smoothness and productiveness of the strain. Penn State Earliana is a product of over twelve years' scientific selection, resulting in an extremely early and pure strain. It is highly recommended for the early market in all districts except those distinctly affected with wilt, for it is not a disease-resisting type. Further, we would point out that Earliana is best suited for cultivation on warm, sandy loam. It is not suited to heavy soils and will not perform well on them. Under the right conditions, Penn State Earliana will produce handsome, extra-earlv Tomatoes that ordinarily find a ready market. This strain cannot fail to deeply impress anyone who sees it. Price, delivered: Pkt. 25 cts.; oz. $1.50; y4lb. $6; lb. $24. Stokes Bonny Best FIELD TYPE For nearly twenty years the leading second-early Tomato Days to maturity, 130. Walter P. Stokes named and introduced the famous Bonny Best Tomato in 1908. It has been our leading Tomato for nearly twenty years, and, as such, has claimed our very close attention as a seed crop. Very naturally, our firm has been looked upon as headquarters for Bonny Best. In season it is a second-earty, following Earliana within a week. Year in and year out, Bonny Best has proven a great money-maker, both as a market and as a canning Tomato. Along the 40th parallel, it will ordinarily ripen about July 15, continuing to bear for six weeks. This Field Type can be looked upon as a very superior commercial strain for general purposes. Year in and year out Bonny Best has been a consistently profitable tomato for those who have planted it. It is not resistant to wilt or nail-head rust, and for that reason is not recommended for cultivation in the Southern States. Price, delivered: Pkt. 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; y4\b. $1.50; lb. $6; 5 lbs. or more, $5 per lb. 3o

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