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Partial view of the Vegetable Seed Sales Department in otir store, "^14 Chestnut Street 



Vegetable Seed Department 



A glance at the pages in this Catalogue devoted to Vegetable 



Seeds will at once impress the reader \\ith the fact that our 



^^ list of varieties is composed of the best and most reliable 



kinds, ^\'e have alwaj's been careful to exclude the sensational \-arieties that each year appear upon the market, 



first making thorough tests on our trial grounds in order to know if thej' are worthy of a place in our Catalogue. 



It has been our great pleasure to introduce a number of new varieties, which from their merit have become 

 great favorites. Notably among these are Hanson Lettuce, a variety now known and planted throughout the whole 

 world, Dreer's Improved Pole Lima Bean and the Dreer Bush Lima Bean, a dwarf growing type of the former, 

 Golden Cluster Wax Pole Bean, Dreer's Perfect Forcing Carrot, Dreer's Aristocrat Sugar Com, Dreer's All-Heart 

 Lettuce, Dreer's Dwarf Perfection Parsley, Dreer's Electric Peas, Dreer's Standard Potato, Dreer's Crystal Forcing 

 Radish, Dreer's Superb Tomato and many other varieties which have become standard sorts and are now 

 extensively grown. 



The \'egetable Seeds we furnish are produced under our own super\'ision by expert growers who are located 

 in sections of the country- best adapted to the highest development of the variety grown. 



Crops are carefully inspected and gone over from time to time and should any suspicious specimens appear 

 they are immediately destroyed, so that the crops will be kept pure. The seeds are carefully handled during the 

 operation of curing and cleaning and labeled correctly so that when received in our warehouses there can be no 

 mistake rnade as to their positive identity. 



Upon receiving Seeds from our growers we take two samples from each varietj-, one is immediately tested by 

 us for germination, so that we may know the percentage of growth before the seeds are sent out. The other sample 

 is reser\-ed for planting on our trial grounds in order to prove the purity of stock. In this manner we know the exact 

 quality of the Seeds wt. handle and they must be of a high standard or we will not send them to our customers. 



In our warehouses all seeds are handled by careful and experienced men who are thoroughly imbued with the 

 idea that the greatest care must be used in order to keep all varieties straight and pure. 



Great care is exercised in the order department, and the packing of seeds in large or small quantities is done 

 under the direction and supen'ision of a competent manager with facilities for doing the A\-ork in a thorough manner. 



Shipments are promptly and carefully made, and so thorough has been the methods employed throughout the 

 whole department that it has grown to large proportions, having for its patrons many of the leadmg planters through- 

 out the country and increasing in volume each vear. 



