IV 



SEEDS THAT GIVE BEST RESULTS 



IT is very important that seed of only the 

 best kind should be used, if we would 

 grow vegetables of superior quality. Every 

 gardener of experience will indorse the truth 

 of this statement. 



Said one amateur gardener to me when I 

 gave him this advice: ^^Why should one be 

 so particular about the seed? It's the culture 

 that you give the plant that counts. Plant 

 any kind of seed that happens to be handiest 

 and take good care of the plants that grow 

 from it and you'll have good vegetables.'' 

 To some extent what he said w^as true, but 

 he had yet to learn that there is a vast dif- 

 ference between ordinary seed and seed that 

 has bred into it by careful culture the su- 

 perior qualities which characterize the choic- 

 est varieties of all our garden plants. There 

 is such a thing as aristocracy of seed, and no 

 seed that is lacking in this feature can be 



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