SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED 



LANDRETHS' SEEDS 



It is one hundred and thirty-six years ago (1784) that David Landreth, an English 

 Seed Grower, established a Seed Farm near Philadelphia, and since that date the busi- 

 ness of the establishment has annually increased, until now its supplies of Seeds are 

 drawn from all parts of the United States and a proportion from Europe. 



The land devoted to growing Landreth's Garden Seeds comprehends many thousands 

 of acres, owned, or rented, or in crops contracted for by this Seed Company. 



The distribution of Seeds by this establishment extends not only all over the United 

 States, but abroad, as in the West Indies, South Africa, China, Japan, British India, in 

 which latter country Landreths' Seeds are as well known in Calcutta as in an American 

 city, this being the eighty-fifth year of export to India, to which place, last April, twenty 

 tons in tin lined boxes were shipped. 



Two years ago (1918) ten tons of Landreths' Pedigree Seeds, in air tight tin lined 

 boxes, on their way from Philadelphia to Calcutta were sent to the bottom of the Medi- 

 terranean, as the ship carrying the Seed was torpedoed by a German Submarine. 



Landreths' Seeds have been for years designated as " Pedigree Seeds," being grown 

 from carefully selected parent Seed stocks, selected year after year, therefore, the ap- 

 proved type is fixed as nearly correct as any vegetable growth can be kept in place, as 

 there exists in all vegetables an inherent disposition to fly off at tangents — a less dis- 

 position in the case of crops grown from strictly " Pedigree Seeds" — than from less 

 critical Seed parents. This is a most important trait in Landreths' Seeds. Many other 

 Seeds, no matter how high their germinative forces, are undesirable because full of sports, 

 freaks, and misshapen and worthless individual plants. A breeder of any kind of live 

 stock will at once understand this. 



No office iron clad assortment of Seeds is suitable for all localities or all soils, con- 

 sequently, Landreths' advice is worth having yet nothing is charged by them for advice, 

 •and good advice may make a difference between success and failure. 



Wholesale Seedsmen no longer obtain their general supplies of Seed from farmers 

 of their neighborhood, experience having proven that every sort of Table Vegetable 

 succeeds best in producing its Seed in certain climates and on certain soils, conse- 

 quently, Seed Growers are found operating in those localities best suited to their specialties 

 no matter how far distant, as for instance, for Peas in Wisconsin, Idaho and Montana; 

 Beans in Michigan, New York and New England; Sugar Corn, Watermelon and Canta- 

 loupes on the Prairie soils of the Middle West; Lettuce, Onion and Sweet Peas in 

 California; Cabbage on the Northern Atlantic Coast. 



Other things in other States and many in various parts of Europe, while some come 

 from Australia. 



Some of these days large quantities of Garden Seeds will be grown in China. 

 It is the part of a good Wholesale Seedsman to know where to go for his best supplies, 

 as no indications of quality are given by the outward appearance of Seeds. 



It will be perceived that to be a good Wholesale Seedsman requires a training not to 

 be acquired until after many years of experience. 



: . This catalogue is not as showy, eulogistic or as bulky as some others, but more quickly 

 understood, more practical than any other without a single exception. 



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