Three Generations of Seed Growers 
Father, Sons and Grandson 
HOW OUR SEED BUSINESS BEGAN 
1st Generation 
b ° yS a ^ ^-s late, which makes it ^oV-ible to serve yo„ today in 
2nd Generation 
It was during those early days that John and Leonard were born and as we grew up under Dad's care 
ful instructions we naturally followed his trend of thought, so at the age of 13 we botl started workfne 
W^VTt ^ at thC e r T rm0US , wa S e of 40c a Well do I remember my first day T ? 
stuck to t tin plCl<m ? f P eas and weeding asparagus and honestly the rows looked a mife long. We 
stuck to it hough, even if it was hard work and I'll never forget if I live to be a hundred how proud 
r, w r when we took our first pay home to mother. She too, was proud of us, for while we worked 
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"AS YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP" 
tl1I11 *5 this went on for a few years, Mother insisting we go to school winters and garden in the 
summer. As time passed we realized more fully the necessity of planting good seeds to produce good 
