Gardner Seed Co. 
Growers and Importers of 
Farm and Vegetable Seeds 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Descriptive Catalogue 1 QOI 
for Spring Delivery 1 ^ 1 
’ J^HIS CATALOGUE is for the exclusive 
use of our Salesmen in presenting the 
merits of our Seeds to the public. 
We issue Circulars for free distribution. 
We use the annual output of over 3000 
acres and are one of the largest growers of 
Farm Seeds on this continent. 
Potatoes Becoming a Luxury ? 
For months during the past season eating potatoes were 
sold at retail from grocery stores at the rate of $6 per bushel. 
Potatoes are no doubt the most essential vegetable in cul- 
tivation and it is to the interest of every potato grower to 
use the best seed and improved methods of culture to in- 
crease his yield in order to meet the ever increasing demand 
for potatoes. 
Even if you have good land well cultivated and have a 
poor strain of seed you cannot produce a profitable crop. 
Be sure you start with good seed of a variety adapted to 
your soil and climate and then follow with good cultivation 
and you will find you are on the road to success. 
The following poem published in Farm Journal expresses 
our sentiments to a “T.” 
WHEN I LIKE POTATOES 
When I’m walking in the garden, 
Many fancy things I see; 
But the common old potato 
Is ’bout good enough for me. 
Take it, say, for Sunday dinner, 
Or when company comes to eat, 
All mashed up so light and creamy, 
It is pretty hard to beat. 
And most any way you fix ’em — 
Boiled or fried, and all the rest — 
I don’t know as I could tell you 
When I like potatoes best. 
When you smell the bacon frying, 
Then I think that dinner-time 
Is the time to eat potatoes — 
Fixed with gravy, they are fine. 
But at night, when cold and tired 
Doing chores and cutting wood, 
Then a great big white potato 
Baked for supper’s mighty good. 
And I like ’em fried for breakfast — 
If I really have my say 
As to when I like potatoes, 
It’s about three times a day. 
— Grace Bulkley , in Farm Journal. 
Our special strain of Big Boston Lettuce is grown from selected heads of largest size and those showing least tendency to run to seed. 
The above photograph shows a gang cutting and stripping lettuce in order to let a seed stock come through. 
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