Gardner Seed Co. 
Successors to 
This Photograph, taken June 5th, shows our most promising new cross-bred oats propagated 
at our farm in Irondequoit, N. Y. These different plots had their beginning in a 
single kernel of oats 2 and 3 years ago. Seeding was done by hand 
at the rate of half a pound per measured square rod. 
W ITH so urgent a de- 
mand for a greater 
food supply, we feel that 
no better service can pos- 
sibly be rendered at this 
time, than to point the 
way to increasing yields. 
For more than a quarter 
of a century our life’s work 
has been devoted to propa- 
gating, selecting and grow- 
ing the highest quality and 
largest producing varieties of agricultural seeds it has been possible to obtain. We 
have also searched the markets of the world in order to obtain the best. That our 
efforts have been crowned with success is the best evidence that we are able to 
serve our host of customers acceptably. From a modest beginning our trade has 
developed until we count our customers by the tens of thousands and this list is 
steadily growing. 
The policy we adopted at the inception of our business of selling entirely through 
local salesmen has kept us in close touch with our trade, and our policy has always 
been to co-operate with 
salesmen and customers 
as we realize that the 
success of our business 
depends upon how well 
we can serve. 
Large yields and profit- 
able crops cannot be grown 
from poor seed. May we 
serve you in 1919 with 
the BEST that can be 
produced. i 
Faithfully yours, 
Foreword 
This view shows a section of potato seedlings at Irondequoit all grown from seed balls part 
of which are illustrated on page 2. We had over 200 varieties in this planting. 
R. J. GUNSON & CO. 
