Gardner Seed Co. 
Growers and Importers of 
Farm and Vegetable Seed 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Descriptive Catalogue 1 QOQ 
for Spring Delivery 1 *J 
’’HIS CATALOGUE is for the exclusive 
use *of our Salesmen in 
presenting 
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the 
merits of our Seeds to the publ 
We issue circulars for free distribution 
We use the annual output of over 3000 
acres and are one of the largest growers ot 
Farm Seeds on this continent. 
AN OCEAN OF OATS 
From photograph July 22. 1918. showing our new Royal Banner Oats. 
A single grain of oats propagated 7 years previous, produced enough to sow this entire 36 acre field. 
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 fight and creamy, 
It is pretty hard to beat. 
And most any way you fix ’em — 
Boiled or tried, 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 1 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 l really have my say 
As to when I like potatoes, 
It’s about three times a day. 
Grace Bulklcy, 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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