HARROLD’S 
RUBY GIANTS 
Here is a variety that has indeed made an outstanding 
showing in many sections. We submit below comments by 
one of the several growers who have written us praising 
this variety, and it is typical of the comments made. 
While this sort is not restricted to a single shade of red, 
it derives its name from the many deep ruby colored flowers 
produced. At least part of the flowers however are the most 
beautiful red bronze, orange, wine, maroon, and salmon 
shaded flowers ever produced in Pansies. And, as “Swiss” 
blood is the basis of this varieties breeding, most flowers 
have attractive blotches of contrasting color. These are not 
quite as hardy as some varieties, but with a little care they 
may be wintered alright in the open. Due to the rareness 
of the colors produced, and their appeal they are one of the 
most valuable varieties for retail sales. 
SEED PRICES 
STANDARD GRADE: Trade packet $1.00; | oz., $2.25; 
I oz., $4,00; ^ oz., $7.75; 1 oz., $15.00 2 ozs., $28.00; 3 ozs., $36. 
4 ozs., or more at the rate of $150.00 a pound. 
PEDIGREED GRADE: $2.00 per packet, 1000 seeds. 
REPRINT: From The Daily Press, Riverside, Cail£. 12-11-1933. 
Beautiful Pansies Fine Example of Alluring Blossoms. 
A box of beautiful pansies of the Harrold’s Ruby Giant variety was 
brought to the Riverside Press-Enterprise office today by Mr. Robert 
J. Shine who grew them in his garden at 4230 Central Avenue. 
Unusually large and brilliantly colored, the Pansies were made 
beautiful by a bronze tinting to many of them. Mr. Shine had ingen¬ 
iously arranged them in a two decked box in which the heads of the 
flowers lay evenly on top while their stems extended through holes to 
a layer of wet peat moss in the lower part of the box. The Shine home 
is a show place for its beautiful garden and lawn, having won honors 
in the city’s yard and garden contest. 
COMMENTS MADE BY MR. SHINE: December 12. 1933. 
You will nodoubt care to know how your Pansies came out with me 
this year. The enclosed clipping will speak for its self. Hot weather held 
the bloom back somewhat but they are coming along fine now. The display 
bed where I picked these blooms contained 200 plants and they are coming 
along fine. Have started to sell plants from the seedlings I bought from 
you and they are bringing 50c a dozen with me while the market is flooded 
with the ordinary kind at 20c and 25c a dozen. 
December 26, 1933. 
Am just about sold out of plants. Generally they do not plant many 
Pansies here after January 15th., as they blow up as soon as the weather 
gets hot. 
March 26. 1934. 
I am sending on to you the attached letter which I think will be of 
interest to you. - Letter is one of apprecation and praise for a box of Pan¬ 
sies sent by Mr. Shine to the Mayor of Riverside. Limited space does not 
permit its reproduction. Ed. note. - This box of Pansies was 2 by 3 feet 
and 1 inch deep; lined with florist green waxed tissue. The blooms were 
uniform in size and long stems arranged face up in a single layer, complet- 
ly covering the bottom of the box. 1 arranged the colors so they blended 
very nicely. 1 have grown pansies a long time but never anything to com¬ 
pare with these. I applied all I knew to this bed but really success starts 
with the proper strain of seeds. 
I have cut the plants back, fertilized with blood meal and put a heavy 
mat of peat moss on the bed, soaking well. Our garden contest starts April 
20th., and maybe they will be back into bloom by then. I am not entering 
the contest this year having won it three times in succession, but will open 
the gardens for the Garden Tours which they have in connection with the 
Flower Show at that time. 
MANY THANKS MR. SHINE. YOUR INTEREST IS APPRECIATED 
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