1784 LANDRETHS’ SEEDS 1934 
Serving America from Washington to Roosevelt 
•In One Continuous- 
Seed Business. 
— FOUNDED IN 1784 — 
From Father to Son for Five Generations is a Record 
Unequaled in the United States 
In presenting this 1934 edition of our catalogue we place our entire service and staff of experts 
at the disposal of all purchasers of Landreths’ Seeds. We are at all times using our utmost efforts 
to develop seeds of the best quality and vitality. We believe in individual plant selection of all 
seed and consider it the only way to secure the best quality seeds. No amount of money is too 
great for us to spend in endeavoring to furnish our customers and the Seed Trade in general with 
the best seeds which can be obtained anywhere. We wish you all a most successful season in 
these strenuous times and pledge our aid wherever possible. 
D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY 
Burnet Landreth, Jr. S. Phillips Landreth David Landreth 
President & Treasurer Secretary A ssistant Secretary 
An Experimental Ground Is Really a Necessity 
In order that a seedsman may know exactly what he sells, it really is necessary for him to 
have a place where he may try-out the various strains which he lists. Landreth has always had 
such a place. 
The first Trial Ground, in which were planted the seeds sold by the Landreths one hundred 
and fifty years ago, was at 22nd and Federal Sts., Philadelphia, on the site of the present Landreth 
Public School. This Experimental Ground was then the only one in America. 
A Trial Ground showing competitive qualities can be seen to perfection on Bloomsdale 
Farms any day that a visitor may give us the honor of an inspection. We justly claim to have 
one of the best Trial Grounds in America. 
This past year, we had at Bloomsdale alone, over 500 trials of Beans, and more than 8 acres 
of self-pollinated Sugar Corn, and over 5 acres devoted to individual plant selections of Tomatoes. 
On our Breeding Grounds in Idaho, we gave 50 acres to the development of seed stock of Bush 
Beans, while at Bozeman, Montana, there was the same acreage in Peas. At both places, intense 
work is done in plant selection. 
In our greenhouses, we made more than 50,000 individual tests in earth, for germination 
and vitality. This is the most practical and only sure way to get positive results. 
The simplicity of all LANDRETHS’ CATALOGUES rests in the fact that they are so 
easily understood. They are arranged alphabetically and contain straightforward, concise 
descriptions in order that the seed or vegetable may be identified at once. 
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