The Kind of Vegetables Olds’ Seeds Produce. 
OLDS' VEGETABLE SEEDS 
HIGH QUALITY SEEDS. Our Vegetable Seeds are of the highest quality. There are none better. We are 
proud of our stocks and take satisfaction in the fact that we have only the best. Other catalogs may use more 
superlatives and colored pictures but pictures and words do not make the seeds better. Our customers want the best 
seeds obtainable. The labor and time involved in producing a crop are far greater than the cost of the seed and 
no matter how much time is spent, inferior seeds will produce inferior crops. 
OUR SEEDS CAREFULLY GROWN. Olds’ Seeds are grown with the utmost care. Special stock seed 
is used, seed that has proven to produce high yields, early maturing and uniform vegetables. Many items 
are grown from hand selected roots. The crops are all carefully hand rogued and any plants that are off type 
and do not come up to the standards are immediately removed. Each lot of seed when cleaned and ready for 
packing is tested for germination. Any lot not coming up to our standard is discarded. Furthermore, the Wis¬ 
consin Seed Law requires high standards of germination for all garden seeds sold by Wisconsin dealers. After 
our seed has passed the germination tests it is put in packages of different sizes. Each package is stamped with 
the stock letter which has been given to the particular stock seed used. If you wish further information in re¬ 
gard to any seed received from us, give us the stock letter and then we can tell you all about it. Seed grown in 
this exacting manner costs more to produce but by careful management and economy in catalog expenses we are able 
to keep our prices in line with those of any other reliable house. We aim to have just enough seed to carry us 
through the season as we do not want to carry over stocks. Our customers want fresh seeds. Order early to get ! 
the varieties you want. 
GUARANTEED SEEDS. See what we say about guaranteeing quality on the first page of the catalog. Our 
seeds must prove as represented. If they do not we cheerfully refill or refund. 
CATALOG ARRANGEMENT. Our vegetables are arranged as nearly as possible in alphabetical order. Cul¬ 
tural directions are found at the tops of the pages and al so helpful hints and pointers for the different crops. Keep 
your catalog handy to use as a guide throughout the season. Varieties which are starred are those specially recom¬ 
mended for general cultivation, and when our trade-mark appears it indicates a variety which we have been active in 
introducing. 
MARKET GARDENERS’ PRICE LIST. If you are a large planter and order seeds in large amounts use 
the prices shown on pages 39 and 40. These are freight prices and do not include transportation. These prices will 
save you money on large orders. Where small amounts are wanted use our regular prices as shown in the catalog. 
These are all postpaid prices. 
UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS. Each year we receive hundreds of letters praising our seeds. Some of 
those we received last year we are printing below and elsewhere in this catalog. They were sent to us unsolicited t 
and accompanied by orders. 
“We have bought our seed of you for 29 years and have always been satisfied with everything.” 
M. S. Parker, Penna. 
“We had such a wonderful garden last year from your seeds we want more like them this year.” 
Mrs. Otto Nehlsen, Minnesota. 
“We are again sending an order for the Olds’ seed, because we have found them the most reliable in the orient.” 
Mrs. H. P. Boot, Chang Chow, Amoy, China. 
Last week I cut the first head of cabbage that I raised from the seed I purchased from you this spring. For three 
years I have tried hard to raise cabbage, but had no success, since all our cabbage suffered with the yellows. I thank 
you very much for the seed MARION MARKET. By its use my infected lot, abandoned for cabbage growing, is now pro¬ 
ducing beautiful, solid cabbage heads again. Many thanks.” 
Win. T. Schalm, Michigan. 
