REED BROTHERS DANISH 
TESTED SEED—VERY DISEASE RESISTANT—HOT WATER TREATED 
Habit of Growth. A short stemmed, solid 
badly owing to the extreme overlapping of the 
leaves which form the heads. A very desirable 
feature if the cabbage are held for storage and have 
to be trimmed as only one or two leaves have to be 
removed to make the head white and clean again. 
Much waste is thus avoided. 
Heads of almost any size can be obtained with this strain by setting the plants very thick 
for small ones and thinner if more size is desired. It is a very sure header and well adapted to the 
poorer upland soils. 
Disease Resistance. Our strain is very resistant to leaf blight (Altemana) which is causing 
great loss to cabbage growers late years. This feature makes it worth far more than any other 
strain we know of. We had very good proof of this right here at home last year. A neighboring 
dealer wished us to try a strain he had in camparison with ours. We secured from him seed 
enough to set one-half acre. As soon as the plants from his seed had come to about the heading 
stage we noted the tips of the heads commence to turn brown. This increased up to harvest time 
and some plants had almost no leaves left. In short it so stunted the growth that there was 
7 tons difference in yield or $140.00 per acre, figuring cabbage at $20.00 per ton. You see our 
experiment on the half acre cost $70.00. Our own strain stood good and green until about 
Nov. 1, cutting 25 tons per acre. 
The Danish we list here was grown a year ago from our improved strain by our men up in the 
North. Last spring, when they knew the seed crop had failed, they sent us a pound for trial. 
We planted it and found the yield was fully normal. The only difference noted was that an occa¬ 
sional head was not quite as well typed as usual; however it is very excellent. 
headed, vigorous grower. It will not burst 
Reed Bros. Dilltown, Pa., 11/20/33 
I had 3 strains of Danish this year but 
yours produced the most tons per acre. 
F. C. B. 
Price —Oz. 70c; \ lb. $2.25; | lb. $4.00; 1 lb. $8.00. Postpaid. See terms on order sheet. 
Alden, N. Y., 8/25/1933. 
Reed Bros: From the pound of seed purchased of you I set 2 \ acres and sold $22.00 
worth of plants. They are heading fine now. The leaves come together so the rows meet.. 
E. W. G. 
December 21, 1933. 
Reed Bros.: You will like to know how your cabbage did here in 1933. We raised about 
150 tons on eight acres. All of which was trucked to Pittsburg. 
We are perfectly satisfied with your strain. 
Very truly yours, G. H. M. 
This 3-year test shows the value of home grown seed. 
1928 1927 1926 3-yr. average 
American Grown Seed (tons of cabbage per acre)-17.60 17.69 24.88 20.06 
Imported Seed (tons of cabbage per acre)_12.14 13.96 24.84 16.98 
Difference in favor of American grown seed_ 3.08 Tons 
Why use imported seed and lose over three tons per acre, when American grown seed 
costs only about $1.00 more per acre? 
Much European seed will be offered this year owing to the shortage of American grown. 
We believe you will have better success with disease free American grown seed even though 
it costs a trifle more. 
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