Good, Uniform Produce That Packs and Looks Well Is 
More Easily Sold and to Better Advantage 
Piling Cucumbers in One of Our Seed Fields 
ADAPTABILITY 
OF OUR SEEDS TO PLANTING IN DIFFERENT LOCALITIES 
We often receive letters asking if Colorado grown seeds are adapted to 
planting in other sections. Seeds grown in the north or at high altitude are 
generally conceded to be superior for planting farther south or at lower alti¬ 
tudes. High altitude grown seeds are well adapted to planting in the north. 
Our altitude of 4,000 to 6,000 feet is equivalent to 800 to 1,200 miles farther 
north at sea level. Reasons for this can best be given by taking alfalfa as 
an illustration: Southern grown alfalfa seed sown here produces plants 
which winter-kill; while our native and northern grown alfalfa seed pro¬ 
duces plants which are hardy and will live many years. 
Altitude has even more effect on the inherent hardiness of seed than 
does latitude. Iowa Silvermine Corn from Iowa planted here in the Rocky 
Ford district will not mature the entire crop the first year of an ordinary 
growing season. Tests have shown that this variety grown here for several 
generations matured about two weeks earlier. The same facts apply more 
or less to vegetable seed. 
We have had letters from one of our customers, who grows early varieties 
of cantaloupe from our seed at a latitude of 800 miles north of Montreal. 
A customer in South Carolina reported that cantaloupes grown from Colo¬ 
rado seed were more than a week earlier than the same variety produced 
from locally grown seed. Florida tomato growers report a gain of several 
days in earliness by using our Colorado grown seed. There is a natural 
selection for eariiness and hardiness in seeds grown at our altitude. It 
will be to your advantage to use them. 
Threshing; Cucumbers. The matured fruits are crushed between 
rollers. The seed is separated from the pulp by a revolving screen. 
The Ideal Way to Purchase Seed Is 
Through Your Seed Catalog 
You can at your leisure make selections of the vegetables and flowers 
best suited to your needs. Descriptions are full and accurate with recom¬ 
mendations as to the most modern and best varieties. We do not hesitate 
to drop old and obsolete varieties when new and better ones appear to take 
their place. No high pressure salesmanship is exerted and the seeds are 
delivered by your postman or by express or freight. By ordering as nearly as 
possible from the seed grower you receive seeds that have been through the 
fewest possible hands with less liability of mistakes and the lowest possible 
price consistent with the quality of the seed supplied. 
See Page 83 for Special Prices to Market Groivers 
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