PALMER SEED COMPANY, ST. LOUIS, MO. 
CULTURAL CODE I 
Annuals that can be sown late in the fall or early winter for next season’s bloom. 
This process merely duplicates the natural process of self-seeding of plants. Sow the 
seeds just before the ground freezes up in the late fall or early winter—late enough 
to keep them from germinating until early spring the following season. Fall sown plants 
are generally sturdier and flower earlier the next season. 
CULTURAL CODE J 
Hard coated seeds require filing of the seed coat to insure a quick and uniform 
germination. 
CULTURAL CODE K 
Other hard coated seeds can be made to germinate more freely and uniformily by 
soaking them from 12 to 24 hours in luke warm water. After the seed coats swell 
the seeds may be planted in the usual manner. 
CULTURAL CODE L 
All faded flowers should be cut off daily or once every two or three days to insure 
a continuous bloom or to prolong the blooming season. 
CULTURAL CODE M 
Gourds are sown like cucumbers in hills 3 feet apart, and allowing three plants 
to grow in each hill. 
CULTURAL CODE N 
Sow seed in shaded frames or boxes during August or September, transplanting 
when large enough to handle and winter them over in a protected cold frame. When 
ground becomes frozen cover plants with one foot of leaves or straw, and remove grad¬ 
ually in the spring as weather moderates. Move into their permanent location in the 
garden as soon as soil can be worked. 
