OLDS’ VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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The Kind of Vegetables Olds’ Seeds Produce 
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 Pest 
seeds obtainable. The labor and time involved in producing a crop are far greater than the cost ot the seed and 
no matter how much time is spent, inferior seeds will produce inferior crops. 
OLDS’ 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 oit 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. M 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 man¬ 
agement 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. 
ASPARAGUS 
3. MARTHA WASHINGTON RUST PROOF. This variety very closely re- 
sembles the Mary Washington Rust Proof. It has the same characteristics but the stalks 
are somewhat flattened in shape instead of round. Just on that account it is more in demand 
in some markets. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; Vi lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
6. ★MARY WASHINGTON GIANT RUST PROOF. The result of years of breed¬ 
ing and selecting by the United States Bureau of Plant Industry. The stalks are larger and 
more tender than those of other varieties, and apparently immune from rust. Mary Washing¬ 
ton asparagus will meet the needs of both market gardeners and home gardeners. Pkt., 5c, 
oz., 10c; Vi 
lb., 35c; lb., $1.00, postpaid. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
Our Asparagus Roots are grown on our own farm where we have a rich, loose soil, 
which is particularly adapted to the growing of these roots. The life of an asparagus bed 
is usually about twenty years so in selecting roots it is well to get the best. Our roots 
are that kind. It takes three years to grow an asparagus bed from seed, two years from 
one-year-old roots, and one year from two-year-old roots. 
MARY WASHINGTON GIANT RUST PROOF. In general, the test all around 
variety for home and market. We would not advise any other. Plants. 1 year old, 2 o for 
50c; 50 for 80c; 100 for $1.50, postpaid. — Not prepaid: 100 for $1.25; 1,000 for $7.00. 
(500 at 1,000 rate.) ______ 
“Though zve hay a little more than local prices for Olds’ Seeds the quality more than makes 
Mary Washington Giant up the difference. I have planted Olds’ Seeds every year except one since I have been married. 
Rust Proof, That one experience was enough for me. I went back to Olds. Mrs. Vernon Barber, Kan. 
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