- 1577-1935 
The Frank 5. Platt Co. 
Jfilaff’s 
Keep pace 
with time, 
And faith 
with friends. 
•Established 
Improved Strains for 1935 
HE time has passed when the buyer of seeds is looking primarily for new names 
in the seed catalog. The wise buyer has found that new names alone mean little 
or nothing. Reliable seedsmen do not olfer new names without facts, based on 
trials, that such have real merit. Freakish novelties have little value as compared 
with the many worthwhile novelties and improved strains to be had today. 
There does not seem to have been any depression in the progress as far as seed growers, 
United States Experiment Stations, and plant hybridists are concerned. Rather, for sev¬ 
eral years, there has been an intensified effort on their part to turn out more new and 
improved strains of vegetables and flowers in greater volume. This has been recognized 
by the alert magazines and newspapers of the country who have devoted much space to 
them and to garden topics. These new items are not turned out in factory-like produc¬ 
tion at any certain farm or locality, but come from many sources scattered throughout the 
world where growing, plant breeding or selections are being carried on. True, there are 
firms and individuals, as well as some localities, where more extensive work is being done 
along these lines than others but, nevertheless, the established varieties today haye come 
from worldwide sources. 
It is our duty and privilege to keep ourselves informed and prepared to supply you 
with the most worthwhile novelties, recent novelties, and improved strains from this varied 
source. 
We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our friends for the confidence they have 
shown in the past, and wish for them greater success, better gardens, and better crops for 
1935. 
WE MAKE A SPECIALTY OF GRASS SEED 
for Lawns and Athletic Fields, Including 
Evergreen Lawn Edgewood Park Lawn 
Fine Lawn Shady Lawn 
ALSO FOR HAY AND PASTURE 
OUR POULTRY SUPPLIES 
A comprehensive stock is offered on pages 81 to 90. The items are modern, efficient, 
and economical; they have been thoroughly tested by practical poultrymen. 
The name “PLATCO” applied to our special formulae represents the superlative. In 
feed it signifies purity, sound, clean, sweet grain. We do not employ adulterants or by¬ 
products, screenings, salvaged stock, or musty and damaged matter. QUALITY and the 
BEST spells it another way. 
