To the SEED Trade: 
I N keeping with a custom of many 
years, after the annual labors of seed 
time and harvest, we are sending 
you a few words of greeting. 
To those dealers who have favored 
us with their patronage we wish to ex- 
press our hearty appreciation. To those 
whom we have not served, we wish to 
address fitting words to arouse their in¬ 
terest in our work, and to request their 
consideration when making contracts for 
next season’s melon-seed requirements. 
“It is the policy of H. M. Taylor, Seedsman, 
Inc., to produce the best Watermelon Seed it is 
possible to grow, regardless of cost/' 
This is a quotation from one of our 
publications issued some years ago. We 
do not believe any statement we could 
make today would be more impressive 
than this, and we again pledge our¬ 
selves to conscientious adherence to this 
policy. 
The cost of seed is the smallest item 
of expense entering into the production 
of any staple crop. The difference in 
cost between the best seed and poor 
seed is insignificant, but the difference 
in yield and quality of product is the 
difference between success and failure. 
A seedsman’s responsibility to his cus¬ 
tomers and his country is a grave and 
sacred one. The distribution of poor 
seed is an economic wrong. 
Yields of most seed crops are very 
short this season throughout the country, 
and short deliveries are the rule rather 
than the exception. While dealers suffer 
to some extent, the heaviest loss is on 
the grower. 
Because of this shortage, much poor 
seed has found a market, and is being 
distributed to the injury of honest grow¬ 
ers and dealers. 
We invite the closest inspection of 
our methods of producing and handling 
seed, and of our breeding-grounds, where 
superior strains of all the more impor¬ 
tant varieties are developed, and where 
our stock seed for commercial plantings 
is produced. 
The production of good seed is per¬ 
haps the most hazardous of undertakings. 
Inclemencies of weather, insect enemies, 
fungus diseases, and many other factors 
must be taken into account. 
Our production plans for 1935 have 
been completed, and an increased acre¬ 
age of fresh land has been broken. Natur¬ 
ally, our production costs have increased, 
like those of all other lines of business. 
However, by reason of the enormous 
quantity of seed handled and large vol¬ 
ume of business transacted, we are able 
to operate on a very small margin of 
profit. This is distinctly to your advan¬ 
tage, and discriminating buyers will find 
our prices as satisfactory as our seeds. 
Our Contract Price-List for 1935 will 
be ready in a few weeks. If a copy does 
not reach you, please write us. 
