HARROLD’S PEDIGREED 
PANSIES FOR 1936-37 
We present in this little annual our complete line of HARROLD’S 
PEDIGREED STRAIN PANSIES for 1936-37, which we believe to be the 
most complete complement of fancy stock available from the gardens of a 
single American specialist today. It has been also our intention to make 
this Annual as informative as space would permit. 
This year we introduce for your approval, one new variety; HARROLD’S 
PEDIGREED GIANTS—ART SHADES, a progeny of our well known 
and widely used Harrold’s Pedigreed Giants. This novelty carries on in a 
more perfected form, the robust plant habit and extreme flower size of its 
parent, but in addition, contains many colors and markings in its flowers 
not found in Pansies before. We believe it, along with our HARROLD’S 
PEDIGREED NOVELTIES to be the ultimate in fancy Pansies today. 
Continued use of the HARROLD’S PEDIGREED CUT-FLOWER and 
POT PANSIES has further established the merits of these specialized 
types in the favor of the Professional grower, and these are being con¬ 
tinued in a more strictly bred form which is improved somewhat. 
For general Pansy production to meet the better class plant sales require¬ 
ments in quantity, we feel confident in recommending our HARROLD’S 
PEDIGREED GIANTS as being the best while they are run a close second 
by our HARROLD’S ALL - AMERICAN BEDDING MIXTURE and 
HARROLD’S IMPROVED SWISS; varieties which are each outstanding 
in their fields. 
In separate colors our HARROLD’S AZURE; GOLDEN; and RUBY 
GIANTS will each be found most desireable, although they will be planted 
in more or less restricted quantities due to the fact that sales demands for 
Pansies range better than 80% in the mixed colors. 
Where price is an object there is our HARROLD’S GREATER 
AMERICAN PERFECTION and OREGON MIRACLE MIXED stock 
which will hold its own in any company where cost of seeds has been a 
limiting factor. While these sorts may not bring as high a price as the 
fancier stock they will still be found producers of profitable sales. 
In summing up, it is with confidence that we present this entire line of 
stock for your consideration and suggest that you give it a comprehensive 
trial this season. You will find it even advisable to specialize in these 
varieties. Should you do so you will no doubt find them the answer to your 
Pansy problems as nearly as it is possible today, if skilled culture is given. 
In any event you may rest assured that we stand ready to consult with you 
in matters pertaining to Pansy culture and shall gladly draw on our 34 
years experience to assist you. 
In closing we take this opportunity to thank our many valued patrons 
for their past support and to extend an invitation to all growers interested 
in Pansies to consider our stock and advisory service at their command. 
We believe that exclusive use of HARROLD’S PEDIGREED PANSIES 
will help you greatly toward consistent pansy profits. 
Advanced - Exclusive BREEDING 
A PEDIGREED BACKGROUND 
The twelve varieties which compose the HARROLD’S PEDIGREED 
STRAIN LINE OF PANSIES are the results of many generations of 
pedigree line breeding under the care of a specialist of over 30 years ex¬ 
perience. In addition these varieties are subjected to the following pro¬ 
cesses which have been developed with much labor and cost, in order that the 
element of chance so far as the seed growing operations are concerned 
would be eliminated as nearly as humanly possible. 
GERMINATION AND GARDEN TESTED 
Our HARROLD’S PEDIGREED PANSIES are garden tested every season 
to determine the quality of each individual lot of seeds from which we make 
shipment. Also they are tested comparatively with the principal competitive 
varieties in order that a check of their merits can be intelligently determined. 
During the harvest and shipping season, lots from which shipments 
are being made are germination tested at sufficiently frequent intervals so 
that all seeds shipped have been checked within at least 30 days prior to 
shipment. At time of tests each lot must have met our high standard before 
it is released for shipment. 
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