ROSS BROS. COMPANY 
179-181 Commercial Street Worcester, Mass. 
January 1936. 
1843 93RD YEAR OF 1936 
ROSS’ SEEDS 
Greetings and good wishes for 1936. 
It is again our privilege to greet you with our annual catalogue, and it is our 
hope that we have made many new friends during the past twelve months and that we 
have also retained the confidence of the many thousands of customers whom we have 
served during our years of business. 
We believe there are a great many people who year after year have planted vegetable 
or flower seeds and have given almost no thought to the source of supply or production. 
Sometimes it requires several years of growing and selection before a variety or type is 
ready for general use and through this period the greatest of care must be used to 
prevent mixing or crossing during the growing season. In this catalogue we are offering 
many of the old varieties that have withstood the test for years and also some of the 
newer ones which because of some special feature have proven to be worth while. 
We suggest the trial of new varieties. 
Vegetable and Field Seeds 
As a whole the season of 1935 has been a normal one for the production of 
vegetable and field seeds, although in some sections unusual weather has occured either 
during growth or during the harvest period. Vegetable seeds have nearly all come 
through with normal germination and we do not anticipate shortages unless it may be 
on some varieties of garden beans. There is a good supply of nearly all field seeds and 
they are of good quality and prices are in general a little lower than a year age*. 
Seed corn is of good quality and the germination is normal. 
Grass Seeds 
We are still maintaining our policy of supplying only grass seeds of the highest 
quality and it is gratifying to us to be able to offer this season nearly all varieties at much 
lower prices. The quality is excellent and 1936 will be a year when much seeding will 
be done that was postponed from last season. 
Flower Seeds 
Among the varieties we offer this season are several of recent introduction and a 
few of the new ones which are classed with the All American for 1936. They are all 
worth a trial. 
Prices 
While many items of merchandise have increased in price during the past year 
we offer seeds this season at slightly lower prices. All prices quoted are subject to 
change without notice. 
ROSS BROS. GO. 
