REED BROS. 
HARDY RED CLOVER 
STATE TESTED FOR PURITY AND GERMINATION 
GENUINE OLD FASHIONED TWO CUTTING MEDIUM RED CLOVER 
IN SEALED BAGS CARRYING U. S. GOV. VERIFIED ORIGIN TAG 
HARDY CLOVER AND ALFALFA ARE SHORT 
Be extremely careful of your seed source this year. Purchase only Verified-Origin Seed if 
possible. 
In describing to you what makes a hardy strain of Red Clover we can do no better than 
quote from a bulletin by Dr. Wiggans, of the New York State College of Agriculture, which says: 
“If red clover is grown in a region of severe winters with little snow and with much thawing and 
freezing in the spring, only hardy plants will survive, and if seed is grown from such plants year 
after year a strain resistant to such conditions will develop. Seed produced under less severe 
conditions should be used only when better adapted seed is not available. Too much emphasis 
cannot be placed on the importance of knowing the origin of seed used in the production of red 
clover.” This is the exact condition under which our seed is grown. 
Most so-called Northern Grown Seed comes from the corn belt of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and 
Iowa, or the State of Oregon. The very best of it is rated only 91% winter hardy. Dr. Wiggans 
rates the Clover we list 100% winter hardy for New York State. See table below. 
Percentage of Winter Hardy Seed 
Source of seed 
1920-21 
1922-23 
1924-26 
1925-26 
Average 
Domestic: 
Michigan. . _ _ _ ... 
100 
100 
100 
100 
100 
Oregon _ 
67 
64 
65 
Other domestic (Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Etc.) . - _ 
90 
92 
91 
Foreign 
Italy _ _ 
5 
3 
22 
10 
France . 
90 
61 
83 
79 
78 
Chili . _ ___ 
38 
90 
64 
Hungary _ 
45 
85 
81 
70 
Bohemia_ _ _ 
90 
86 
88 
Germany __ 
73 
73 
Rumania. _ 
87 
92 
89 
Switzerland 
84 
84 
Finland_ 
51 
51 
New Zealand. _ 
90 
90 
Silesia.. 
98 
98 
Pomerania 
94 
94 
England 
83 
83 
(Table from Cornell Bulletin 463, by Dr. R. G. Wiggans) 
See how much it saves to use REED BROS. Gov. Sealed Glover Seed 
One bushel of Clover Seed should seed at least 5 acres and a fair average price for an acre of 
Clover Hay, first and second cutting, should be around $45.00 (2 tons first cutting, one ton second.) 
$45.00 X 5 = $225.00 
$225.00 X 91% = $204.75 
Value of a 5 acre Clover field sown 
Value of 5 acre Clover field sown 
with 1 bu. of Reed Bros. 100% Hardy 
Glover seed. 
with 1 bu. of 91% Clover seed. 
$225.00-$204.75 = $20.25 saved by using Reed Bros. 100% Hardy Seed 
You can’t afford to use the ordinary kind sold down at the store, even if it is given to you. 
Prices —Bu. $25.00; £ bu. $12.50; Pk. $6.50. We pay freight on 100 lbs. or more. 
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