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Picking the Best Varieties 
What to Look for When Reading the Seed Catalog 
American Agriculturist, January 20,19y3 
T he seed catalogues have begun to 
arrive. A few weeks ago we sug¬ 
gested careful reading of catalogues as 
a help toward better seed buying. Too 
many gardeners assume that the cata¬ 
logues are of no 
value and so do 
not send for 
them. It is worth 
while to look 
through from 
three to a dozen 
each season, even 
though one does 
all his buying 
through salesmen 
who call at the 
farm. The reader 
of catalogues is 
more ready to 
deal intelligently 
with the sales¬ 
man than the 
non-reader. He 
PAUL WORK 
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Rockford, ii^ 
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lUTHER BURBANK’S wonderful 
genius has created a Tomato 
that from seeds planted in open 
ground will bearf ruit earlier than 
plants set out at the same time. 
A. I. Root, editor of Bee Culture, 
states that he planted Burbank To¬ 
mato Seed when his other Tomato plants were bud¬ 
ding, yet his first ripe Tomatoes came from the Bur¬ 
bank. Mr. Burbank, himself, says, “A second crop 
of Tomatoes has been grown thesame year from 
the seed of the first crop.” This earliest Tomato 
in the World is blight-proof—fine flavor. 
Seeds guaranteed genuine. We con¬ 
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last year. Fkt. BO seeds 10c: 
8 pkts. 25c; 7 pkts. BOc; IB 
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Catalog of Seed Novelties. 
Tho Rundle-Murphy Co. 
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Sunny side strain of Number Nines selected 12 years. 
Two first prizes New York State Fair 1922. Plant 
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has learned something of the varieties 
that are offered. He is able to talk 
more intelligently on prices and values. 
This does not mean seeking cheap seed, 
but it does mean having some idea what 
well bred strains are worth. In this 
connection, one who plants to sell should 
ask for the market gardeners wholesale 
list. Some houses print a separate 
catalogue for commercial growers, some 
quote special prices and others offer a 
flat discount. 
One who reads catalogues will speed¬ 
ily learn to judge the relative value of 
statements that appear. This judgment 
will be by no means final but it will 
help greatly in making selections. In 
the first place the extravagant claims of 
a decade ago are fast going out of style 
and we seldom see pictures showing a 
tomato field blood red with ripening 
fruit. Even yet such boasts as this, 
are to be found: “Most beautifully 
shaped tomato the world has ever seen,” 
“Absolutely no waste”—“The best can¬ 
taloupe ever grown.” 
Seedsmen Following Better Practice 
Seedsmen have learned however, that 
such statements are discounted the in¬ 
stant they are read and they are bend¬ 
ing their efforts instead toward telling 
the actual characteristics of variety and 
strain. Such comparisons as the follow¬ 
ing tell us at least what the writer 
thinks: “Not quite so hard but fully as 
large as Express, which it resembles.” 
Statements as to origin of variety, 
strain, and seed are, when made by 
reputable houses, of great significance. 
The originator or introducer of a variety 
is likely to take more pride in it than 
the general run of seedsmen. Also 
whether or not a certain bean is “the 
very best, most tender and delicious” 
may be a matter of opinion, “Our se¬ 
lected strain is grown here at- 
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ceived more than usual care on the part 
of that particular seedsman, and is 
usually worthy of a trial. 
In the same catalogue are listed many 
sorts concerning the source of which 
nothing is said. If the house is a good 
one, the seed may be expected to have 
been bought with the best care avail¬ 
able, b.ut it is not likely to have been the 
object of special selection by that seeds¬ 
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from a good breeder may be better than 
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buy as near the source as possible, to 
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given item, and above all to choose a 
house which has built a reputation 
among commercial growers for 
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Beginning the Year’s Operations 
The first weeks of the new year find 
the thoughtful grower bringing the 
plans for the coming season into definite 
form. In fact, greenhouse seed- sow¬ 
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Agriculturist territory before the end 
of the month. 
There can be little quarrel with the 
average vegetable producer on the 
ground that he does not work hard 
enough or long enough with his hands. 
The danger is that he be so hard 
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operations. Intensive effort throughout 
the day results in bodily weariness and 
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ahead. For this reason the plans for 
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Some say: “Why plan when you can 
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markets?” Such being the case, plan¬ 
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It requires intensive thought to master 
the situation so well as to be ready for 
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early cabbage crop hangs on two weeks 
later than usual, throwing celery out 
of the running as a second crop. What 
is the best thing to plant to afford a 
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Advantages in Early Planning 
Advance planning offers clear cut 
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Expense and income well distributed 
make for better bank credit and lower 
interest cost—a smaller idle reserve 
tied up without interest to carry the 
peak load. Planning permits careful 
study of seed, fertilizer and plant prob¬ 
lems. The best strains of seed are 
often entirely sold out by planting 
time. Planning makes it possible to 
prepare land in advance, to provide for 
cover crops and proper rotation, and 
to consider and relate all the factors of 
soil, market, climate and labor which 
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Best of all it makes a man think. It 
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