When Better Seed is Grown—We Will Grow It 
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To Our Many Friends and Customers 
For over forty years the name of GARWOOD has been associated with the 
Cantaloupe industry. The late Harry D. Garwood, founder of this firm, helped to 
make the name of Rocky Ford famous for Cantaloupes, being one of the first carlot 
shippers of cantaloupes from this district. Seeing the need for quality seed in the 
Cantaloupe Industry, Mr. Garwood started the business of growing and producing 
Select Seed for the Shipping Trade. That he succeeded is evidenced by the fact 
that we are supplying seed to all the main shipping sections of the country. When 
you stop to think of the thousands of acres of Cantaloupes that are grown and ship¬ 
ped every year and that 90 percent of the seed used is grown in the Rocky Ford 
territory, you begin to realize that Rocky Ford is THE CANTALOUPE SEED DIS¬ 
TRICT. That we are furnishing a large share of this seed is evidence that we 
produce QUALITY VINE SEED; When we can supply the larger shippers of the 
country with their seed, year after year, it proves that we have QUALITY. This is 
one reason why you should get your seed from the producer. 
Our planting stocks are kept up to the highest standard by systematic selection. 
The seed we offer you was grown and harvested under our personal supervision, 
saved from fields that were planted exclusively for seed purposes. Planted with our 
own personally selected stock-seed, which was saved from vines that were heavy 
yieders; producing melons that were true to type, standard size, good flavor and best 
seed quality. All our melon seed is cut by hand, washed in clear water, all light seed 
milled out, and is of the highest germination. Handling seed in this manner assures 
the planters that they are getting seed that is true to name and of the best quality. 
The price of seed is a very small matter when weighed against the success or failure 
of your crop. 
We want to supply growers who want and appreciate good seed. We grow 
most of the main shipping and market varieties, discarding the old, obsolete varieties 
when newer and better types take their place. We exercise every care to see that 
our seed is the best that can be produced, seed that will produce a crop that will 
make money for the shipper or gardener. You invest considerable time and money 
in growing your crop and getting it on the market. If you plant poor seed and have 
a poor crop you will lose money. Use GOOD SEED and your crop will be good, you 
profiting accordingly. The cost of your seed is the smallest item in your operations. 
Get the BEST SEED possible, direct from the people that produced it. Our only 
business is producing QUALITY SEEDS for the Shipper and Market Gardener. 
We will be pleased to have you visit our growing crops when you take a trip 
to “Colorful Colorado,” see for yourself the way we produce your Quality Seeds. Write 
us regarding the Cantaloupe or Cucumber industry, we will give you all the help that 
we can. 
We thank our many old customers for their past patronage, soliciting a share 
of your future business so that we can show you, who have not dealt with us before, 
what quality seeds will do. With sincere best wishes for a prosperous season, we are 
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Most sincerely 
H. D. GARWOOD SEED COMPANY 
Rocky Ford, Colorado 
January 3, 1938 
