WE VALUE nun FRIENDS! 
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“We are sending you a picture of our garden 
and as usual we were delighted with our vege¬ 
tables and flowers from Harris’ seeds and plants. 
This past summer our small vegetable garden 
not only produced an abundance of fresh toma¬ 
toes, string and lima beans, sweet corn, beets, 
etc., for our family of five, but we have canned 
66 quarts of tomatoes, 41 quarts of Tendergreen 
beans and 35 quarts of beets. 
We are looking forward to receiving your 
1938 catalogue.” 
Lester H. McNutt, Albany, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1937. 
E ACH YEAR before we begin writing our catalog we get out our 
customers’ letter file. It is both a constant source of inspi¬ 
ration and a perpetual challenge. For confidence such as these 
letters express is a plant of slow growth. It springs from the 
seed of satisfaction. It is something to be treasured, to be safe¬ 
guarded and to be protected. 
That is w hy each letter is a challenge—a challenge w'hich empha¬ 
sizes anew- the fact that eternal vigilance is the price of good 
seed and that only for the knowledge and experience gained 
should we look back on our 58 years of business. We know 
that in order to produce the best seeds w r e must work constantly 
and without compromise toward the betterment of our stocks. 
For 27 years our customers have 
been guided by this germination 
test (the figures of course vary) 
which we place on every package of 
Harris Vegetable and Flower seeds. 
Last year’s best is no criterion. We must continue to improve and 
to meet the changing needs of a modern, fast moving world with 
new 7 and even better varieties of vegetables and flow r ers. Whether 
you are one of our many old customers or are reading our catalog 
for the first time, we want you to know that your satisfaction with 
our seeds and your pleasure in your garden are the basis of our 
friendship with thousands of folks like yourself. 
Today, as for nearly six decades, you can be confident that 
from this catalog you are selecting the best strains of the finest 
varieties grow n. We hope that your garden this year will be more 
beautiful, more bounteous than ever and we invite you to write us 
if w e can be of further help. 
Sincerely yours, 
Joseph Harris Company, Inc. 
President 
