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CROSMAN’S FAMOUS SEEDS 
1838 -' A Century of Qroivth - - 1938 
for 100 Years 
The year 1938 marks the one hundredth anniversary of this pioneer seed company. 
Established when Rochester was a very small village at the time of Martin Van Buren, 
the 8th President of the United StatejS, the business was founded by Charles W. Crosman. 
It will interest the seed trade to know that Mr. Crosman was the third president of the 
American Seed Trade Association which has functioned through these years for the great 
benefit of the. seed trade at large. The company still supplies seeds to the descendants 
of hundreds of the original customers of the Crosman Company but, irrespective of age, 
it is the up-to-date value of a company's product that interests its trade and it is with 
pride that we can say today that the slogan,, "Crosman's Famous Seeds," is still worthyj 
of the heritage that this company possesses. 
During the past years we have specialized in the packing and 
sales promotion of FINE packet seeds. A fully equipped seed 
testing laboratory is maintained to insure our customers of 
the most dependable seeds. To select stores we offer a plan 
which will give them the finest assortment of vegetable and 
flower seeds possible to produce and the material necessary 
to develop these sales as well as the ultimate satisfaction of 
their customers. 
We are ready to sup¬ 
ply more merchants who 
are equipped to sell 
packet seeds in quan¬ 
tity, A special con¬ 
signment plan is offer¬ 
ed. Please direct in¬ 
quiries to — 
CROSMAN SEED CORPORATION 
EAST ROCHESTER NEW YORK 
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(FIELD VARIETIES) 
from America’s 
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MOST 
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COUNTY, PA. 
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Processors 
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