Our Vegetable 
Descriptions 
Every SEASON, samples of each lot of our 
seeds as well as of promising novelties are planted 
for observation at our Oakview Seed Breeding 
Station near Detroit and at our Salinas Seed 
Breeding Station in California. The records of 
these trials are the chief source of information for 
the descriptions in this book. 
The number of days required by any particular 
variety to produce vegetables ready for the table 
varies as much as a week from year to year, de¬ 
pending upon seasonal conditions. Size is also 
influenced, although probably to a less extent, 
by seasonal conditions and geographical loca¬ 
tion. For the sake of uniformity in describing the 
comparative earliness of varieties, we have used 
the records of Oakview and Salinas, covering 
many years’ observation. We believe this to be a 
more useful standard of comparison than record 
of behaviour only under favorable conditions. 
NOTE! 
Because of the rapidly increasing interest in frozen 
pack vegetables, we have starred ('A') the varieties in 
this list which at the present time seem to be favored 
for quick freezing. 
Varieties starred are to be regarded as suggestions 
rather than recommendations, as the conclusions are 
based only on experimental work which has been done 
so far, and other varieties may be found fully as well 
suited to the purpose. 
FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
DETROIT, MICHIGAN . SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 
