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This is a composite photograph taken from two different points in order to show both sides of the garden. 
PRIZE 
GARDEN 
of 
Mr. and Mrs. 
Alden K. Shaw 
of Swanton, Vt. 
Photo taken July 31, 1939 
“ Enclosed picture of my garden this summer. 35% of the seeds that I planted I bought from your firm. 
As a member of the Franklin County Garden Project I kept a very accurate account of vegetables obtained 
from the garden and to my surprize found that they amounted to $183.63. Fertilizer and seeds cost: 
Seeds $10.10 and fertilizer $11.35. 
While I had very bad luck with melons, cucumbers, onions and cauliflower the value of the produce 
would have been well over $250.00 which is very much from a plot of land no x no ft. 
Even with the failure of the above mentioned vegetables the garden was judged the best village garden 
in Franklin County as per newspaper clipping, receiving a steam pressure cooker as first prize. 
Please send me your 1540 catalog .” Alden K. Shaw, Swanton, Vt., Nov. 8, 1535. 
This certainly is a fine showing and demonstrates 
what can be accomplished in the home garden 
City and town backyards and farm gardens can be made to produce a surprising amount of fine 
vegetables which will not only increase the variety and bounty of your tables throughout the year, 
but give an actual cash return that is always appreciated. Then, too, we all get a big kick out of growing 
fine things. We know for example that Mr. Gilman, whose picture appears on page 36, is justly proud 
of harvesting over 800 lbs. of Blue Hubbard Squash (one weighed 70 lbs.) from a single packet of our 
seed. 
Your home garden will not only give you better and fresher vegetables all summer than you can 
possibly buy, but by preserving the surplus a supply is accumulated for winter use, and that certainly 
will help out the budget. 
Whether your garden is large or small, you can get splendid results with good seed and good 
care. But remember, you have to have the combination. Care is useless without good seed. That is 
where we come in. For over sixty years we have been supplying growers both large and small, with 
the best seed that can be grown. 
Working as we do on our own farms here in the North, we have a distinct advantage over most 
seedsmen. We are close to our work and in our trial grounds, breeding plots and seed crops we pick 
out the earliest, most vigorous varieties and pass them along to you. We are “sticklers” for quality 
too, as you will appreciate if you have grown any of our specialties, such as Long Season Beets, 
Delicious Melons, Scotia Beans or Macomber turnips, just to mention a few. 
When we sit down in the fall with our notes and the memories of our summer’s work to describe 
these things for you in our catalogue, it actually makes our mouths water. 
Sincerely yours, 
JOSEPH HARRIS CO., Inc. 
President 
