HARROLD’S PEDIGREED 
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It is the purpose of this little Annual, as has been 
the purpose of the many past editions, to offer as much 
information on Pansies in general and Harrold’s Pedi¬ 
greed Strain Pansies in particular as space will permit. 
With nearly forty years of specialization in Pansies 
behind us, we have lived with and by Pansies long 
enough that we believe you will find our stock outstand¬ 
ing in this field. In fact, if we knew how to produce any 
better stock than is offered here you may rest assured 
that we would be supplying it. 
Located as we are in the famous Rogue River Valley 
in southern Oregon, we have one of the most favored 
seed producing locations in this country. Soil is exception¬ 
ally well suited for this work here at our ranch and 
climatic conditions are different but more favorable than 
any other place we know of. We have severe enough 
winters to assure the breeding of sturdy strains that will 
stand the winters in any section of the United States or 
Canada where Pansies are grown. In spring, the weather 
is ideal for early seed production, with no rain falling 
during the seed harvest. This assures plump, well ripen¬ 
ed seeds, which are not injured in any way by natural 
and uncontrolable conditions. 
Possibly of most interest to you is the fact that we 
harvest our Pansy seed crop earlier than any other 
grower we know of in the United States. This is partly 
intentional and in part due to favorable climatic condit¬ 
ions peculiar to this particular locality. In the past ten 
years we have had no season when new crop seeds were 
not available by June tenth; and normally, they become 
available from that date on in quantity adequate to fill 
all orders for summer planting from current crop. But 
one season in the past ten years has there been any 
trouble with harvest keeping up with shipment demand 
and this was caused by an unusually wet spring. 
Normally we start picking seeds by the last of April 
and a quite heavy harvest has been made in May. This 
is advantagous as the seeds come from young, vigorous 
plants while they are in their prime. In comparison with 
most other sources of supply, this is a condition that is 
of vital interest to you. A large majority of European 
seeds sold before August first to fifteenth, is seeds 
that were harvested the summer before. This is unavoid¬ 
able because harvesting and curing time, as well as 
ocean transport, makes it almost impossible to get these 
seeds into this country much before August fifteenth. 
Japanese imports arrive still later, usually in November 
and December. 
From considerable travel and observation in the Pansy 
breeding field the writer knows of no other grower in the 
domestic industry who is making this early harvest in 
© 1940. Harrold-Kelly Print. U. S. A. 
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