Large acreage growing is essential for adequate variety 
and maintainance of quality and a reliable supply. This 
field of one HARROLD PEDIGREED variety shows the 
scope of our production. We grow by the acre. 
system where by we could, at any date after shipment, determine 
definitly the lot and source of the seeds contained in every packet 
sent out. This was accomplished by the use of a serial number, 
affixed to the face of every packet of seed leaving our warehouse. 
This affords the facilities to back check, in case of complaint, to 
our records determining date of shipment, source of the seeds and 
germination under both laboratory and garden conditions. 
We can not see how greater care can be taken to send out the 
very best in seeds; and it is probable that this is greater care than is 
usually exercised. 
QUALITY GRADES 
With HARROLD’S PEDIGREED STRAIN PANSIES, we have for 
several years followed an unusual procedure. Usually a grower offers 
a single commercial grade of his product and lets it go at that. In 
our breeding operations it is of course necessary for us to keep from 
a year to five years ahead of commercial growing. Our success in: 
producing breeding stock, lead us several years ago to the first offer¬ 
ing of what we term our Pedigreed Quality seeds. 
HARROLD’S PEDIGREED QUALITY SEEDS 
This grade is a super selection from our breeding department. It 
Is easily a year ahead of our commercial growing operations and is 
grown by a process similar to our breeding stock to be used in our 
future commercial production. Cost of producing this seed is of 
course much higher than a standard commercial stock and quantity is 
very limited. We do not recommend this Pedigreed Quality seed 
except to the grower who wants the very finest stock available and 
where price is a secondary object. Under these conditions, this grade 
is to be recommended. 
HARROLD’S STANDARD QUALITY SEEDS 
This quality is our regular commercial production and about 98% 
of our crop is composed of this quality. It is the quality which most 
growers normally offer and is priced in compitition with other stock 
of similar quality. It is suitable for growing the finest plants for 
general use and will be found entirely satisfactory for this use. We 
suggest consideration of the Pedigreed Quality stock described above 
only in the most exacting conditions. 
WHAT VARIETY SHOULD I USE? 
Frequently this question is ask and its answer must be confined to 
the individual case and preference if a true and satisfactory answer is 
to be given. It would be much simpler if we could breed one variety 
that would be universal in application. Some growers claim to have 
accomplished this, but experience leads us to believe that they are 
far too optimistic. There so many factors involved, many of which are 
based upon personal and local conditions; even color sensitivity and 
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