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Seedime^ 
Gardening with Pleasure and Profit 
T he dividends are large; they come to you in the form of healthful, pleasant exer¬ 
cise and the satisfaction of producing, through cooperation with Nature, results 
that are new wonders of beauty and usefulness. Many of Nature’s secrets are 
yet unsolved: a challenge to all. Since the rediscovery of Mendel’s laws of heredity 
in 1900, vast improvement in plant breeding has brought results that are of great im¬ 
portance to the entire world. The production of hybrid corn will serve to illustrate. 
Already hybrid varieties constitute more than fifty per cent of all corn grown in the 
United States. Hybrid com yields from fifteen to forty per cent more grain per acre, 
is more resistant to storm, drought, insects and disease. 
Seeds are unlike other forms of merchandise. They are raw materials of variable and 
limitless qualities, out of which, under proper conditions, come food and beauty for 
human needs. 
Hidden Assets in Seeds 
S eeds are bought for what they will produce. Yet there is no way of judging from appearance 
whether a certain lot of seeds will produce a good crop or a poor one. Seeds may be tested for 
germination in a few days. It is comparatively simple to make such a test and no seedsman should 
think of selling seeds without a germination test. But the only way of knowing in advance what seeds 
are likely to produce is to know the characteristics of their parents. Good seed stocks must come from 
outstanding plants possessing, to the greatest possible extent, the desired qualities of productiveness, 
uniformity, season, flavor, color, disease-resistance, or any other good feature. Such stocks are the 
result of integrity and skill in selection and plant breeding. 
FOR SIXTY-THREE YEARS, through times of depression and prosperity, the confidence of our cus¬ 
tomers has enabled us to maintain the standards whereby PLATT’S SEEDS have stood The Test 
of Time. 
We Make a Sp^eolaUif QnxsAA Seed 
for Lawns and Athletic Fields, and invite 
your inquiries concerning formulas to meet special needs 
