GREAT CARE USED IN STORAGE 
Construction of a modern storage and office building 
built with the problems of heat and moisture control; as 
well as proper ventilation taken fully into consideration 
gives assurance of proper care of the seeds after cleaning. 
This is another important step toward the maintenance of 
the highest possible quality as long as the seeds are under 
our control. These things may sound elaborate to you but 
they are essential factors in the perfecting of | Harrold’s 
Pedigreed Strain seed quality and service. They are a 
material demonstration of our interest in your success—and 
along with our breeding and growing experience, they make 
a very definite foundation upon which you can build success- 
ful plant growing operations. 
This breeding and growing is a profession with us not a 
sideline. And as is the case with nearly all other specialists, 
our wide experience and strict attention to detail is of 
fundimental value to you. In comparative quality you pay 
little if anything for the many advantages afforded by the 
nse of genuine Harrold’s Pedigreed Strain seeds. 
A PEDIGREED BACKGROUND 
The Pansy varieties carrying the name Harrold’s as a prefix to 
the variety name is of Harrold origin and breeding. These varieties 
are backed by many years of pedigree line breeding, under specializ- 
ed and experienced care. They are varieties diversified enough in 
their characteristics to meet nearly all requirements, both general and 
specific. We are confident that each variety in its class is not surpass- 
ed if it is not absolutely the finest. 
We base this belief upon constant garden tests of practically 
every known strain of Pansies at frequant intervales. While it is not 
advisable for us to have every variety of Pansy under culture in our 
test gardens every year, we do run almost continuous tests of all the 
most popular and valuable sorts; with the less used sorts being 
tested periodically. Test seeds are purchased in the open market in 
such a manner that we are assured of testing the regularly supplied 
strain in each case. 
SEEDS NEVER STORED IN PACKETS 
2 It is common practice with many seedsmen, to packet seeds in 
paper envelopes long before shipment is required. This allows the 
completion of this work at odd moments during the off season—and 
from the seedsmans standpoint, this practice is desirable. From 
yours, however, it is not always so practical. In the first place some 
seeds do not store well in tightly sealed paper packets. 
Several years ago we ran tests on Pansy seeds and our conclus- 
ion was that they definitely lost viability much faster when sealed 
in small paper packets as compared with storage in large bulk, prop- 
erly ventilated until shipping date. Since that time we have made it 
a strict rule NEVER TO PACKET ANY SEED until the day ship- 
ment was made. 
AN UNUSUAL PACKETING SYSTEM 
This lead naturally to frequant germination tests of our seed 
stocks to insure the seeds meeting our high germination standard 
when sent out. This practice has been followed for several years and 
we know that seeds leaving the warehouse are capable of giving 
good germination under proper growing conditions. 
In order that fullest advantage could be taken of the care exer- 
cised in storing and testing, it was found necessary to originate 
some system whereby we could at any date after shipment determine 
definitely the lot and source of seeds contained in every packet sent 
out. This was acomplished by the use of a serial number, affixed to 
the face of every packet of seed leaving our warehouse. This affords 
the facility to check back, in case of trouble or a desire for dupli- 
cation. Our records show date of shipment, source of seeds in the 
packet and germination test under both laboratory and garden cond- 
itions. We can not see how greater care can be taken to send out 
the very best seeds and we are quite certain this is more care than 
is generally used in the seed trade. 
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