PEDIGREED GIANTS— and HARROLD’S PEDIGREED SWISS 
GIANTS are by far our most popular items. These have built a 
tremendous following for themselves and we feel confident that you 
will find them worthy of trial at least. Other varieties in the line 
are equally useful but not quite up to the standard set by these 
three. More complete recommendations on each variety will be found 
in the descriptive offerings of each in the catalogue section of this 
booklet. Whatever your Pansy needs, we believe we can fill them in 
the best possible manner and we solicite your patronage on the basis 
of quality, reasonable price and the completeness of the material we 
have available. 
SEPARATE COLOR PANSIES 
As stated earlier in this article, the demand for Pansies is usu- 
ally for mixed colors. There is, however, a modest demand for the 
separate colors and many growers will find them profitable to grow. 
This demand varies somewhat with fiower styles as has been noted 
in the past. White Pansies seem to be coming into favor again, while 
a good yellow, blue and red in separate plantings of modest quantity 
is of value to most growers except the very smallest. 
It should be remembered that separate color Pansies are seldom 
as large flowered as the best specimens in the same color class 
found in the best mixtures. The reason for this is genetic and comes 
about through the necessity to rogue a seperate color sort much more 
rigidly than the mixtures. The result is that natural giants of unfixed 
type may be allowed to develop in the mixtures but because of the 
mature of their progeny, they must be eliminated from separate cultur- 
es. This results in the loss of much desirable breeding stock. 
It is also for the same reason that separate color varieties do 
not come completely true to color. Generally 80% true is considered 
passing although the better strains usually will be more true than 
‘that to color and type. We have worked with seeds from practically 
every available source and this rogue condition can be expected with 
any separate color in varying degrees. For this reason, if the grower 
is working out a color scheme, he should always be in a position to 
reset any off color plants that may Seat unless blooming plants 
can be set to start with. 
Separate color seeds will feel the greatest displacement from the 
war as a larger portion of this stock was imported than were the 
mixtures. Those who expect to use this separate color material are 
advised strongly to be forward looking about purchases by ordering 
early. 
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Cultural Information 
In the past it has been our policy to publish several 
pages of cultural suggestions in each Annual. We are dis- 
continuing this in favor of the publication of this inform- 
ation in separate booklet form. When released, this culture 
booklet will be available at a nominal charge and will be 
supplied free on request with moderate size seed orders. 
It will be a little time before this cultural booklet will 
be ready and in the meantime we refer you to the 1939 or 
( 1940 editions of our Annual. For those who have no past 
editions of this Annual on file we will gladly supply one of 
the 1940 edition FREE ON REQUEST as long as our present 
supply of several hundred copies last. More information on 
the new cultural booklet will be given at a later date. 
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How Much Seed To Order? 
Quantity of seed required for a given production will vary a 
good deal and is controlled by so many factors that only average 
recommendations can be made. On the HARROLD’S PEDIGREED 
STRAIN VARIETIES it is suggested that one ounce of seed be 
figured for each 8,000 plants needed. All other sorts had best be 
estimated at 6,000 to 7,000 plants per ounce. Allow a little more 
than average for June and July plantings. As the season advances 
the production from a given amount of seed will increase because of 
more favorable growing conditions and during late August and early 
September, more than 10,000 plants are frequantly produced from 
an ounce of seed. 
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