
46 HAND BOOK FOR THE GARDEN 

Sweet Corn Propagation Field With Tassels And Ears Tied Up 
In Paper Bags To Control The Pollenization 
The Production of Garden Seeds 
Pees source of garden seeds is a subject about which very little is 
known by the average planter, so we are devoting a little space 
here to briefly explain the mystery. 
Many people believe each seed house grows all its own seed—that 
a Northern Seed House produces only Northern seeds and a Southern 
House sells only Southern grown seeds. This is all very erroneous. No 
seed company, selling a complete line, grows all its own seeds. The 
growing of garden seeds is conducted by specialists in many parts 
of the world—each specialist confining his efforts to one or, in any 
event, to a few species. 
Up to the beginning of the World War, most of the Western 
World’s garden seed was produced in Europe—France, Holland, 
Denmark, England and Italy being the large growers. During and 
after the war, seed growing increased in this country and now the 
major part of our requirements are produced at home. Nearly every 
section of this country is famous for the production of at least one 
variety, but the greater seed farming areas are in California, Wash- 
ington, Colorado, Idaho and scattered districts in the East, South 
and Central West. 
Northrup, King & Co. produces its own beans, peas and sweet 
corn, grows other items on a contract basis and obtains the other 

