











EN 
HISTORIC 
GROUND 
With more than pardonable pride 
we ask you to study the double 
spread covers of our 1944 catalog 
@ realizing that Boston’s now fa- 
& mous and amazingly successful 
Victory Garden Campaign of 
1943 centered around the 
Siu Model Gardens that flourished 
> on Boston Common in the very 
“front yard” of the State House (dllustrated 
ss in the upper left corner) within a stone’s throw of 
historic Park St. Church. On this piece of sloping sun-lit 
ground—which is probably more historic than any other piece of 
ground of equal size in the United States—a group of carefully planned model 
Victory gardens produced truly astounding crops of vegetables and at the same 
time aided Victory gardeners from all over the Commonwealth, and elsewhere, in success- 
fully cultivating their own individual patches in the great war time service of food production. 
Sparked by the dynamic leadership and untiring interest of Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, and operated under 
the personal direction of William P. Long, Boston’s able Park Commissioner, this great gardening project got 
underway when the Mayor, with coat off and sleeves rolled up, drove the point of Daniel Webster’s own plow* 
into the soil of Boston’s hallowed Common and thus gave impetus to the planting of many more than ten thou- 
sand Victory gardens in the Greater Boston area. In the history of Boston no more constructive project was 
ever undertaken; no greater success was ever achieved. 
PLANTED EXCLUSIVELY WITH BRECK’S SEEDS 
That Breck’s Seeds were selected for planting in these Demonstration Gardens was naturally a very great 
satisfaction to us. Since the year 1818 we have faithfully served the gardening public and from our Tested Seeds 
countless tons of the highest quality produce have been grown in all the intervening years. From the Model Gar- 
dens on Boston Common over 185 bushels of the finest grade vegetables were harvested during the 1943 Victory 
garden season. All of this produce was turned over to Charitable and City Institutions for their use. A conserva- 
tive estimate indicates that over 150,000 persons visited these gardens and directly or indirectly benefitted by 
seeing the plots under cultivation. Furthermore, an Information Center was maintained from early Spring until 
all crops were harvested, and informative radio broadcasts on timely gardening subjects were regularly scheduled. 
The cover illustrations with the insets showing both cultivation and harvest, faithfully picture this extraordi- 
nary civic project in which Breck’s Seeds played such a leading part. We feel that the operation of these Demon- 
stration Vegetable gardens represented an important contribution to the war effort of 1943 and that it measures 
to a certain extent what even greater successes may be achieved from the planting of Breck’s Tested Seeds 
in the Victory gardens of 1944. i 
rach Sms 
Kthty CV 3.ye of Boat: 
JOSEPH BRECK & SONS 


*Daniel Webster’s plow is the cherished possession 
of this Company. Daniel Webster himself was a cus- 
tomer for many years. The ancient plow came into 
our possession after_his death and it may be seen 
at any time in our Franklin St. Seed Store. 

Lutuer A. BRECK.......... President and Treasurer 
Haro. S. Ross..........Vice-President Lorner A. Breck, Jk. 6... - Secretary 
Cuester D. Batpwin........Credit Dept. Ernest Bares. Hardware Dept. Gorpon P. Stewart... . Retail Sales Dept. 
JAMES SHIELS...... Seed Dept. CuarENcE H. Wetts.... Accounting Dept. 
Tuomas H. Westwooo. .Flower Seed Dept. 
Wiuiram C. Campse wt. . Mail Service Dept. 
Leo P. McNamara.WarehouseGen. Manager 
New England’s Oldest Seed Merchants—Established 1818 
Main: STORE AND GENERAD OFFICES... 2.02 ob ee Ek 85 State Street, Boston 9, Mass. 
IBRANCHMOTORE Gs oat took eon. 85 Franklin Street VATE OU SIIS Se aiereiccetns i Ruck aoa aint aoks 15-24 Lewis Wharf 
Telephone: Lafayette 7420 

Copyright 1944 by Joseph Breck and Sons 
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QUICK INDEX 

Delivery, Terms, 
Etc. 
Page 2 
Complete Index 
Page 3 
Lawn Grass Seed 
Mixtures 
Page 5 
Vegetable 
Planting Chart 
Page 6 
Vegetable Seeds, 
Roots and Plants 
Page 7 
Field Seeds, 
Grasses, Grains 
Page 23 
Flower Seeds 
Page 24 
Gladiolus 
Page 50 
Dahlias 
Page 51 
Miscellaneous 
Summer Bulbs 
Page 54 
Roses 
Page 56 
Fruits 
Page 60 
Perennial Plants 
Page 62 
Chrysanthemums 
Page 64 
Gadgets for 
Garden and Home 
Page 65 
Fertilizers 
Page 68 
Insecticides, 
Fungicides, Etc. 
Page 70 
