THE IMPORTANCE OF GOOD SEED 
“Sold 17 tons of Copenhagen Market from 4200 plants set last 
year, so please send: 
1 lb. Copenhagen Market 
1.lb. Danish Ballhead (Medium Stem).” 
, Cincinnatus, New York 
“Enclosed please find money order, for which please send me: 
114 lbs. Enkhuizen Glory 
3 lbs. Danish Ballhead (short stem) 
I had a fine crop of Glory last year—32 tons to the acre.” 
, Marietta, N. Y. 
‘ ee sous Red Danish Stonehead cabbage seed the same strain as 
ast year 
“We_used that kind last year and had the best red cabbage we 
ever had.” 

, Marietta, N. Y. 
““T used your seed one year and it was excellent. I believe every 
seed must of grown.” 
, Skaneateles, N. Y. 
“We have used your seed thirty years or more, with very satis- 
factory results.” 
p a NV NL Y 
“Enclosed find money order, for which please send me 1 lb. Danish 
Ballhead (short stem).” 
“I have bought seed from you for a number of years and have 
always had fine luck.” 
» La Fayette, N. Y. 
“Your seed has always grown with good yields.” 
. Spencerport, N. Y. 
“T bought 2 pounds of your Danish Ballhead cabbage seed last year 
and had a fine crop. The buyer said that it was one of the best 
crops that he had bought.” 
, Marcellus, N. Y. 
“Have had fine results from your seed for a number of years now.” 
————  ————_, Honeoye Falls, N. Y. 
pp year we got red seed from you and was so pleased with the 
seed. 
“They grew fine and was as fine a piece of cabbage as was around 
Sherburne.” 
“We sold the red for $30.00 a ton.” 
, Sherburne, N. Y. 
“T wish to thank you for the fine cabbage plants you sent me. The 
cabbage sold for $512. They were the finest plants I ever set.” 
,» Rehoboth, Mass. 
“Please send me five pounds of Danish Ballhead, and five pounds 
of Copenhagen Market. 
“The seed that I got from you last year was A No. 1. 
“I just sold the last of the cabbage, (March lst) for twenty dollars 
a ton and some of it was just as green as when I cut it last fall.” 
» Groton; N.w Y. 
“Please send us the following seeds: 
3 lbs. Early Copenhagen Market 
2 lbs. Enkhuizen Glory y 
a We have been well pleased with your seeds ever since we used 
em.’ 
3 uVONS; Nw 
“Please send me by mail three pounds of Danish Ballhead.” 
“TI have used your seeds for the past four years and have found 
them the best I can get.” 
, Kendall, N. Y. 
“Please send me eight pounds of Danish Ballhead and one pound 
of Copenhagen Market. ‘ 
“Please put it up in separate packages as some of it is for my 
neighbors. 
. “I had good luck last year.” 
LELOIMeGY Ney 
“Please send me one pound of Danish Ballhead. 
“My neighbor told me about it.” 
— 
. Marcellus, N. Y. 
“Please send me one pound of Danish Ballhead. 
“Neighbors have had good luck with it.” 
. Marietta, N. Y. 

The figures below of one of our seed tests show the wide 
variation in the ability of different strains of seeds to produce. 
Plants grown from poor seed may yield only half the tonnage 
of cabbage per acre that you would get, with other expenses 
equal, if the best seed had been used. The same, of course, 
applies to all other crops. 
The ten best strains averaged 6.06 lbs. per head. 
The ten poorest strains averaged 4.31 lbs. per head. 
The ten best strains produced an average of 40% more 
cabbage than the ten poorest strains. 
Which shows how important it is to plant only the best 
seed. A poor strain of seed may prevent any profit on the crop. 
The same is true of other kinds of cabbage seed and of 
cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, celery, tomato and other 
seeds. 
Buying cheap seeds or plants may result in working a 
whole season without profit. 
We buy the highest yielding strains of seed for all our 
plants. 
A number of years ago we secured from the cabbage seed growers 
of Denmark 39 strains of Danish Ballhead Cabbage seed and tried all 
of them out in our field, side by side, where each strain had exactly 
the same conditions—the same distance apart, the same fertilizer and 
the same cultivation. 
In the fall we took scales to the field and weighed the cabbage 
of each strain. 
The different strains had the following average weight per head: 
Row 7—6.34 lbs. per head Row 20—5.22 lbs. per head 
1—6.30 “ee ae “ 6 5.22 “6 se oe 
13—6.18 “ s ne 10—5.18 ‘‘ - 
33—6.15 “ - s 21—5.03 ‘‘- “ st 
14—6.06 “‘ iy 2 35—5.03 ‘ - x 
11—6.01 “es ia) “ 4—_5.02 tis oe “ 
8—6.00 “oe tad “ee 9—5.00 oe ae oe 
3—5.97 Lay ad “e 27—4.89 o Lal o 
32—5.86 oe iad id 26 4.81 o id o 
17—5.74 “ a ss 
Average of 10 best strains—6.06 Row 24—4.79 lbs. per head 
Ibs. per head 28—4.77 “ Ly Oe 
38—4.71 sé se o 
Row 30—5.72 lbs. per head 29—4.43 ‘‘ “ : 
12—5.62 oe : ae “ 5—4.26 Lis “se oo 
9557 “e ae “cc 36—4.25 “ec +e ee 
95—5.51 “ce oe o 99..4..92 “ ina o 
37—5.42 “e “a “ee 23—4.05 ae“ “é oe 
19—5.37 o oe ad 39—4.00 “a e “ 
16—5.35 iad “oe “e 34—3.61 “e “ “se 
18—5.35 “ is os Average of 10 poorest strains 
31—5.32 “ 4 MY 4.31 lbs. per head 
Washburne, Maine 
Aroostock County 
F. W. Rochelle & Sons 
Chester, N. J. 
Dear Sirs: 
I believe you would be interested to know that my records 
show that I made a net profit of $75.00 on the 500 Imp. Holland 
Erfurt Cauliflower plants purchased of you June 4th, 1943. 
I wish to purchase Tomato, Cabbage, Cauliflower, etc., plants 
and seed from you and wish to get my orders in as soon as 
seed is available and to study my needs carefully before selec- 
tion. Please send me a catalogue as soon as they are avail- 
able. 
Yours respectfully, 
