



A Report on the Varieties 
Our Customers Choose 
WE are always very much pleased with the many letters 
we get each year from our customers, both old and new. 
Their observations on the varieties they raised and why 
they preferred one variety over another have been very 
helpful to us, and we think they may be interesting to you. 
There are some kinds of seed that are universally 
praised such as Long Season beets, Scotia and New Long 
Tendergreen beans, Harris’ Double Yield and China cu- 
cumbers, and Macomber turnip. On melons, they don’t all 
agree but Delicious and Market King get the most votes. 
Next year we shall know how they like the new Iroquois 
melon and Early Market lima beans. 
Tomatoes present a wide choice of favorites, probably 
because of soil and climate variations. We believe the most 
popular ones are Victor, Stokesdale and Rutgers. Hybrid 
sweet corn brings letters from all over, with North Star, 
Northern Cross and Golden Cross Bantam getting the 
most praise. 
IRIS’ SEEDS #OR 1945 

As for squash, some like the small or medium sized ones 
and others prefer the very large. One man enthusiastically 
reports that he grew a 60-lb. Blue Hubbard and won a 
Blue Ribbon prize with it. Another harvested over one 
hundred Quality squash from a 10c¢ packet and was more 
than pleased. Early Yellow Prolific and Yankee Hybrid are 
the summer squash usually chosen, yet there are many 
who think Cocozelle is the only kind to grow. 
The flower seeds, too, bring many letters of praise. 
Harris’ 8 Best Aster Mixture is a great favorite and cus- 
tomers describe their Giant ‘““Two Tone”’ Zinnias in glow- 
ing terms. Of the perennials, there is no doubt that Harris’ 
Monarch Delphiniums are giving outstanding results in 
the gardens of our customers. 
This brief summary of the letters we get omits a lot, but 
we want you to know what a great help these letters are to 
us. We are always glad to get them, not only telling of the 
varieties we list but any others you are growing. 

These collections are made up of our most popular varieties and the seeds are the very best we have. They are sold at reduced 
prices because they can be put up ahead of time, all ready to mail. For this reason we cannot make any changes in the col- 
lections to your order. However in the event that we should sell out any variety offered, we reserve the right to supply an 
equally good variety of the same type in its place. 
Vegetable Collection No. 1—For a Small Garden— Valve $1.85— $1.00 Postpaid 
This popular collection will plant a garden about 25 x 40 feet, or its equivalent. It is composed of one regular packet each 
of the following vegetable seeds: (No changes can be made.) 
Beet, Detroit Dark Red Sweet Corn, Golden Cross 
Beans, Tendergreen Bantam 
Beans, Pencil Pod Black Wax Cucumber, Harris’ 
Carrot, Nantes Perfection 
Sweet Corn, Extra Early Lettuce, Black Seeded 
Bantam Simpson 
Lettuce, Imperial 44 
Onion, Sweet Spanish, Utah 
Summer Squash, Early Yel- 
low Prolific 
Strain Spinach, Special Summer 
Radish, Early Scarlet Globe Savoy 
Radish, Icicle Turnip, Purple Top White 
Swiss Chard, Fordhook Giant Globe 
Vegetable Collection No. 2—For a Larger Garden— Value $3.40—$2.50 Postpaid 
This collection will plant a garden about 40 x 60 feet or 2400 square feet and should grow sufficient quantity of fresh vegetables 
for the average size family. It includes the following seeds: (No changes can be made.) 
14 lb. each of: 1 Pkt. each of: 
Beans, Tendergreen Beet, Detroit Dark Red 
Beans, Pencil Pod Black Wax Beet, Long Season 
Peas, Thomas Laxton nate Golden Acre 
: arrot antes 
eee ae Garrat: Tendersweet 
Sweet Corn, Extra ‘Early 
Bantam 
1 Oz. of Spinach 
Special Summer Savoy 

Sweet Corn, Golden Cross 
Parsley, Paramount 
Parsnip, Harris’ Model 
Bantam Radish, Early Scarlet Globe 
Cucumber, Harris’ Perfection Radish, Icicle 
Lettuce, Imperial 44 
Lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson 
Onion, Sweet Spanish, Utah 
Summer Squash, Early Yel- 
low Prolific 
Swiss Chard, Fordhook Giant 
Turnip, Purple Top White 
Globe 
Strain 

