HARROLD’S PANSY GARDENS & GREENHOUSES. 
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The Most Universally Useful Garden Flower 
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Easily Grown Anywhere —o— 
Hardy Practically Everywhere 
HARROLD’S PEDIGREED STRAIN PANSIES, the result of over forty-five 
years of horticultural experience and extensive breeding, afford you the very 
ultimate in quality with this universally popular, easily grown garden flower. They 
will stand 10 to 15 degrees of freezing without protection and when given light 
protection, such as is given other perennials in your climate they are hardy in any 
part of the United States and most of Canada. 
The blooming season of HARROLD’S PEDIGREED STRAIN PANSIES can be 
extended over a season of at least six months in most places and all year in many 
favored localities. American bred and grown for our American gardening conditions 
and taste, they afford you the finest strains from which may be obtained outstanding 
results. Naturally your local climate and the care you give to their culture will 
determine these results, probably nearly as much as the strain quality and variety, 
but pleasing results may be obtained more casily with the best strains even where 
conditions are not ideal. Bred and distributed for more than 30 years to the critical 
professional florist and nursery growers of the world, HARROLD’S PEDIGREED 
STRAIN varieties offer you seeds with which to obtain the best results under a 
given culture. 
WHEN TO PLANT PANSIES 
The largest Pansy flowers are produced on plants that are from seeds sown in 
late July, August and early September and transplanted in October or November 
so as to become established after transplanting before winter. These give the very 
largest flowers early the following spring. They may be planted and transplanted 
later in the warm Southern States where they may be grown as a winter flowering 
plant. July planting, however, is advisable where winters are long and severely 
cold. Planting too early is little advantage and where the weather is really hot some 
difficulty may be experienced in obtaining good germination unless considerable care 
is taken. Pansies may also be planted indoors in January and February for plants 
that will be set outside in early spring for late spring and summer flowers. Also the 
seeds may be planted where they are to bloom in April or May for plants that will 
give their best flowers during the summer and fall months. In fact, in most climates, 
Pansies may be had in flower during the entire flowering season; from that of the 
earliest bulbs in spring until after frost in the fall. Our packets of seeds are liberal 
in quantity so that each gives you enough seeds of a variety to fill out your require- 
ments for a home garden for an entire season. Our booklet ‘‘MODERN PANSIES’’ 
that accompanies all orders for seeds or plants gives complete information needed 
for your success with Pansies. 
SELECTING THE VARIETY YOU WISH TO GROW 
We ofter here a most complete selection of Pansies, probably the most varied 
selection available from a single growing specialist in the United States. Each 
variety has its own characteristics although each is of the highest quality we know 
how to produce in its individual class. In mixtures the price range to some extent 
is an index to the capabilities of the variety as to size of the flower and richness of 
the color range. The more expensive varieties are more highly bred and so more 
costly to produce. There are colors and combinations in these sorts not to be found 
in the cheaper varieties. In so far as the quality of the seeds is concerned, however, 
this is always the highest that can be produced in all Harrold’s Pedigreed Strain 
varieties. We never grow seeds down to a price but always price to a quality. 
In bedding mixtures we consider our Harrold’s Pedigreed Giant Art-Shades to 
be the largest flowered. Flower type is predominantly ‘‘Exhibition’’ meaning that 
the center blotch is less than half the area of the flower and that this is surrounded 
by wide bands of lighter colors; sometimes twe or more, This tyne also carries 
some ‘‘self’’ colors (solid colors) as well as pastels with penciled centers and the 
duo-tone types. Color tones are light and brilliant. Our Harrold’s Pedigreed Giants 
(the parent of the Harrold’s Pedigreed Giant Art-Shades) is a variety which is 
older therefore a little less modern in size and color. The color range is, however, at 
variance with that of its progeny. 
Our Harrold’s Pedigreed Swiss Giants we consider to be the finest available 
sort of ‘‘Fancy type. This type is distinguished by its large center blotch (some- 
times covering more than three-fourths of the flower area) and the narrow band of 
color around the blotch. Shades usually run much darker than the Exhibition types 
because of the larger blotch and the near absence of the self colors, Also this type 
stock carries more reds, blues and bronze shades and less of the brilliant yellows 
and pastels found in the Exhibition types. The color blend of the two types is 
sufficiently different to make the use of both advisable for full variety. Our 
Harrold’s Improved Swiss is more closely held to the original Swiss strain coloring 
with a bit smaller flowers and less varied range. They are improved over the 
original Swiss strain as imported from Europe in that they have been bred to 
better meet our American growing conditions. 
Formal colors are of use only where beds are set to a planned color scheme. We 
have offered here the very cream of these colors and those that may be classed as 
truly Giant. In growing this group it must be remembered that no separate color 
Pansy grown from seed can be depended on to be 100% true to color or marking 
and so it is always necessary that transplanting be done into selection beds from 
which true color and type plants are selected for the final display bed. The care in 
this selection depends on the uniformity desired and the color used but for such 
work it will be necessary to grow from twenty to fifty percent more seedlings than 
will be used in the final planting. Our stock is as true as any we know of in this 
respect but the condition is universal 
The novelties are either new and unusual or special purpose varieties which 
“most any fancier will find of interest to grow. Each is described here and so other 
them to you for their interest and usefulness we refer you to 

Bridge St. & Lower River Rd. P. O. Box 29-R. GRANTS PASS, ORE. 
Our 1949 Introduction 
C.W. HHarrold’s Private Blend 
Specimens Pictured In Color Are From This Seed 

C. W. Harrold, the founder of our firm is still actively in charge of our breeding 
work and seed production at the age of 78. He has been working with Pansies for 
about 50 years and is the oldest living specialist breeder of Pansies in the United 
States now actively producing seeds and plants commercially. These are his babies. 
They are the finest selections of types for bedding found in a single mixture today 
and he has drawn on our best strains and breeding work to blend this all type 
mixture. We believe it to be the ultimate in a general mixture today. 
As may be seen from the natural color photo the color and type range is most 
varied. In fact there is probably over 800 colors, color combinations and markings 
in this blend. It contains many new shades and markings not found in our other 
sorts and as always the plant and flowering habits are the ultimate. The results 
will be outstanding when given suitable culture. 
SEED PRICES: Per packet, about 300 seeds, $3.00; 4, 0z., about 700 seeds, 
$5.00; 7, 0z., $9.00; 1% oz., $15.00; 14 oz., $25.00. 
PLANTS: These may be offered this fall but it is not certain they will be. If 
they are list will appear in our September edition. 
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HARROLD’S 
OUTSTANDING NOVELTIES 
HARROLD’S GIANT ATOMIC DAWN 
A small, pre-introduction sale of this new sort last fall indicates that this may 
become one of our most popular items. While the fiower size is not as large as our 
mixtures recommended for general bedding it produces such unusual colors that 
many gardeners are going to be enthusiastic about it on that account. Flowers are 
of many shades including soft pink, lavender, delicate blue, light gold, poly-chrome 
bronze and many pastel shades. Markings are penciled and light blotches as well as 
some Exhibition type blotch. Many flowers are heavily ruffled. SEED PRICES per 
packet, about 200 seeds $4.00; +; 02z., $8.00. 


HARROLD’S PEDIGREED NOVELTIES 
These are a blend of seeds grown from NEW TYPES in our breeding depart- 
ment. While they do have a large number of the better types from the other 
Harrold’s Pedigreed Varieties many unusual new types are included that are still 
in the development stage and have as yet not been incorporated into any of the 
regular strain varieties. Recommended where the most varied and unusual is 
desired. SEED PRICES per packet, about 500 seeds, $4.00; ;,0z., $10.00. NO 
PLANTS of this variety will be available this year. 

HARROLD’S SUNSET GIANTS 
Our outstanding 1944 novelty introduction. Sunset shades of orange, red and 
gold. Giant in size the markings range from blotched to ray types with some yellow 
selfs. Shading is brilliant and a bed of these is sure to attract much attention. 
SEED PRICES per packet, about 500 seeds, $3.00; +; 0z., $8.00. PLANT PRICES: 
ready after Oct. 1st., 25 for $3.00; 50 for $5.00; 100 for $8.00 postpaid. 


HARROLD’S PEDIGREED POT PANSIES 
A short, compact growing type adapted to pot or porchbox growing. Flowers 
are large and color range is very brilliant. SEED PRICE per packet, about 500 
seeds, $2.00. Plants of this variety will NOT be available this year. 
PANSY NOVELTIES Continued in next column. 

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HARROLD’S PANSIES are noted for their ability to 
produce the largest flowers on desirable, compact 
plants. The color range has never been surpassed. 
