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One of the most healthful and profitable recreations is home garden- 
ing, an inexpensive hobby which will produce an abundant supply of 
fresh vegetables for the table and home freezer. 
Food costs have reached an all time high and with a little effort 
your cost of living can be reduced and enjoyment of good living 
increased. 
This reference book will help you in selecting the proper varieties 
of seeds which is the first step in planning a successful garden. 
Since the printing of our last Seed Manual a great number of new 
_and important varieties of vegetables have come into general use. Seed 
breeders have been working on many kinds of vegetables, and many new 
and better varieties have been developed. In recent years there has been 
a greater advance in the development of Sweet Corn than any other kind 
of vegetable, and we are proud of our share in this accomplishment as 
we have taken a leading part in the development of new and better 
hybrids, having a complete range of maturities of outstanding varieties 
for Canner, Freezer, Market and Home Gardener. We sincerely believe 
you will do better with our Sweet Corns than with any other brand and 
have a definite program to make this continue to be so. 
We hope you will find the information helpful in selling more vege- 
table seed, and we want you to feel that our research department, sales 
personnel and the whole backlog of experience of more than sixty years 
in the seed business are at your service. 
Michael-Leonard Company 
General offices at Sioux City, Iowa, and Chicago, IIl., 
with branches in the following States: 
Idaho Oregon 
Illinois Washington 
Iowa Wyoming 
Montana 
11th Edition 
