HARROLD’S PANSY GARDENS 
GRANTS PASS, OREGON 
A view of one of our Pansy seed production fields at the early harvest period. In order to 
maintain strain quality and a good color range growing must be done in acreage blocks 
as small operations limit quality selection. All mixed seeds are formula blended 
from harvest lots spread over several weeks so as to insure a uniform range 
of colors and to adjust for varied ripening time of the different shades. 
Experience is the foundation of quality. 
COMBINATION MIXTURES 
C. W. HARROLD’S PRIVATE BLEND tops 
the list in this class and was our 1949-50 novelty 
introduction. We suggest a careful examination of 
its description farther over in this booklet. 
Harrold’s All-American Bedding Mixture is another 
combination mixture that merits attention by the 
gardener who is interested in as much variety as 
possible in a single sort at an economical price. 
NOVELTY MIXTURES 
We afford a selection of several of these that 
are developed either with a special growing condi- 
tion in mind or a special color range that adds 
variety and enjoyment to your gardening. Certainly 
these several varieties merit your consideration. 
FORMAL COLORS 
This group of separate color selections are ideal 
for planting beds or borders that are to carry out 
a specific color scheme and they are the cream of 
this type of stock to be obtained. All are as true to 
color as any stock commercially available but where 
strict color uniformity is desired over-planting and 
selection will be required as no Pansy plants grown 
from seed may be depended on to be 100% true to 
shade or even color. Generally color uniformity will 
be true from 80 to 90% but we suggest that over- 
planting of 25% or more be practiced and selec- 
tions made for planting as the first blooms appear 
on the plants. 
Select Several Types For Variety 
And Full Enjoyment 
WINTERING PANSIES 
Pansies and Violas are much hardier than many 
gardeners realize. They will winter outdoors in 
most sections of the U. S. A. and Canada with little 
or no protection. Where temperatures normally 
don’t go below 15 degrees above zero it will be 
found that protection is of little need and mulching 
in wet climates is to be advised against. 
Plants that are to winter in open beds where 
temperatures below 15 degrees is expected should 
be planted by Aug. 20th and transplanted as soon 
as they have 6 to 8 leaves into the beds where they 
are to winter. This will probably be by early or 
mid-Oct. No protection should be given until the 
bed is frozen, then evergreen boughs may be turned 
up-side-down over the bed or a light mulch of 
straw or marsh hay applied. This is left on until 
the spring thaw and should not be so heavy but 
that some of the leaves are visable. The purpose of 
a mulch of this kind is not to raise the tempera- 
ture of the bed but to slow down the freezing and 
thawing cycle that may kill the plant by ‘‘spew- 
ing’’, causing damage to the roots. This is the 
only danger and not the cold itself. 
Beds where Pansies are to be wintered must 
have good drainage as the combination of cold and 
wet feet may prove fatal and if not will certainly 
damage the plants, causing small flowers and weak 
growth the following spring. 
Wintering in cold-frames may prove less 
troublesome and more certain although with a little 
care it is not a necessity. You can have very 
satisfactory Pansies with reasonable attention to 
details as outlined in our culture booklet sent 
with each order. 
