HARROLD’S PANSY GARDENS 
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. 
FREE CULTURE BOOKLET 
Our booklet ‘‘MODERN PANSIES’’ Their 
History, Culture and Habits will accompany all 
orders for seeds or plants. This gives complete 
information needed for your success with Pansies. 
SUGGESTIONS FOR 
SPRING CULTURE 
While it is a fine procedure to plant your 
Pansy requirements for spring sale in July, August 
and September, there is the opportunity and some 
advantage in planting these requirements in the 
late winter along with other bedding plants. 
This is a thoroughly satisfactory and econom- 
ical method as plantings made in January and 
February can be had showing bloom and bud when 
the most of the spring bedding plant sales are 
made. Also these plants will give your customers 
much longer blooming season as they readily stay 
in flower a month or two longer than do the fall 
plantings. They stand hot weather better too. 
Another factor this year that favors the con- 
sideration of spring planting of your Pansy require- 
ments is the increase in transportation costs. 
Through re-classification this last month, many 
plant items have been subjected to a 30% increase 
in express rates and this along with past increases, 
now often makes transportation charges as much 
as the wholesale cost of the plants at point of pro- 
duction. The saving in these transportation costs 
alone, through growing of your needs in your own 
establishment, will mean a substantial profit to you. 
GRANTS PASS, OREGON 
PLANTING PROCEDURE 
This is not difficult as Pansies are relatively 
easy to grow when planted in spring. You don’t 
have to fight the dangerously high temperatures of 
late summer and seeds germinate more readily. A 
temperature of 50 to GO degrees at night will see 
you through the germination nicely and after the 
plants have 4 leaves they can be carried at 40 
degrees at night until they are transplanted. 
Transplanting may be done when the plants 
have 4 leaves although we find that the plants 
thrive better if not disturbed until they have 6 to 
8 leaves which means that planting should not be 
too thick. As soon as they are established after 
transplanting they may be seasoned off until they 
will stand several degrees of freezing without 
damage. This makes it possible to shift them out 
into unheated cold frames in March to make room 
for less hardy stock in your indoor space. 
This procedure of course suggests the use of 
flats for the seeding operation but transplanting 
may be done into frames if protected sufficiently. 
Generally, however, the culture in flats throughout 
the entire operation is most practical. These young 
spring plants handle well in flats through the 
selling stages. This is a different procedure than 
for the summer planting as here the seeds germi- 
nate better under summer heat and the plants 
winter better if that operation is entirely in ground 
beds. 
The more detailed procedure of culture is 
covered by our booklet that accompanies every 
shipment of seeds. 
DOZEN PLANT UNITS 
With the new miniature flats of fiberboard that 
is now available a very popular retail unit of 
Pansy plants is now practical and planting of the 
seeds in the first 5 or 6 weeks of the New Year is 
the best answer to plants for this. 
Pansy plants that are wintered over are usually 
too large for such methods of merchandising, in 
fact the only way to market them satisfactorily is 
in baskets or direct to the public from the nursery 
beds. This is ideal for the real early demand but 
there is a large market demand that you can fill 
with these unit packs. 
Sales are easy for they are made at a time 
when other bedding plants are in demand and 
Pansies and Violas move readily along with these 
other sales with but very little effort. 
With a little planning you’ll find no other 
spring plant grown from seeds in so short a time 
that is in better demand or shows a better profit 
than Pansies and Violas. 
Select Several Types For Variety 
Pansies, Violas, Hardy Primroses and Delphinium are a group of plants that are rather easily grown, 
require a minimum amount of equipment and their culture is so nearly related that you will find them 
an excellent combination. From a sales standpoint they have universal appeal and are always popular 
in any market. Good strains are a really important factor and you will find the list of them in this 
catalogue to cover the best to be obtained in all four groups. We supply cultural booklets or sheets 
on their culture with every order. 
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