in the back yard, vacant lot, or closeby acreage. Not only tasty, succulent vegetables are 
had all summer long, fresh for the table, but the surplus utilized during the winter by canning 
and storage. Also, crops grown beyond the needs of the family may usually be marketed 
through local store outlets. In these days of a fifty-cent dollar, the saving in the family 
budget of the quantity of vegetables raised in the home garden may well amount to a con- 
siderable increase in income. A dollar saved is a dollar earned, and the vegetable dollar does 
double duty. Population is rapidly increasing in this country and expected to reach 200,000,- 
000 before the close of the century. As population increases relative to productive land, food 
acreage decreases. Of necessity intensive gardening and farming will be the order of the days 
to come. Let us keep in step with this progressive movement. 
Reliance on the reputation and responsibility of seedsmen is more important than with 
some other vendors of goods and service. Involved is the live germ plasm of the seed in the 
eternal cycle of crop production. It is therefore sound sense to rely on the personnel and 
laboratory equipment of a large seed house as Rudy-Patrick in order to safeguard as much 
as human experience and resources may permit. However, all crops are subject to the human 
element in sowing and reaping, governed by soils and seasons as well as the divine chemistry 
of nature over which seedsmen have no control. Therefore, in common with other seedsmen, 
we are forced to follow the nature of the seed business, in respect to the limited warranty of 
seeds and all seeds are sold and shipped under the usual seedsmen’s limited warranty dis- 
claimer. The useful information furnished as to maturity, sizes, weights, and general descrip- 
tion of vegetables and fruits is taken from sources believed to be reliable. These include test 
plots, field records, agricultural and horticultural research bulletins, etc. However, the na- 
ture, kind and quality of crop production is governed by inexorable nature and beyond control 
limits. 
The Rudy-Patrick Seed Company warrants to the extent of the purchase price that seeds or bulbs 
sold are as described on the container within recognized tolerances. Seller gives no other or further 
warranty, expressed or implied. 
RUDY-PATRICK SEED CO. 
