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1STHE HERALD Wednesday February 18 Dominion Seed House answering that natural soryand now urge Now your plant can talk back In every post office In the of Georgetown company a I selling product which comes from every continent on the globe with the exception of The salesmen are the brightly colored catalogues of he Dominion Seed House and the product they sell to Canadian gardeners ex is the more than 1 varieties of seeds for flowers and vegetables as well an bulbs and fruit plants In addition to the seeds the company also sells books on gardening and cooking greenhouses fluorescent lights for indoor gardens fertilizers plant food garden gloves dusters sprinklers seed Bowers insecticides said one of the first two employees hired by the company in when Dominion Seed House began their mailorder operations in The Candiun garde our and we do not accept any outside orders or which would prejudice our Canadian customers the spokesman said Dominion Seed House erected their first building on their plot on the of and Maple In 1931 A second bidding went up In a third In 1M1 and the fourth in 1956 At peak season now approaching he plant has 110 workers of them part time or temporary to assist the Only few seeds an produced on the company site Most of the seeds from other parts of Canada or the United Sines England Holland Denmark Germany Switzerland Italy India South Africa Australia New Zealand Japan China Costa Rica Mexico and the Argentine Our business is to know the types of plants and seeds suitable for the Canadian gardener the company machine At different limes of the year different areas of the plant are used in filling orders and the conveyor belts through out the complex arc controlled by a single operator at the postal metering machine Being a 100 percent mall order house means an unusually high volume of mail and Dominion Seed House have their own post office room In the main building The postmen move In according to the volume of work said the company spokesman adding that the company gets good operation from the post of As for the recent postal strike it was aggravating said the spoke survived To supply Its customers Dominion Seed House works one year ahead and contracts for seeds be sold in are world Even the catalogue which is produced up to ready stage before being sent to a printer is put together on the silo A tiny print shop tucked away in a corner of a building fulfills the need for other sales literature such price lists fit era and The company eels that the basic motivations of gardening Is for the pleasure the gar derives from growing things Something in man seems him towards that to some thing grow even a vine said the spokesman In the last two years they have noticed some con drift toward vegetable seeds and they fee it is because he high coat vegetables In the supermarkets Another change noted in the last two years has been the growing popularity of indoor gardens under fluorescent lamps he said Many gar deners arc using seeds to start plants ralher then buying box plants Other customers deep In the heart of Toronto without an ounce of soil around them buy seeds start them in then the seedlings to allot gardens or cottage plots Over the years the number of seeds offered has not in creased greatly the spokesman said adding that in 1930 about varieties were offered compared with 1 now It Is not enough that a seed be new the spokesman said It must be superior to an existing variety or the gar dener is wasting his time Because Dominion Seed House is entirely mail order they feel they can offer gar a wider Election of seeds than can be found in wire racks in supermarkets and hardware stores Tomatoes for example varieties ranging from a Tiny Tim on a plant eight Inches high to a giant beef steak hybrid to a yellow especially low In acid content What you don know about bean fills over three pages of the catalogue With Its Dominion Seed House has carried the name of Georgetown across Canada said the company Not to mention the entire world Now hear This plant communicator lets your plant talk you You are supposed to talk to your house plants because It is good for them right Right And now your plants can talk bock to you with the help of a plant communicator which lets you know If your favorite African Violet needs water or or if you ve given the Venus Fly Trap too much The batteryoperated plant communicator has what looks like half of a toy telephone out of which come two These are inserted into the soil The amount of moisture or fertilizer In the soil influences the degree of electrical conduction between the two poles This turn determines whether your plant makes a slow click click click if it is dry or purrs like a kitten if the moisture content Is Just right If Its too wet like a diapered baby It cries The plant communicator about cms long is imported from Taiwan and Is available in seed house catalogues and from other supplies of horticultural items tor about So next time you are feeling lonesome and in need of conversation stick a plant communicator into the soil around your plants and hear what they hove to say Who knows you King may have an Important message or you or you II finally get to understand what that carefree cigar plant has been doing the last three months to the split leaf phllodendron spokes said they are best produced and how to process and handle the He pointed out that there was a distinction between the production of seeds and the growing of flowers or vegetables We do not buy seeds on the open market he said In stead the Dominion Seed House deals with contract seed producers It s a planned operation We know the individual strains the seed producers may grow We have our preferences At times it is a special strain or variety grown by an individual producer ana will be exclusive with us Alter the seeds arrive from their far flung locations they are sorted on automatic counting and sorting machines which then package them in pound half pound quarter pound ounce and fractional ounce sizes A few seeds are still packed by hand Each variety of seed has its own number and Is stored around the core of the main building where the mall orders are processed Much like old fashioned mail sorting but In reverse the envelopes of seeds arc removed from the numbered slots to fill the order sheets which come from across Canada The orders are then checked packed and put on a conveyor belt which carries them to a metered postal SUPER SIDEWALK SALE LIMESTONE ALL SIZES A GRAVEL FILL AND TOP SOIL BUD HAINES DURHAM ST THURS SAT FEBRUARY 1921 I BRAMALEA CITY CENTRE THE TOTAL SHOPPING CONCEPT HIGHWAY 7 and DIXIE ROAD Special Notice CMHC I RENT CONTROL now in effect at the new Bramalea City Centre family Apartments What more could you ask for Spacious new apartments without the worry of any unexpected or unreasonable rent increases for the 1 years because all are controlled by the Federal Government All this and more Every suite in the City Cenire Family 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