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This is an original vintage 1945 Condon Bros. Seedsmen Annual Catalog & Garden Guide, published by Rock River Valley Seed Farm in Rockford, Illinois, complete with its original illustrated mailing envelope and laid-in order blanks. A prime World War II-era piece promoting "Victory Garden" planting, the front cover features a full-color lithographed spread of heritage vegetables, including carrots, beets, sweet corn, and Jubilee tomatoes. The back cover highlights "6 Glorious Hardy Phlox" and Honey Sweet Black Raspberries. The interior pages are filled with extensive botanical descriptions, engraved illustrations, and period gardening advice for heirloom vegetables, flowers, and fruits. The included original mailing sleeve features two-color advertising promoting gladiolus bulbs, giant dahlias, and Thompson's Vitamin B-1. Condition is excellent vintage with vibrant, unfaded cover colors, intact original binding, clean unmarked internal pages, and minor age-appropriate edge wear and handling to the mailing envelope. Catalog is 11 inches tall.