RICHARD FROTSCHER'S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 



SEEDS BY MAIL. 



Seeds can be sent by mail to any part of the United States in packages not ex- 

 ceeding four pounds, at eight cts. per pound, or one cent for two ounces, or fraction 

 thereof. On seeds ordered in papers or by the ounce I prepay the postage, except 

 on peas, beans and corn. This refers to large sized papers which are sold at one 

 dollar per dozen. When ordered by the pound eig^lit cents per pound postage has 

 to be added to the price of the seeds; to peas, beans and corn, fifteen cts. per 

 quart. 



All packages are put up in the most careful manner, and every precaution 

 taken to insure their reaching their destination in safety. Purchasers living at 

 any place where my seeds are not sold, are requested to write to me to obtain their 

 supplies. This will be more profitable than to buy from country stores where seeds 

 left on commission, are often kept till all power of germinatioij is destroyed. As 

 -seed merchants, who give their goods out on commission, rarely collect what is not 

 sold, oftener than once every twelve months, and as Lettuce, Spinach, Parsnip, 

 Carrots, and many other seeds will either not sprout at all or grow imperfectly if 

 kept over a summer in the South— to buy and plant such, is but monej', time and 

 labor wasted. 



Here in our climate, where we plant garden- vegetables as freely in autumn as in 

 spring, and where often the seeds have to be put in the ground when the weather 

 is very warm, it is an indisi^en sable necessity to have perfectly fresh seeds. 



My arrangements wdth my growers are made so that I receive the new crop, 

 expressly cleaned for me, as soon as it is matured. The varieties which are not 

 raised in the North, I order from Europe, and have them shipped so as to reach me 

 about the beginning of August, just the time they are needed for fall planting. By 

 foUowdng this plan I have always a full supply of fresh seeds of undoubted germi- 

 nating qualities, while dealers, who sell on commission, have only those left from 

 the winter previous. 



On the receipt of one dollar I will mail thirteen large size papers of seeds, put 

 up the same as seeds sold by the pound. These papers can be selected from this 

 Catalogue, and include four papers of either Beans or Peas, if so wanted. Or, for 

 the same amount, I will mail twenty smaller papers, including four papers of 

 either Peas or Beans. This is done to enable consumers to get reliable seeds in 

 good size papers in places where my seeds are not sold. The papers put up by 

 Northern seedsmen are so small that of some varieties they hardly contain enough 

 to do any good. The low prices charged to merchants are made at the expense of 

 consumers. My papers are large and worth the full value of the money paid for 

 them. 



It cannot be too well impressed on the minds of all cultivators of vegetables, 

 that most seeds kept through a summer in this climate will not grow, and that all 

 who use such seeds will be losers. 



All seeds that leave my establishment are thoroughly tested. 



Having received a great many complaints that letters which were addressed to 

 me and contained money, were not answered, I must state that these letters never 

 reached me, and, therefore, would caution my customers not to send any money 

 in letters without registering same. By sending one dollar, or upwards, the cost, 

 t^n cents, can be charged to me. The cheapest and surest way is money order or 

 draft, but where they caonot be had, letters have to be registered, which can be 

 done at any Post Office, 



