A Word of Thanks 
T IS with pleasure I again greet you by the aid of my salesman, this cata- 
| log, and it is indeed, with great thanks to you for the business you gave 
me last spring, which surpassed my business of spring, 1918, more than 
three-fold. I certainly appreciate every order received, from the smallest 
== to the largest and I trust you were fully satisfied with the stock we sent 
you. I want your patronage this spring and fall, and I assure you that I will do 
the best I possibly can to make you so well satisfied with my plants that you will 
tell your friends about me and get them to send me their order also. I have de- 
scribed all the leading new and standard varieties of Small Fruit Plants, Fruit 
Trees, etc. at prices as low as First-Class stock can be grown for. My stock will 
please you or your money returned. Could you expect a fairer offer? 
Again thanking you for your favors, and wishing you abundant success in 
your efforts, I am Yours for good crops, 
LEAMON G. TINGLE. 


Advice to Customers. 
Terms. Payment invariably at time of ordering or before shipment. Remit 
by Money Order, Registered Letter or Draft. 
How To Order. Order early. Use the order sheet, and be sure to write your 
name and address plainly. Give Post Office, County and State—and do this every 
time you write me. Be sure to say how goods are to be shipped; whether by mail, 
express or freight, and state plainly to what point goods are tobe sent. Nochange 
or countermand of order can be considered final without my written consent. 
Shipping. I deliver all goods to forwarders here without extra charge, after 
which my control ceases, consequently my responsibility also. I particularly cau- 
tion patrons against having Strawberry plants shipped by freight; they should 
always go by express, or in small lots by mail. Transportation charges are to be 
paid by purchaser. If wanted sent by mail add 30 cents per hundred for postage. 
Packing. We use great care in packing. Special pains are taken to pack 
lightly, thereby reducing the expense of transportation to a minimum. All goods 
at prices quoted are packed free. 
‘Substitution. It is my custom, should the supply of plants become exhausted, 
(which occasionally occurs in all nurseries), to substitute in its stead a similar 
variety. When it is desired that I should not do this, it must be so stated in the 
order. To simply affix the words ‘‘NO SUBSTITUTION” is all that is necessary. 
Claims. If any, must be made on receipt of goods, when if just will be made 
satisfactory. Claims made after ten days from receipt of goods will not be enter- 
tained. I send out only good stock in good condition, carefully packed, in all cases; 
but success or failure depends in so large a degree upon the care and management 
ee received, that I do not, BECAUSE I CANNOT, undertake to guarantee 
stock to live. 
Guarantee. I warrant my stock true to name, with theexplicit understanding 
that should any prove untrue, I will return the money paid or replace it with other 
stock; but am not liable for damage beyond this. 
Reference. The Truckers’ & Savings Bank or any person in Pittsville, Md. 
Western Union Telegraph, Pittsville, Md. 
Testing New Varieties 
By all means have a small plot of ground for the purpose of testing the new 
varieties. Each season get afew of each of the new kinds that appeal to you. 
By doing this you are not investing a lot of your money in something that may 
not suit your soil or locality, while among the new ones you are likely to find some 
better than you now have. Many large growers say they could not afford to be 
without their testing plot. This is not an expense as you will get enough berries 
from it the first season to pay the expenses. Make a start this season. 
