STOKES SPECIALS FOR 1933 



A B!d for Your Business 



WE are eager to have more planters know 

 the inherent goodness of Stokes Seeds and 

 we have faith to helieve that the combination of 

 higher quality seeds at greatly reduced prices, 

 as offered in this convenient, pocket-size cata- 

 log, will be recognized as genuine. 

 Everyone very rightly expects far more value 

 per dollar now than at any time within living 

 memory. We know of no better way of being 

 assured of your money's worth than to buy from 

 this catalog. We have succeeded in effecting 

 drastic savings all along the line and these we 

 are passing directly to our customers. Along 

 with this price reduction (which is a genuine 

 price reduction) , we are confident that our stan- 

 dard of quality has never taken such a high 

 rating as it does this year. On a platform, there- 

 fore, of better seeds for less money, we make a 

 direct bid for your business. 



Perhaps a Pay-As-We-Go World 

 Will Be Better 



LET'S not mistake matters, the good old days 

 J just aren't going to come back. But were 

 they so good after all? Yes, we have all had to 

 draw our belts a little tighter. We know that 

 times are hard and that there is genuine suffer- 

 ing about us, but one great step we can all take 

 in the right direction, — we can begin at once to 

 pay as we go. We can put an end to the nag- 

 ging, deviling fear that pursues us the moment 

 we "charge it." We can make plans now to face 

 the world with clear eyes and a clear conscience, 

 knowing that we are in debt to no one. 

 We, at this office, share the opinion that easy 

 credit has been a detriment to the seed trade as 

 well as to the vegetable grower and florist. It 

 has definitely contributed to over-production 

 and it has greatly added to the difficulties of 

 both the buyer and the seller. It is for these 

 reasons that we are placing our business on a 

 strictly cash policy. We have a feeling that the 

 most important thing we can do for those who 

 trade with us is to give our people the very 

 highest quality seed at the very lowest figure 

 compatible with that quality. 



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