To Our Friends and Customers 



With a New Years greeting we take pleasure in sending j'oii a copy of our 

 new catalogue for 190S. 



We heartily thank you for the patronage of the past, and hope to be favored 

 with a continuance of your valued orders for this season. 



Our long experience in the seed business, we feel confident, gives us an ad- 

 vantage in the selection of varieties best adapted to our climate. Hope to receive 

 the orders of those who know our seeds, and the basis on which we deal with our 

 customers. We can assure our customers that we will use our best efforts to fur- 

 nish them with the choicest seed that can be grown. Will be pleased to hear 

 from you at any time with an order, or on subjects pertaining to our business. 



In writing our Catalogue we give plain and concise descriptions of everything 

 we offer to sell. We have always set our faces fiiiiily against exaggeration of either 

 description or illustrations. W^e have no caj;chpenny collections to offer, contain- 

 ing an insignificant quantity of seed, and of little value to the gardener. Really 

 good seeds are the cheapest in the end, and require knowledge and care to handle 

 them. 



SEED CROPS. — The crop of seed harvested has been on an average only fair 

 the past season. Many items are very short, especially Onion Seed, Sweet Corn, 

 Peas, Clover and some varieties of Potatoes and Grass Seed. Prices of such will 

 rule somewhat higher than last year. Most other seed stocks average in price as 

 low as last season. 



TESTED SEEDS. — Our seeds are all tested as to vitality, and none are sent 

 out from our establisliment until we are satisfied that they are absolutely of the 

 best quality and of the highest germinating power, and are certain to grow under 

 favorable conditions and planted at the right time. With bad weather and carelees 

 planting the very best seeds may fail to gi'ow and no seedsman is to blamo for 

 this. If any fai. fo grow when properly tested, we stand ready to replace the same 

 or give value in other seeds. 



WARRANTY. — Failure of seeds to produce a good crop is dependent upon so 



many causes, as every experienced cultivator well knows, that the utmost care with 



the seeds and planting cannot control it, and the maturing of a crop also some-' 



times fail from causes that no human power can control. We know that the seedB 



we offer are unsurpassed in quality, yet with our practical experience of many 



years as growers we find that crops sometimes fail no matter how good the seed. 



Hence to guarantee seed to invariably produce a perfect crop would be sheer 



folly. Under all these circumstances, while we exercise the greatest care to have 



all seeds pure and reliable, we do not give any warranty, expressed or implied. If 

 the goods are not accepted on these conditions, they must be returned at once and 

 the money paid for same will be refunded. 



MARKET GARDENERS AND DEALERS who buy Seeds in bulk and in large 

 quantities are requested to send for our W^holesale Price lAst. 



OUR RESPONSIBILITY.— As this .Catalogue will go into the hands of many 

 who have never dealt with us, we kindly ask for a trial order from you, which shall 

 have our best attention. As to our standing, we refer you to the Pella National 

 Bank, to the Postmaster, or to the Express Agent, 



In conclusion we tender you our thanks for past favors, and trust to hear from 

 many of our customers. Wishing you again a prosperous and Happy New Year, 

 we remain. Yours respectfully, 



COLE'S SEED STORE 



Pella, Iowa, January 1, 1908. E. M. COLE, Proprietor. 



