To Our Customers and Friends 



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It is with pleasure at the beginning: of the New Year that we hand you our NEW GAR- 

 DEN ANNU9AL FOR 1916. 



We t 1 > cxpivss our good wishes for your success t hroughuut -^p Reason. Some of 



you who receive this catalogue may not be our customers at present, but weareTfnSf§fJ^?n8£^ 

 this catalogue will appeal to you in such a way that you feel KeadFSt t(fcifi\^5is££ou|* <J^leig#onf^ 

 the coming season. Y> 



We have made this year some changes in the make-up of tfur Cataloyg^Ji-^h^ve ^eliminated 

 the Novelty Department and incorporated this matter in thffl 

 You will find these new varieties all listed under their proper headings. 



Only a few Novelties of merit have been introduced in the&ast few years. 



rders ; ou have given us and assure yoiiHCfiOAOiniici'^ifl^.Sy^teWt^c^i^nv 



or small, shall have our most careful attention. £ . . . 



We com* to you again offering in seeds the best that our wl!deexperi^ 

 We offer yoe only the best of the standard varieties, and we hope jrOU Will come to us for 

 whatever you require in seeds, or for information as to growing them. 



Our motto is "satisfaction to everyone," so if customers have any cause for complaint 

 we hope they will notify us at once. 



We like to nave our Catalogue in the hands of every person that expects to buy seeds. 

 We will appreciate the courtesy if our customers will send the addresses of their neighbors 

 that may want good tested seeds, and will return the favor by sending some extra packets of 

 seeds. 



We can assure our customers that we will use our best efforts to furnish them with the 

 choicest Seeds that can be grown. We know that planters of Seeds buy them entirely on con- 

 fidence and we try to hold the confidence of our patrons, by furnishing them reliable pedigree 

 Seeds. If you have never used our Seeds, try them this year. Good Seeds like drugs require 

 knowledge and care to handle them. 



Look over our Catalogue carefully, it is plain and straightforward, we offer nothing but 

 what is good and leave out the impossible things with high sounding names, nor do like many 

 dealers to prefix their name to most varieties with an increase in price for such. 



SEED CROPS The past summer weather has been unseasonable, which was detrimental in 

 the growth of many seed crops. There is a great shortage in Dwarf Beans 

 and some Vine Seed, Late Sweet and Field Corn crop uncertain. Clover and Timothy Seed 

 in many sections is a failure and prices will rule high. 



TESTED SEEDS ° ur Seeds are a11 tested as to vitality, and none are sent out from our 

 establishment 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 condi- 

 tions and planted at the right time. With bad weather and careless planting the very best 

 Seeds may fail to grow and no seedsman is to blame for this. If any fail to 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 sometimes fails from 

 causes that no human power can control. We know that the seeds w r e 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, w^hile we exercise the 

 greatest care to have all seed pure and reliable we give no warranty express or implied as to 

 description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds or bulbs we send out, 

 and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept 

 the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 



MARKET GARDENERS AND DEALERS who buy seeds in bulk and in lar - e quan " 



tities are requested to send for our 



Wholesale Price List. 



OUR RESPONSIBILITY As this Catalogue will go int othe hands of many who have 



never dealt with us, we kindly ask for a trial 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. We shall be much pleased to 

 hear from you in 1916. 



With best wishes for the New Year, we are, 



Sincerely yours, 



COLE'S SEED STORE 



PELLA, IOWA, January 1, 1916 



