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D. M. FERRY & CO'S 



SEED ANNUAL 



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FOREWORD 



U'^^ NE moment, Mr. Reader:- 

 '^^e have been in business sixty years. We have never sent out a packet of seeds that did not bear 

 our nail- From the beginning we were glad to be identified with our goods. From the beginning we 

 staked our futui^ 'loon the quality of our seeds. The fact that we are today selling more garden seeds than 

 anybody else in the '"orld is proof that millions of our customers are permanent customers. This book is 

 written with the idea ot k. ^-oing your trade; in it are found the results of our wide experience. Ferry's seeds 

 are grown and tested with tii^. idea of keeping your trade. Moreover, our volume of business, which is many 

 times that of our largest competi. ^r, enables us to maintain seed producing facilities nowhere equalled. Why 

 buy any seeds but the best? 



Ferry's seeds are for sale by dealers .-^ery where; also they can be ordered by mail direct. 

 The best is always the cheapest. ReliaMe seeds cannot be afforded at half price. 



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 



We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 

 quite an unnecessary item of expense and the prices being given, 

 we can conceive of no necessity to warrant goods being so sent. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at our 

 risk by any of the following methods, viz: Postal Money Order, 

 Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express Company's Money 

 Order. 



The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express Money 

 Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to remit. We 

 will bear the expense of sending money in either of these ways, 

 or of the cost of a New York or Chicago Draft if no more expensive 

 than a Postal Money Order. Deduct the cost of the order from 

 amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all 

 offices of the principal Elxpress Companies. They are cheap and 

 absolutely safe. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 

 money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is 

 unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre- 

 paid, and if local checks are used they must be certified. 



FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 

 Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered at 

 list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 



Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 pounds 

 or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, may deduct 

 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 

 by the pound or less. 



PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 

 ordered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten centis per pint, 

 must be added for transportation and packing and they will then be 

 sent free. We do not put up half pints. 



ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 

 POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or Hundred 

 Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or express office in 

 Detroit, Mich., the freight or express charges to be paid by the 



arty ordering. 



-^^=Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by 

 or express to such great distances that the cost of transpor- 

 ill nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must de- 

 Sip unless purchasers remit us, in addition to the price of 

 'icient funds to prepay transportation charges. When this 

 ^ is not complied with, we reserve the right of declining 

 the order and returning money to the person ordering. 



SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over sold at 

 bushel rates; four quarts and over up to one-quarter bushel sold 

 at four-quart rates; less than four quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 



SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over at 

 pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at ounce, two- 

 ounce or quarter pound rates; 25 lbs. and over at 100 lb. rates 

 when quoted. 



BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, to 

 the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added for a new bag 

 in w^hich to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following inducements to 

 those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select packets to the 

 value of $1.15 and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send $2.00; for $3.60 

 send $3.00; for $4.85 send $4.00; for $6.15 send $5.00; for $12.50 

 send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds will be sent by 

 mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to seeds in packets only 

 and at catalogue prices and not to seeds by weight or measure. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



Frequently we receive unsigned letters. Sometimes they contain 

 money and orders. Sometimes too, letters are received in which 

 the name of the town is left out and the postmark is blurred. We 

 cannot fill orders unless we know the name and address of the 

 buyer. The easiest way for you is to use our order sheet filling in 

 the blanks. 



NON- WARRANTY. Sometimes though not often our seeds do 

 not come up after planting. This may be due to one or more of 

 several reasons, such as covering too deeply or not deeply 

 enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 

 which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some- 

 times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen by 

 the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 

 after they leave our hands; neither can we fully control anywhere 

 or at any time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; 

 therefore, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to de- 

 scription, purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 

 or bulbs we send out, and we v^ll 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. 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1916, 



