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SEED ANNUAL 



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I 



FOREWORD 



F THIS were a world of chance, where things just happened and no amount of individual eiTort w'ould have 

 any effect upon results, seed selection and breeding would be a waste. Fortunately, however, there are fixed 

 laws of life for ever)' plant that grows and the tiller of the soil knows that proper conditions secure sure results. 



The first condition is good seed. There may be differences of opinion concerning the effects of heredity 

 upon human beings but every one knows that strong, healthy plants of desirable type cannot be expected from 

 inferior seeds. 



The gardener, whether for pleasure or profit, can not afford to gamble. He must have the best seeds that 

 money can buy. He has not the facilities for selecting, breeding and testing but must have seeds that have 

 been carefully selected, bred and tested; to insure getting such stocks he buys from those who have these facilities. 



Our stock seed farm and experimental garden are the largest and best equipped in America. They are 

 operated with the one idea of furnishing our customers the best that skill and experience can produce. Our 

 business is selling critically tested, carefully selected, pedigree seeds. 



We try to make our Seed Annual accurately descriptive of the vegetables and flowers listed, and truly 

 helpful by giving plain and easily understood cultural directions. The illustrations are of actual products and 

 not fanciful images created from the artist's imagination. 



With good seeds, good soil properly prepared and the necessary care and attention the gardener may 

 expect results because all nature is working for him. Begin right by planting Ferry's seeds. 



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 Express 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. PinU, Quarts and Four Quarts, 

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

 party ordering. 



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

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

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

 chne to ship unless purchasers remit us, in addition to the price of 

 goods, sufficient funds to prepay transportation charges. When this 

 requirement 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 which to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We ofler 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. 



Frequendy 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 litde 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 wre 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 des- 

 cription, purity, producriveness. 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. 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1915. 



