NOTICE TO FATRCNS. 
The plants herein offered are propagated from PURE PEDIGREE STOCK and ideal plants, as 
explained in the chapters on "Improvement of Plants." I am confident they are the only plants obtain- 
able propagated in this manni-r, and that their fruiting vigor cannot be equalled. While I practice the 
highest cultivation I know how to give, I have demonstrate<l that the vigor of my plants has been the 
basis of my success. By all means start a propagating bed this .season. 
ORDERS MUST AMOUNT TO ONE 
DOLLAR. 
The correspoudence, postage, booking aiid tilling orders 
for less than that amount is done at a loss. 
REFERENCES. 
TAKING UP STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
The whole row of plants is taken up, and all those 
priorly rooted are thrown out. The fork used for the pur- 
l)ose is so constructed that plants are not bruised or roots 
broken off. All dead leaves and stems are picked off and 
roots straightened by such a system that from the time they 
leave the ground until Ihey are ready for shipment they are 
not exposed a half minute all together. 
SUBSTITUTION. 
We desire to furnish each customer ex ictly what he 
orders, but sometimes find the variety all sold before his 
order is reached, all orclers being filled in the rotation in 
which they are received and booked. If no substitution is 
permitted we are obliged to disappoint the customer by re- 
turning the money late in the season. There are several 
varieties irt the same season and of equal value, and if we 
are out of the variety ordered and substitution is permitted 
wc will add 10 per cent to the plants substituted. Unless 
you expressly state "No Suhstitution," we will under- 
stand ycu desire your order filled as above stated. There is 
very litt e danger of not getting the varieties desired, if 
orders are sent in early. 
PRICE OF PLANTS. 
The prices quoted aie net. and the lowest at which they 
can be grown and placed on the market. This list abrogates 
all former price lists. No charge will be made for packing, 
crates, or boxes, and delivery to forwarders. No plants 
sold for fall planting. ' .Dt less than one dozen strawberry 
r. ' ots will be sold; it requires that number for a fair trial. 
NO AGENTS. 
I employ no agents. Scores of complaints come to me 
every year saying, "The plants I bought of your agent are 
worthless." Tree peddlers secure coj)ies of tliis book and 
represent themselves asniy agenisand then deliver mongrel 
stock to the loss and disgust of purchasers. Put all such 
])artie3 down as frauds. You can only get the genuine 
tlmroughbred plants by sending direct to me. Strawberry 
l>lants will not endure the exposure of handling with trees 
and ..fther plants in delivering orders and carrying around 
the.;,j 
♦ry,r«''^er the packages are opened. 
M KE UP A CLUB. 
nn with yonr neighbors in gctliug* up a club 
ai ic tiefit of thousand rates. Kach bundle being 
li f the division is easily made. Catalogs will be sent to 
yourneighbors on retpiest, to aid in making vip the 
TERns 
.iy cash with order. No orders are booked unless oue- 
.viird the amount is remitted and balance before shipment. 
ORDER EARLY. 
■ I ' .\U orders are filled in the r^>tation in which they arc re- 
ceived, hence the earlier thev are sent in, the better. 
HOW TO REMIT. 
Send money by postoffice order, bank draft, express 
order, or registered letter. I cannot be responsible lor 
money .sent loose in a letter. When private checks are sent, 
add 15 cents to cover the cost of collection. 
All bankh, wholesale houses and manufacturers use th^ 
Commercial reports of R. G. Dunn and Bradstreet and jrou 
can see them by request. These reports place my capital at 
?3j).ooo.oo and credit rating the highest given any one ou 
that amount of capital. 
Special referejices— First National Bank or anf mer. 
chant in this city. 
PLANTS BY MAIL. 
The postage on strawberry plants to any poiu'. ill the 
United States is five cents per <lozeii and twenty-five cents 
per hnndred. which must be added to llie price and remitted 
with the order. To points in Canada postage is double these 
r;ites. 
The plants are packed in moss and go perfectly safe, ar 
riving in perfect condition. Wcsend plants by mail only at 
price by the dozen and hnndred. and not at thousand rates. 
EXPRESS RATES. 
K.-cpress charges are twenty per cent less than general 
merchandise to any part of the country. All small orders 
are generally cheaper hy express than freight, as only 
poimd rates are charged, while railroads charge for loo 
pounds without regard to weight when sent by freight. 
FREIGHT. 
Our railroad connections are first-class. Plants leaving 
here at six o'clock in the evening arrive in Chicago, Toledo 
and Detroit the .same night, and from these points they go 
in fast through freights to all principal cities and intermedi- 
ate points. It is seldom they fail to arrive on time, b.it some- 
times delays occur, and when notified they are behind time 
we hurry them forward by telegraphic tracers. We advise 
purchasers to consult local freight agents as to time and 
give the route over which you wish them sent by freight. 
If no .shipping diredions are given, we exercise our best 
jndgmeut without assuming any responsibility. 
GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS. 
The plants being propagated in special beds and labeled 
when taken up, would seem to preclude the possibility of 
mistake, and I guarantee plants to be true to label, with ex- 
lire.ss understanding that if a mistake happens I am not to 
be held for any damages beyond the amount received for 
the plants. 
GUARANTEEING RESULTS. 
We send plants to the most distant slates, w ith eutire 
succesf!, to anybody and everybody who orders them. I am 
exceedingly anxious that they shall meet their highest ex 
pectations, and to this end will do all in my power to con- 
tribute to success, liul after they are delivered to express 
companies or railroads, they belong to the purchasers and 1 
have no control over them. I do not know what treatment 
they are to receive, hence you can readily see why 1 cannot, 
and do not. guarantee any results whatever. My responsi- 
bility ceases when delivered to express or railroad. 
CLAIMS. 
All claims must be made within five days of the receipt 
of plants, when they will be investigated and if not ^und 
correct will be promptly adjusted. 
ORDERS ARE ACKNOWLEDtiED 
as .soon as received. If yon do not hear from (is arter a 
reasonable lime, write again. 
This Booklet will be revised every year, and sent out free to all who are in- 
terested in it. Uo not loan it but keep it for refeience. If you want one sent to a 
friend, send his addrts> on a postal card, and we will mail it with your coiupli- 
nients. so he will know who sent it Our object is to place fruit growers in posses- 
sion of such facts concerning plant lile and the laws which govern the develop- 
ment of fruit as will enable them to suceed. My success clepeiids on your sticcess 
The number of copies one person can order is limited to four. 
