MY FRIENDS 
^ERE is my latest annual SEED BOOK— very simple, very plain, but straight to tlie point, 
straight to the truth. There is a saying that ' The clothes don't make the man." So it is 
in the seed business, "The fancy catalogue does not make the crop." Fancy catalogues are 
all right, but it's the big crop of fine vegetables you want and there is only one way to get it,— 
that is by having the highest quality seeds and I have them. 
The remarkable growth of my business the past year is surely evidence that my customers have 
confidence in my efTorls to give them the very best quality. It has been my desire from the beginning 
and it always will be, to make quality the first consideration. 
NEW AND BETTER VARIETIES.— I am in constant touch with all those growers in this country 
and Europe who make a specialty of improving good varieties and originating new and better ones, and 
with market-gardeners, many of whom have some very e.xtra selected seed of special varieties, and 
whenever possible,^ will be securing such better varieties as 1 know will be of value to you, and after 
growing sufficient stock will offer it to you, showing actual photographs of specimen plants, and give 
you correct descriptions, thus helping you to get the best always. 
MY CATALOGUE THIS YEAR contains some exceptionally fine new vegetables which you will 
want. My supply of seeds of these new varieties is not large, so get your order in at once. 
MAKE UP YOUR ORDER NOW, while you are looking over the catalogue, and send it by mail 
or bring it to my store. 
REMEMBER THIS.— That all seeds you get from me will be the best quality, and every variety 
tested for vitality, so that they must grow if the weather and soil conditions give them half a chance. 
I HAVE EVERYTHING IN GARDEN AND FARM SUPPLIES 
It will do you good, financially as well as otherwise, to visit my store. As one of my customers 
said : "It pays to go a little out of the way to get good seeds and good treatment." Here are some of 
the things I have that you may be wanting : 
pi 1 Trtr»l« HIanet Jr. and Iron Age Seeders, Hand Cultivators, Plows, Rakes, Hoes, 
Oaraen l OOIS. ^^^^^^ cultivators Harrows, Garden Rakes, Spades, Shovels, Digging- forks, 
Hand Weeders, I ran -pUmting-machines, One- and Two-horse flows. 
Farm Slinnlip'* Feed-cutters, Corn-shellers, Spray-pumps, Spray Materials, Churns, Butter- 
rarni JUppiieS. ^o^i,^.rs cider-mllls. Berry-presses, Cooley Creamery, Cream-separators, 
Milk-coolers, Milking pails, Ketdes, Spout Cans, Cream cans. Butter-boxes, Calf-feeders, Calf Meal, 
Hay-rakes, Corn-planters, Gasolene Engines, etc. 
Haifv ^iirtnlif^e Bottles, Caps, Cans. Bottle-crates, Fillers, Sterilizing Machines, Engines, 
Uairy iJUppiieS. ^^-^^^^^ washers. Brushes, Bottle-baskets, Route-books, Wyandotte 
Cleanser, etc. 
P \¥w-v ^imrtlif^c Conkey's Remedies, Pratt's, Hess', International, and Rust's Supplies ; 
rOUUry JUppiieS. ggg.^^ates. Bone Mills, Incubators and Brooders, Root-cutters, Leg- 
bands, Nest-eggs, Shipping-crates, Drinking-fountains, Feed-boxes, Corn-shellers, Roup Cure, Gape 
Cure, Cholera Cure, Eaton's famous egg-making Climax Grain Mixture and Perfection Mash Feed, 
Grit, Oyster .Shells, Beef Scraps, Bone, etc. 
Come to my store, and when this is impossible, write or phone to me for anything you want. 
«r . As stated above it is my greatest desire to furnish you with the very finest and highest 
W arraiHy. q^aUty seeds, so that you may be able to grow the best crops, and I am using every effort 
to do this, and you can depend on it that I will not sell you any seed that I have not first tested for vitality and 
proven that they will grow under favorable conditions. Hence you never need fear getting any doubtful seeds 
from me, for all seed I sell will be tested and I can give you the germination of it if you ask for it. There are 
conditions however, under which seeds cannot grow, no matter how good they may be. For instance, certain 
seed may be sown too deep so that the young plants cannot reach the surface; this is often the cause of failure 
with celery seed. Other causes of failure are insufficient moisture or too much moisture. Cold, wet soil will rot lima 
beans and wrinkled peas, as every one knows, hence causing a failure. Poor soil and lack of proper cultivation 
will cause seeds to produce a crop of very inferior vegetables, while the same seed sown on good, rich soil and 
the plants cultivated thoroughly, will produce a crop so much superior that it would seem to have been grown 
from different seed. Sharp, hot peppers, grown beside sweet peppers, will cross when in blossom, and the sweet 
peppers will be sharp. This, you see, would not be the fault of the seed or seedsman. For this reason, friends, as 
you will agree with me, no one can guarantee what a crop will be. For these reasons, I give no warranty, express 
or impUed, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter, of any seeds, bulbs or plants I send 
out and I will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms, they are to be returned at once. It will be plain to you, however, that it is to my best interest to supply 
you with only such seed as will give you the greatest satisfaction and this I will do always. 
WALTER S. SCHELL 
