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An Open est^ular Letter to Everyone Interested 
In Seeds and Plants. 
N connection with extending to you m the most sincere and hearty way the compliments o£ the season just closed, we desne to present 
to you some business facts regarding the Seed Business which we trust will receive your courteous attention and be of profit to yo, . 
And if we make allusion to our own business, it is with the honest belief that the statements made will prove of mutual benefit. 
The rapid growth of our business In the seed department, has necessitated, within the past year, the erection of a large storage and 
shipping warehouse, on Como Avenue, directly adjoining our present offices and greenhouses, and which ,s completely equipped with the 
most modern and approved appliances for the safe storing and rapid shipping of seeds. This large additional building, in connection with 
our city store at No. 5 West 3rd street, affords us facilities for giving an immediate attention to your orders which are certainly not ex- 
ceeded, if they are equaled by |ny house in the west. As you can readily imagine, such storage room, actually demanded by our needs, 
must represent a stock which is without rival in quantity and variety. 
A WORD ABOUT ITS EXCELLENCE AND RELIABILITY. 
We are the only jobbing house west of New York City who have, in connection with our seed business, our own greenhouses ; therefore 
our advantages for the immediate testing of all seeds received from our growers are perfect, and not an ounce of seed is finally accepted by 
us until a satisfactory test as to germination has been made. Thus an assurance is given all of our customers that they will only receive 
from us seeds which we know by actual experience will grow. We do not confine our tests to the matter of germination alone, but we have 
ata .short distance from our warehouse, a trial ground, where we test the trueness of type as well as germination, thus being able to satisfy 
ourselves that our stocks are true to name. ^ . - . 
OUR STOCKS, AND SOURCES OF SUPPLY. 
We do not rely, as many seedsmen do, on buying our stocks in the open market from whoever happens to quote the '°J'«^ P'-'^f • 
deal directlv with the producer, having the seeds grown especially for us on contract. We aim to offer only NORTHERN GROW N ^IiEDf, 
as it IS an established fact that seeds grown in lower latitudes will not do well in our rigorous northern climate. Stock, locally grown 
are earlier, hardier, more productive and truer In type than those which can be obtained from any other source. 
We have in close proximity to St. Paul, extensive farms devoted entirely to the growing of beans,)Bweet corn, beet, carrot, onion and m 
fact nearly all the standard varieties of vegetable seeds, the products of which are offered to customers for the coming spring s sales. Ot 
course there are some varieties which will do better in more distant sections, and these as above stated, are grown especially for us on con- 
tract We make it a point to visit the growing crops at the proper periods of the year for the purpose of seeing for ourselves .hat our 
requirements as to the proper care of the crops, so as to insure the perfect purity of the seed which we are to receive from the same, are 
fullv complied with. 
PRICES. 
We have endeavored to make our prices as low as is consistent with the quality of goods which we i.tfer, and we think you will find that 
they compare tavorablv with those of any reputable house in the country. . 
Our location gives us great ad vant.-.ws in the matter of freights. In fact, throughout the northwest we can deliver goods cheaper than 
any other house. We want our customer* to understand the great saving they will make in this respect in placing their orders with us. 
