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CARTER’S TESTED SEEDS, Inc., 53 BARCLAY ST., NEW YORK 
Orders Orders should be written on our order sheet or on a blank sheet separate from letter. 
r_ - — * preferably in ink, and, to receive prompt attention, should be directed to the firm and 
not to individuals. Orders from new customers should be accompanied by a remittance in a form 
of a Post-Office or Express Money Order, Bank Check or Bank Bills. 
Prices The P r ‘ ces quoted are net. and do not include free transit, except for seeds in 
1 packets, ounces, or quarter-pounds, on which we pay postage or expressage 
anywhere in the United States. 
Seeds by Mail or Express. 
If wanted by mail in the United States, add postage 
according to zone rate, as per table below, except for 
seeds ordered by the packet, ounce, or quarter-pound, which we will mail free. In view of the greater 
safety, it will be found best to send parcels of 15 pounds or over by express, as packages are apt to get 
crushed in the mail. Seeds may be sent C. O. D. when 25 per cent, of the amount is remitted with 
order. Potatoes, onion sets, or other perishable articles, fertilizers or insecticides cannot be sent C. 
O. I). 
Parcel- Post Zone Rates umV T E H D N sTA H TEs 
Zone 
1st 
2d 
3d 
4th 
5th 
6th 
7th 
8th 
Within 
50 miles of New York City 
50 to 150 miles of New York City.... 
150 to 300 miles of New York City. .. 
300 to 600 miles of New York City 
600 to 1,000 miles of New York City 
1,000 to 1,400 miles of New York City 
1,400 to 1,800 miles of New York City.... 
1,800 and over miles of New York City. 
1st lb. 
Additional 
lb. or 
or fraction 
fraction 
$0 01 
01 
06 
02 
04 
06 
09 
08 
10 
12 
Maximum weight, 70 pounds to 1st, 2d and 3d Zones, and 50 pounds from the 4th Zone upward. 
Postage to Canada 12 cents per pound, or fraction thereof, maximum weight, 4 pounds 6 ounces. 
Name Address Etc We beg to our correspondents to give us on each order the correct 
*, , . ! " name and address; also to indicate very precisely the means of 
carriage which they prefer, mail, express or freight, and the office or railroad station which best 
serves their locality. In case these directions are not followed out, or if they are not sufficient, we 
ourselves shall of course choose the most advantageous and convenient means. 
Cultural Directions. 
time of sowing, etc., will readily suggest themselves to gardeners. 
These apply generally to the climate of the East and Middle States. 
For more northern and southern localities the necessary changes in 
Warranties. 
Seeds of best quality will sometimes fail through improper treatment. Thus, a small seed may he 
sown so deeply that the young plant cannot reach the surface. More failures result from disregard of 
the conditions necessary to germination than from inferiority of the seeds used. 
These conditions are: A proper temperature, suffi- 
cient moisture and free access of air. Besides these, the 
soil must be in proper condition and present no physical 
obstacle to the growth of the young plant. It heavy 
rains have compacted the surface of the, soil, and the 
sun has baked it to a hard crust, it will be impossible, 
even if all other conditions are favorable, for the seed- 
ling plants to force their way through it, and many 
perish from this cause alone. 
Seeds differ greatly as to the temperature required 
for germination. Beets, Cress, Peas, etc., germinate 
rapidly at a temperature of 45 degrees, but if Melons 
and other seeds of that family, Bush or Pole Beans, and 
other plants of subtropical origin are sown under the 
same conditions, they will be apt to decay, as for their 
prompt germination they require a heat of at least 
60 degrees. For this reason many seeds fail yearly from 
too early sowing. 
The second condition, proper moisture, is likely to 
be violated by an excess rather than by too small a 
portion. The P ro P er amount is that which a well 
drained soil wall naturally hold. Free access of air is 
all-important, and this is interfered with by an excess 
of water in the soil. 
In germination, complex chemical changes take place 
in the seeds, in which the air performs an important 
part. A portion of the seed is consumed, carbonic acid 
gas being given off in changing the starch and other 
constituents of the seed into nutriment to forward the 
growth of the germ or embryo plant, which depends 
upon the contents of the seed until it forms roots below 
ground and leaves aboye, and is able to sustain itself. 
Besides these conditions affecting the germination of 
the seed, the young plants, after they have made their 
way to the surface, are liable to various accidents; a 
sudden current of very cold air, or a continuous drying 
wind may check their growth or destroy them altogether. 
In addition, there are numerous insects, both below 
and aboye ground, that may attack the plants, some of 
them being so small that they often destroy a crop 
before they are discovered. 
We may also mention the well-known tendency of many 
vegetables to revert to their original types, notivithstanding 
the care of the seed-grower ; the Yellow-Podded Wax 
Beans becoming green, the Yellow and White Celery 
becoming more or less green, dwarf Peas becoming 
running sorts, etc. 
Carter’s Tested Seeds, Inc., give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, 
productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or plants they send out, and they wili 
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. 
CARTER’S TESTED SEEDS, Inc. 
53 Barclay Street, through to 54 Park Place, New York 
All communicatons should be addressed to the company 
Telephone Nos. 6445 and 6446 Barclay. Private Exchange connecting all departments 
