Descriptive Catalogue 
OF 
FARM SEED 
SPECIALTIES. 
GROWN AND FOR SALE BY 
Gunson, Higbie & Company, 
FIELD SEED GROWERS, 
Rochester, N. Y. 
FOR SPRING OF 1899 DELIVERY. 
This catalogue is for tlie exclusive use of our agents in presenting the merits of our seeds to the public. 
We issue circulars for free distribution. 
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INTRODUCTION. 
The first few pages of this catalogue will be devoted to 
giving you such instruction in argument and example as will 
permit you to convince the “would-be-customers” you meet, 
of the excellent investment we offer in the line of seed 
specialties. 
No man will be your customer unless you can show him 
that it is to his advantage, in dollars and cents, to invest with 
you. It should be your first duty to make yourself acquainted 
with these arguments in order that you may talk to your 
customers with the utmost confidence. 
The varieties we offer to the public are the “ CHOSEN 
FEW.” Out of the scores of varieties now in cultivation we 
know of nothing as good as the kinds we offer and our 
position in the trade enables us to be thoroughly well posted. 
We might offer many more kinds but they COULD NEVER 
RANK WITH THESE HERE PRESENTED. 
WE PAY ALL FREIGHT 
on our seeds, and customers pay us only when 
goods have been safely received; and we guar- 
antee all our seeds to be true to name and 
grow, to this extent, that if they fail in either 
particular, we will refill the order free at our 
next delivery. Other seed houses require 
customers to remit in advance and pay cost of 
transportation. Farmers should buy small am- 
ounts of several varieties, find out which are 
best adapted to their particular soil and cli- 
mate and then grow their own seed. Thev can 
grow their own seed in quantities cheaper than 
any one else can grow it for them. 
We have in every case tried to give a correct description of each variety so that customers can make an 
intelligent selection. It pays to buy THE BEST and “the best” is what we offer regardless of cost. 
We use the annual product of more than 500 acres and are the largest growers of Farm Seeds on this continent 
