D. N. Ferry 8 Go’s 
1900 
Seed Annual. 
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I N preparing this book for the public, we have aimed to make it a compendium of knowledge useful 
to every gardener, farmer and seed dealer in America. No expense or pains have been spared to 
make it absolutely accurate in every detail. The descriptions have been prepared by some of the 
best horticulturists and scientific gardeners in the country, and so successful have their efforts been 
that former editions have been used by several agricultural colleges as auxiliary text books. 
These methods are in accord with our general plan of business. It is bad policy to lie. Our 
phenomenal success is strong evidence that people appreciate honesty. Our unequaled facilities enable 
us to know more about the seed business than any other concern in this country’, and we have never 
advertised a novelty that we did not believe to be all that was claimed for it. We know of no seed 
house in which as great care is exercised in growing and testing its goods as in ours, nor do we think 
it possible for us to be more careful in our work. Our seeds are the standard of purity. “Just as good 
as Ferry’s” is rightly considered by many to be the highest praise one can give rival brands. 
Do notibe deluded into buying inferior seeds. Every year quantities of poorly grown, carelessly 
rogued and'even worthless seeds are offered for sale. Our prices are as low as is consistent with good 
quality, but our motto will continue to be: 
“The best is always the cheapest. Reliable seeds cannot be afforded at half prloe.” 
OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE 
ORDER. We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting 
return charges is quite an unnecessary item of expense, 
and the prices being given, we can conceive of no necessity 
to warrant goods being so sent. 
HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made 
at our risk by any of the following methods, viz.: Postal 
Money Order, Draft on New York or Chicago or,|Express 
Company’s Money Order. 
The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express 
Money Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to 
remit. We will bear the expense of sending money in either 
of these ways. Deduct the cost of the order from amount 
sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all offices 
of the principal Express Companies. They are cheap and 
ABSOLUTELY SAFE. 
When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 
money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters 
is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should 
be prepaid, and if local checks are used, 25 cents must be 
added to cover the cost of collection. 
FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 
Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered 
at list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 
Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 
pounds or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, 
may deduct 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue 
on all seeds quoted by the pound or less. 
PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 
ordered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents 
per PINT, must be added for postage or express charges, and 
they will then be sent free. 
PECK, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED POUND LOTS, where 
Peck, Bushel or Hundred Pound lots are ordered, we deliver 
free at depot or express office in Detroit, Mich., the freight or 
express charges to be paid by the party ordering. 
Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be 
sent bv freight or express to such great distances that the 
cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of 
the goods, we must decline to ship unless purchasers remit us. 
in addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to prepay 
transportation charges. When this requirement is not com¬ 
plied with, we reserve the right of declining the order and 
returning money to the person ordering. 
SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over 
sold at bushel rates; four quarts and over up to one- 
quarter bushel sold at four-quart rates; less than four 
quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 
SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over 
at pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at 
OUNCE, TWO-OUNCE Or QUARTER-POUND RATES; 25 LBS. and 0V6T 
at 100 LB. RATES WHEN QUOTED. 
BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, 
to the amount of two bushels, 20 cents must be added for a 
new bag in which to ship. 
SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce¬ 
ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select 
ackets to the value of Si. 15 and send us Si.00; for $2.35 send 
2.00; for S3.G0 send $3.00: for $4.85 send $4.00; for $0.15 send 
$5.00; for $12.50 send $10.00; for $20.00 send $20.00. The seeds 
will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply 
to seeds in packets only, and at catalogue prices, and not 
to seeds by weight, or measure. 
NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 
We frequently receive letters containing money and orders, 
which we cannot fill because the sender has failed to sign 
his name or the P. O. address is omitted, and the post mark 
being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how 
much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope 
whenever you can, filling out the blank and signing your name, 
and you will have no cause to censure us. 
GUARANTEE. Complaints made that seeds are not good, 
should quite as often be attributed to other causes as to the 
quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies 
continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving 
satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet 
or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the 
plants as soon as or before they appear; wet weather, cold 
weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by 
temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable 
to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds wo 
send out, and we will 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. 
D. M. FERRY & CO. 
Detroit, Mich.. Jan. 1, 1900. 
