Allen’s Nurseries & Seed House 
Geneva, Ohio 
W. A. ALLEN, Founder STEPHEN ALLEN, Sec. and Treas. 
CHAS. A. ALLEN, President 
FORTY-FOUR YEARS OF “GOLDEN RULE” SERVICE 
To Our Friends and Customers—Greeting: 
Our 1937 catalog is presented to over 150,000 satisfied customers who have found that 
dealing with a reliable house pays. We thank them for their patronage and invite continu' 
ation of their business. 
Postoffice —GENEVA, OHIO 
Telephone—GENEVA, OHIO, No. 713 
Telegraph—GENEVA, OHIO 
Location Office, Seed House and Storage 
Plant —South Ridge Pavement, 7 miles west of 
Ashtabula and 3 miles east of Geneva on Ohio 
Route 84. 
INFORMATION —Please Read 
No. 1. True to Name. All stock will be labeled strictly true to name. We exercise the greatest 
care to have all orders filled right, but we all make mistakes. Upon proper proof where stock is not 
true to name it is mutually understood between us and the purchaser, that we will replace the 
stock or refund the purchase price, but will not be held liable for more than this amount. 
No. 2. Inspection. All our trees and plants are carefully inspected by the state and an inspection 
certificate accompanies each and every shipment. 
No. 3. Shipment. We ship via express, mail, freight. Stock marked mail is postpaid, otherwise 
is packed free and purchaser pays transportation charges. We start shipping in spring any time after 
February 1st, and keep same up until June 1st. Please state when you wish shipment made. Fall ship' 
ment October 1st. 
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No. 4. Payment. Our terms are cash with order. Money should be sent by check, postal money 
order, draft, express money order or registered mail. 
No. 5. Special Notice When Ordering. Please state how you wish same shipped, write name, initial, 
postoffice, state, railroad station, r. f. d. number and r. f. d. box number very plainly so that no mis' 
takes will happen in delivery, also use our order blank. 
No. 6. Guarantee. All goods are guaranteed to reach you in good condition, mistakes if made, 
will be promptly rectified. Accept shipment, examine and count on receipt and notify us at once 
if there be any errors, and the carrier and us if any damaged stock. This must be done on the arrival’ 
of the stock. We guarantee our trees to arrive and be satisfactory but we do not take planter’s risk, 
at the price at which we sell, although they are as good as any that can be bought. 
No. 7 . Our Reference. Geneva Savings Bank, Geneva, Ohio; Postmaster at Geneva, Ohio; or any 
paper in which our advertisements appear. 
No. 8. Purchaser Pays Transportation Unless Marked Mail Postpaid. All stock packed free on 
board cars. •, ■>.' 
CASH ON DELIVERY 
Applies to Trees and Plants Only 
To those who wish to book orders in advance and not wishing to send money with order, we will ship 
c. o. d. by express or mail. When by mail a postoffice charge of 12c will be added to c. o. d. Seeds are 
cash with order.. . , ■•o 
