To Our Patrons 
We thank those who have so liberally patronized us in the past and hope 
for a continuance of your favors. We have been engaged in the Berry and 
Plant business for 30 years and during this time we have filled many thousands 
of orders and have sent plants into almost every country on the face of the 
Globe. To those who have never patronized us, we solicit your orders and 
guarantee that you will be well pleased with our goods. We pride ourselves on 
the fact of having many customers now on our books who bought plants of 
us nearly thirty years ago. 
A Strenuous Season. 
The past summer and fall were the dryest seasons that we have ever known 
in this locality and with hardly an exception it was dry all over the United 
States. There w'as scarcely any rainfall from the fore part of June until October. 
It w'as my pleasure to take a trip to the Pacific Coast in June and July and we 
saw the results of drouth everywhere. As a result the supply of strawberry 
plants is more limited than usual and prices will remain firm. The*supply of 
raspberry and other plants, however, is sufficient. It w'as a constant wonder to 
everybody, how our fall bearing strawberries stood the excessive drouth. We 
kept the cultivators going and harvested a fine crop of berries and have a nice 
supply of plants. We expect the largest trade in plants this spring that we 
have ever had, and our trade has been constantly increasing for the past ten 
years. 
A School and Experiment Station. 
Our farm is an actual experiment station, our office is a practical school of 
Small Fruit Culture. We test new varieties and different methods, and report 
our findings in the literature that we send out and in newspaper articles, from 
time to time. During the season we answer thousands of questions from 
patrons and prospective customers all over the world. There is not a single 
day that we do not get several letters asking advice. We ask no pay for this 
but it is only reasonable for us to expect that in return we receive a share of 
your business. 
General Information 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING. 
Prices. 
Prices in this catalogue set aside all former quotations. They are as 
reasonable as possible in view of conditions. In no other article of merchandise 
should quality count for more than in plants, since their first cost at highest 
prices is trifling compared to the labor and expense that must be put upon them 
afterwards. Good plants cannot be sold below a certain rate any more than 
good cloth at shoddy prices. It is our sincere desire that plants please, not only 
when received, but when coming into bearing. 
In Ordering. 
Please use the order sheet and return envelope which are always enclosed 
with every catalogue. Pill out the order sheet carefully, writing your name and 
address fully and plainly. Do not neglect to sign your name. We receive 
many letters every year with no name or address attached to them. The 
writers probably think It strange we do not answer their letters. If you are a 
poor penman. It will pay to get some well-educated person to write your letters 
and make out your orders. 
People Can Club Together. 
We employ no salaried agents, but this does not prevent a person from 
taking orders at dozen and hundred rates and ordering of us at 100 or l,00u 
rates. When people club together, they not only save by getting goods at lowest 
wholesale prices, but also save several express bills. 
How to Send Money. 
We will pay the cost of sending money, however it Is sent, whether by 
Postoffice or Express Order, Registered Letter, Draft on New York or Bankers' 
Money Order. We also accept private checks on local banks, but take time to 
