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Remember that we give “Farmer on the Strawberry,” 
ordinary letter without registering. As an inducement for our customers to 
go to the trouble of purchasing money orders or bank drafts, we will allow 
you to deduct the cost of the fee which is charged you, from the amount 
sent us. 
Payments 
Payments for plants and other goods listed in this catalogue, must be made 
before goods are shipped, unless otherwise agreed to. We will book orders 
and hold goods until wanted, provided one-fourth amount accompanies the order. 
We will send goods C. O. D. by either mail or express, provided one-fourth of 
the whole amount of the order is sent when the order is made. Please do not 
ask us to trust you for goods. We have not the time or the capital to transact 
a credit business, and furthermore, we find that plants bought on credit do 
not do as well usually as those that are paid for when they are ordered. You 
run no risk in sending your money to us. We have been nearly 32 years in 
building up our business and are known to the public. 
How We Send Plants 
We follow the instructions of our patrons as far as possible when they 
direct us to ship in a certain way, but when we can save them something, we 
will use our discretion. Since our last catalogue was issued, plants and seeds 
have come under the fourth class in the mail service and are now sent by 
parcel post under the zone system, same as any merchandise. Formerly it 
was one cent for 2 ounces or eight cents per pound, regardless of the distance. 
Now a package in the first and second zones costs five cents for the first 
pound and one cent for each additional pound, while in the 8th zone it is 12c 
per pound. Thus a five-pound package to Oswego now costs 9c and a five- 
pound package to San Francisco, 60 cents. The express rate to distant points 
is much cheaper than the parcel post. We advise using the express when pos¬ 
sible, as the parcel post is in many places overcrowded and is not yet quite 
perfected. Only 20 pounds can be sent in one package by parcel post, but 
baskets and boxes can be sent as well as bundles. Large shipments should 
always be ordered by express or freight. Elsewhere in this catalogue we give 
tables showing express and parcel post rates to different points. 
Plants for Canada and Foreign Countries 
We have always had a splendid trade in Canada, which we have appreci¬ 
ated. The Canadian government now charge us 15 cents per pound duty on 
all catalogues which we mail into that country in addition to the regular 
postage of 8 cents per pound. Thus every pound of catalogues that goes into 
Canada costs us 23 cents in postage and duty. The government now prohibits 
sending plants into Canada by mail. They must all be sent by either express 
°r freight. In order to get plants through within a reasonable time, we have 
to make out two invoices, to send with each shipment. Plants are admitted 
into Canada only through the following ports and between dates mentioned 
Vancouver, B. C., from October 1st to May 1st; Niagara Falls, Ontario, from 
October 1st to May 15_th; Winipeg, Manitoba; North Portal, Sask., and St. John 
N. B., from March 15th to May 15th, and from September 26th to December 
7th. We advise that all shipments that go by Niagara Falls, be sent through 
.T. A. Newport & Co., custom house brokers, at that place. They will see to 
the necessary business and only charge the consignee a moderate fee. Duty on 
plants to C anada is 20 per cent, advalorem, to be paid by the purchaser. We 
used to have a &ood trade in Mexico until war upset things in that country. 
e expect that the European war will destroy whatever trade we had with 
those nations. Parcel post rates to foreign countries with whom we have 
parcel post relations, such as England, Japan and Germany, is 12 cents 
pound* 
People with No Experience in Fruit Culture 
Often leave the selection of varieties entirely with us. Tf you will merely 
state your conditions as near as possible, whether for home use or market, and 
J! e nn nn A ni? Wl11 * nc | eavor to select for you the proper varieties. Send 
11.00, $.».00, $10.00, or whatever you wish to invest and we will do our very 
best to please you. 
