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FORREST’S HONEST SEEDS. 
- - A PERSONAL LETTER. - - 
“Heart to heart, shoulder to shoulder.” That’s the kind of a greeting. We 
mean an honest, hearty greeting, one that speaks for itself. 
We realize we have the enemy to fight, and the way the trade came last year 
we believe our friends appreciate our seeds and our prices. Last year some of our 
seed crops were a little short. We thought if we could buy some of responsible 
growers we would, so we would not have to disappoint some of our customers, but 
the grower said to us : “No, we cannot let you have any, we grow only for Asso¬ 
ciation seedsmen.” Well, we said, “All right. Thank you.” Now comes our 
turn. This season every one of them has written us and wanted to sell us seed, 
but we told them, “No, we do not belong to the Association.” Let us tell you one 
thing: That Wm. Forrest, of the Forrest Seed Co., started 28 years ago and 
bought just one potato, it only weighed £ lb. He cut it down finer than any potato 
was ever cut, we think, and nursed it, and the third year advertised and sold the 
product for something like $50, and we have been fighting ever since. We have 
quite a wholesale trade. We go and see our customers every year, and you would 
not believe it if we should tell you what our competitors say about Forrest. 
Now this is no fairy tale, but if there is one single person that doubts us we 
will pay their expenses if what we have said is not true, and we will furnish the cus¬ 
tomers’ names for you to go and see. Let us tell you once for all, we are in the 
seed business and no association, league, combination or trust, will make our 
prices. If one of our customers or anyone doubts our word, we will give them fur¬ 
ther proof. We have worked hard night and day, and it is a pleasure to have it 
grow, and more so to receive the many cheerful letters we get. Thanking you 
sincerely and hoping to be upright and honest in our dealings. 
Forrest Seed Co. 
-To Gardeners and All Who Plant for Profit.- 
We do not care where you have been buying your seeds, we want you to 
write us and ask any personal questions you may wish. We would like to have 
a chance to tell you of our seeds ; if we have not got what you want we will tell 
you. We want your trade, and we will not substitute just as good. 
- - YOUR HEAD IS LEVEL. - - 
Do not get it into your head that our seed is inferior. There is no better 
seed grown. We know it, we grow or have them grown under our personal su¬ 
pervision ; and our growth, our standing, our reputation, is not for your order one 
year, but two, three or four. If w r e tell you so, it is so, or we will make it so. 
