To Our Friends and Customers 
Following is our 1937 price list of EXTRI- 
STRONG bulbs and roots. In addition to glad 
bulbs, we are listing other flowering bulbs and roots 
which we have grown for some time. Previous to 
this year we sold our stock locally as we had only 
enough to supply our home trade. Lately we have 
increased our plantings so that we can list them to 
our customers throughout the country. We will 
supply the same high quality in these bulbs as we 
have in gladiolus and believe, from the many fine 
reports, that they will be well received. 
We know that to succeed with flowers, you 
must have good healthy seeds and bulbs, and while 
that alone does not insure good results, it is ample 
insurance of success. 
We endeavor to supply only the highest quality 
of bulbs and know that your labor will be well re¬ 
warded. Any bulbs or roots bought of us that are 
not as represented may be returned to us and all 
charges refunded. Needless to say, we are very care¬ 
ful that you will be satisfied. 
Also, we will refund your money or replace any 
stock found not true to name. We want you to be 
satisfied. We have endeavored to describe our va¬ 
rieties as fairly as possible and we ask only that 
you give our stock a reasonable trial. If this is given, 
we know that you will be satisfied as thousands of 
others are, who freely wrote of their appreciation. 
However, we, in common with every other reliable 
grower or seedsman, can not be responsible for more 
than the value of the bulbs or seeds. 
We do not claim to be the largest grower of 
bulbs in the United States or Iowa. Such claims are 
ridiculous and when used by firms or growers desir¬ 
ous of making big impressions are usually hedged 
with such statements as “Largest Mail Order Grow¬ 
er,’’ “Largest Radio House,’’ “Largest Direct-to- 
You Nursery,’’ or some such nonsense which can¬ 
not be proved or controverted. We have visited 
some of these largest outfits Jand about all they were 
largest in were their extravagant claims. In fact, 
one of these “largest outfits’’ do not grow an acre 
but buy what they need to fill orders. 
We grow the bulbs we sell you and we en¬ 
deavor to give you the best that money can buy and 
at a reasonable price. We don’t mean at the lowest 
prices, because we have found that low priced goods 
generally have little else to recommend them and 
that if a product is not good enough to be sold at 
a reasonable price, it should not be sold at all. 
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