SEVENTH ANNUAL CATALOG 
GILL BROS. SEED CO. 
PORTLAND, OREGON 
PHONE TABOR 2683 
TO REACH FARM 
Take Mt. Hood depot car on Montavilla line to 90th street, thence three blocks East and 
four North to farm. Our business is all transacted direct from our farm. Phone Tabor 2683. 
By drive take East Glisan to our sign at 93d and East Glisan streets, then north four blocks to 
farm. 
FOREWORD 
Dear Customers and Readers: 
Through this our Seventh Annual Catalog we greet you and wish to express our gratification 
for the extensive business our customers gave us last season. Our trade has again exceeded the 
previous year by three times the amount. Last season was not conductive to success with many 
crops yet for the most part we have succeeded in growing a good crop of seeds of finest quality. 
Don’t forget we grew up in the market gardening business and are applying that knowledge 
to the seed business. Before buying your seeds, etc. kindly read the following statements. They 
will give you a better understanding of our methods and responsibility. 
OREGON GROWN SEEDS 
Will, on account of their acclimation, give the best results and while we do not contend that 
all lines of seeds can be grown successfully here, however, there are many that reach perfection 
in this climate. This is especially noticeable in corn, beans, peas, cabbage, pumpkins, squash, 
onions and practically all of the root crops. The increase in production from greater vitality and 
adaptiveness will materially increase your returns, as those who have made comparative trials 
have readily testified. 
Then again, all other things being equal, the fact that we are assisting the development of com¬ 
mercial seed growing in the Northwest, should commend us for your patronage. 
OUR FALL CATALOG 
Will give you a more complete list of Nursery Stock and perennials than space will permit in 
this Catalog. It also lists Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils, etc. If you have not received a copy 
just ask for one. See inside back cover for nursery stock listed. 
DO YOU WISH TO RECEIVE OUR CATALOG 
One of the seedman’s big problems is his catalog. It is a very heavy item of expense, which as a 
matter of business he must add to the cost of his goods. Continually mailing catalogs to parties 
who do not respond with an order is a waste which must be curtailed, so we have adopted a policy of 
mailing prospective customers our catalog for two years, then if they do not favor us with a trial 
their names are dropped from our files. However, we will gladly mail our catalog at any time upon 
request. 
PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE 
As market gardeners and the many tests we have made for years, has given us a thorough 
knowledge of the varieties best suited for our climate, and aside from those varieties which we 
grow, has enabled us to secure our seed from the best sources. In that respect we differ from 
the average seed store where the experience used is more from a selling standpoint. 
OUR CATALOG 
Has been prepared with the desire to have it sensible and free from exaggeration. The cuts 
used are practically all made from photographs taken from samples grown by ourselves and are 
reasonable illustrations of the results attained from our seeds. We are opposed to filling our 
catalog with a long list of worthless novelties and are confining our list to the fewest possible of 
the best varieties, and introducing only those new sorts which have some added value over older 
introductions. Those who receive more than one copy of our catalog will confer a favor by 
handing it to someone interested. 
OUR GUARANTEE. 
We guarantee our seed to be true to name and will be responsible to the amount of the pur¬ 
chase price of the article. Germination is so dependant upon weather conditions, the time and 
manner of planting, which are beyond our control, that we do not guarantee this, other than in 
a fair and proper test, and under such will be responsible for the purchase price only. Under no 
conditions do we obligate ourselves for the failure of a crop other than has been set forth above. 
