TENTH ANNUAL CATALOG 
GILL BROS. SEED CO. 
PORTLAND, OREGON — 
PHO NE TABOR 2683. 
TO REACH FARM 
Take Mt. Hood Depot car on Montavilla line to 89th street, thence four 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 Craig Avenue, then North one-half mile to Barr Road 
and West one-fourth mile to Farm. 
FOREWORD. 
Dear Customers and Readers: 
Our catalog is again before you, after a successful season. Our business is growing 
steadily in volume and this surely indicates that our seeds, etc., are meeting with the 
approval of our customers. 
Every farmer realizes the extreme cost of growing crops during the past season. 
The costs of labor, fertilizer, machinery and everything entering into the production of 
the crop have been higher and often have been very hard to secure at all. 
Regardless of these conditions, we have produced and secured a good stock of high 
quality seeds, etc., and will do our best towards caring for our customers. 
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 in¬ 
crease 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 commercial seed growing in the Northwest should commend us for your patronage. 
DO YOU WISH TO RECEIVE OUR CATALOG? 
Following up the request of the Government to conserve paper and labor, we have 
decided on a new policy regarding catalogs, and we will issue a catalog only to those 
who are our customers. All who purchase an order, no matter how small, are recorded 
in our mailing list and to these only will we mail our 1921 catalog. However, we will 
be glad to mail our catalog at any time on 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 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 obtained from our seeds. We 
are opposed to filling our catalog with a long list of worthless novelties and are con- 
: ining 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 purchase price of the article. Germination is so dependent upon weather con¬ 
ditions, 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. 
APPRECIATION. 
We extend to all our customers our thanks for their patronage and wish to express 
our appreciation to those who have so kindly mentioned our firm to their friends. 
Our aim is to give every one a square deal and we hope those who have not yet 
purchased of us will at least favor us with a trial order. 
