FORTY-FIVE YEARS OF “GOLDEN RULE” SERVICE 
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Buy W isely T oday—Profit T omorrow 
T HE old adage, “well begun is half done”, is especially true in the planting of an orchard. The 
responsibility of a successful start in an orchard rests entirely with you. The proper prepara' 
tion of the soil and cultivation during the early growing years is something you can control. 
The only control you have over the quality of the stock you plant is to buy it from a nursery house 
whose reputation for quality nursery stock is beyond reproach. 
For fortyTve years the House of Allen has enjoyed such a reputation. A reputation for fur' 
nishing high'grade nursery stock does not just happen. It is earned. The House of Allen has earned 
its reputation through square dealing, golden rule prices, and furnishing the best nursery stock that 
can be grown. 
To make a good service even better, and to assure you of securing stock that is true to name, 
every single growing tree in our nursery has been examined by specially trained experts. These 
experts have gone through our stock and carefully removed all trees or plants that are not exactly 
true to type. 
Besides furnishing you with hardy, sturdy, growing stock, we also furnish you trees of known 
parentage. By this we mean that all of our buds for budding these young trees are gathered from 
orchards and from trees that are especially heavy bearers. We select buds from trees that produce 
fruit not only true as to variety, but unusually fine specimens. Buds are selected from trees that 
have come into bearing early. All of this means a head start to you when you buy nursery stock 
from Allen. Why grow ordinary trees? Only the best fruit brings top prices. Allen’s trees and 
plants are your guarantee of a head start. 
Our stock is grown and handled 
in the most modern and efficient 
manner. The most modern equip' 
ment and machinery is used in har' 
vesting seeds, digging plants, sort' 
ing, packing and shipping. Efficiency 
is our watchword. 
We tolerate no unnecessary ex' 
pense. We have no salesmen. We 
sell exclusively through our catalog 
and have no expensive commissions 
to pay. All of this saving is passed 
on to you. 
Every order, large or small, re' 
ceives our most prompt and careful 
attention. If adjustments should be 
necessary, although they seldom are, 
and satisfac' 
; is complete 
until the customer is satisfied. 
they will be cheerfully 
torily arranged. No* sal 
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The Geneva Savings andTrcst Company 
Geneva.Oiiio 
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:- 
Allen's Nurseries and Seed House ha3 been a customer of 
this bank for some time and has been engaged in the growing and 
selling of Nursery stock and Seeds for a great many years in 
this locality. 
We have found them prompt and reliable in every way and 
their dealings with us have been most satisfactory. 
It is a pleasure to recommend Allen's Nurseries and Seed 
House to anyone in need of the goods they offer for sale. We 
also consider them an excellent credit risk for such ^s they 
are likely to ask. ** -* 
Their goods will always be found as represented and I am 
sure any business dealings with men of such experience and 
character as the Allens will be both satisfactory and pleasant. 
Yours very truly, 
AAS/MU 
Secretary & Treasurer 
