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JOHN BODGER. FOUNDER 
JOHN C. BODGER. PRES. ft OEN. MOR. 
T. M. BODGER. VICE-PRES. * PROD. MOR. 
C. W. CREIGHTON. SECY. * AUDITOR 
JOHN F. BODGER. ASST. SECRETARY 
W. F. HORRELL. SALES MANAGER 
E. M BODGER. HYBRIDIST 
CABLE ADDRESS 
REOISTERED 
BODGER ELMONTE. 
ALL CODES 
EL MONTE, LOB ANGELES COUNTY 
CALIFORNIA. U. 8. A. 
August 28, 1939 
Gentlemen: 
We presume that at this time you are seriously planning 
your 1940 seed catalog and are beginning to think about the 
novelties you will want to feature for next season. Our 
Novelty and General Price List is in the hands of the printers 
and we expect to have it ready to mail within the next three 
weeks* time. 
In the meantime, however, we are enclosing herewith a 
listing with short descriptions of novelties we will have to 
offer this fall. We suggest that you look these over care¬ 
fully and make tentative space allowances for those which 
you wish to feature on the novelty pages. We have black 
and white illustrations for all the various subjects in the 
standard or large sizes, approximately 3” width, and in the 
l n x lj” size as well. We have marked those for which we 
have color plates available. 
While crops in general look good at this time, there 
is of course no overproduction on any of the novelty items 
and we very strongly urge the placing of orders at the first 
possible moment after you have come to your decision. Or¬ 
ders for seeds of the general line are coming in early in 
very satisfying quantities which leads us to believe that we 
will be booked to capacity before crops are actually in the 
warehouse. 
Yours very truly, 
M-C- /^urdf e* -- 
/ Hybridist 
EMB:C 
Enc. 
CALIF. 
CALIFORNIA’S CHOICEST FLOWER SEEDS — SINCE 1890 
