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MY GUARANTEE... 
1. That the seeds you get are of high 
germination. 
2. That you must be satisfied with them 
upon arrival. 
3. If not and you report in 10 days your 
money will be refunded. 
These true testimonials are your best 
guarantee. You are at liberty to write 
any of them if in doubt. 
Last, but not least, I’m here all the 
time and my word and fair dealing 
beats all hot air promises that could 
be written on twenty pages. 
Dear Garden and Flower Friends: 
Each year I personally feel more grate¬ 
ful to all of my customers for the fine 
words of praise that come back to me. 
I am striving hard to furnish you tt^e 
best seeds which will harvest the best 
gardens. True volunteer letters like these 
printed on this page cheers me to greater 
efforts. They say in so few words more 
than I could say in pages. Plant for 
safety. Your orders to me will bring profit¬ 
able gardens and lovely flowers. 
Sincerely, 
Dear Mr. May: 
Aug. 5, 1938 
My first order from you for seed 
was most satisfactory, both as to quan¬ 
tity and quality. I have a garden that 
is the wonder of the neighborhood, and 
as I am a cripple doing my job largely 
by sheer grit, you can see that the seeds 
would have had to be good. too. 
Yours very truly, 
Walter E. Scarrett 
Skaneateles, New York 
Dear Mr. May; 
Aug. 5, 1938 
I must tell you I had a glorious 
garden. I ordered your mixed lettuce 
seed and the pea offer and I never 
saw their equals. I believe I had a 
wagon bed of lettuce and 5 bushels 
of peas. I tell you more than 2 dozen 
people who did not have a mess of 
their own, picked lettuce and other 
garden vegetables. I said to all, “Why 
don’t you get your seed at Earl May’s.” 
Mrs. Henry Borst 
McLouth, Kansas 
Aug. 11, 1938 
Dear Mr. May: 
The flowers, bulbs, and seed I or¬ 
dered from you this spring have been 
such a wonderful success that your 
seed house has won much praise among 
our friends. The most gorgeous collec¬ 
tion of colors and size of flowers that 
I have ever seen grown. I have prom¬ 
ised several of my friends to have you 
enter them on your catalog mailing 
list. 
Kespectfully, 
Mrs. Geo. H. Pasy 
Ceres, Virginia 
Sept. 16, 1938 
Dear Mr. May: 
The Fourth of July watermelon seed 
you sold me was planted on June 3rd, 
and on August 3rd, I got the first 
ripe meltfn—exactly 60 days from plant¬ 
ing date. They bore for six weeks and 
we had all that four people could eat. 
This was from one ounce of seed. 
Cecil Ellsworth 
Ridgeway, Missouri 
Oct. 6, 1938 
Dear Mr. May: 
I want to tell you I have had beau¬ 
tiful flowers all summer long from the 
seeds I got from you in the spring. 
I sent some flowers to the fair and 
received the following prizes: Balsam, 
1st and 2nd prize; Large Zinnias, 2nd 
and 3rd prize; Small Zinnias, 1st and 
2nd prize. So I got 2 blue ribbons, 
which were the first I have ever re¬ 
ceived. 
Mrs. Frank Jackson 
Star Route 
Shinglehouse, Penn. 
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SEEDS ARE PROVEN BEFORE YOU 
PLANT THEM. The picture tells the story. 
We test every lot of seed for good strong 
germination before it is accepted. Ours is a 
seed business. They have to prove to us 
they are good. 
HOW THEY GROW is just as im¬ 
portant. These onions were grown 
in my own garden here at Shenan¬ 
doah, Iowa. Quality seeds will do 
the same for you, too. Plant 
May’s seed. 
