SCHELL’S Quality Seeds 
Our New Crop Seeds for 1939 
. . . . Are Now Ready for You 
There is a world of difference between Schell’s Thor¬ 
oughbred Seeds and ordinary seeds. Not so much in the 
looks of the seeds, but in the "blood," or breeding from select, 
heavy-yielding, quality parent plants, free of disease. That is 
why large growers of Beans tell us they get two to three times as 
many bushel hampers to the acre from our seeds. Last year when 
hundreds of acres grown from other strains than ours went 
down with disease and were a total loss, those crops grown 
from our seed, right beside the others, stood up in perfect con¬ 
dition, with no signs of disease, and gave wonderful crops. 
Another very positive proof of the difference in our 
quality seeds and ordinary seeds comes in a letter from one 
telling his experience with Carrots. He writes: “I had 3 pounds 
of your Schell’s Strain Chantenay Carrots, planted three- 
fourths of an acre and thinned them out. I sold 50 Q bushel 
hampers at an average of $2 per hamper. They were all top 
quality, extra select. I also had 5 pounds from another house, 
grew them under the same conditions exactly, but got only 
200 hampers from the 5 pounds of seed and they graded far 
below standard quality and I had to take what I could get 
for them. I made hundreds of dollars more from my crop from 
your 3 pounds of seed than from the other 5 pounds.” 
We wish to assure you that there is no “maybe” or “perhaps” about the quality of OUR seeds. 
We are recognized as a Quality Seed House in official circles, and by growers large and small everywhere. It is 
this proven confidence that accounts for the great demand for Schell’s Quality Seeds year after year. 
To Our Many Customers: We thank you for your valued patronage and we will be looking with pleasant 
anticipation for your order for this year. 
To New, Prospective Customers: We invite you to place your confidence in us this year by sending us your 
order and we know you will be delighted with your crops. 
Follow the thousands of your fellow gardeners and farmers whose slogan is—‘‘Order from Schell’s, get 
Quality, save Money, make more profit.” 
A Word about Prices. There is a definite bottom line of cost in the production of our pure-bred seeds. To 
lower that cost can only be done by cutting out the breeding work; then you have just ordinary seeds as referred 
to above. We propose to continue giving you pure-bred seeds that you may have top-quality vegetables and flowers. 
Reductions in our prices are the result of general economies and increased sales. 
SCHELL’S SEED HOUSE 
The place where “Quality” rules 
You may deduct the following cash discount from the total of your order for vegetable seeds and flower seeds 
when sending cash with your order. It is to your interest to send your entire order to us. 
Special 
Discounts! 
This applies to Vegetable Seeds and Flower Seeds only, not to Field Seeds. 
On all Orders of from $ 2 to $ 5 you may deduct 6 per cent cash discount. 
On all Orders of from $ 6 to $10 you may deduct 8 per cent cash discount. 
On all Orders of from $11 to $25 you may deduct 10 per cent cash discount. 
On all Orders of from $26 to $50 or $100 or more you may deduct 12 per cent cash discount. 
SEND YOUR ORDER EARLY. Make it out for your full requirements for the year’s plantings. 
HOW TO SEND CASH. Send either Post Office Money Order, Check, or Express Money Order for amounts above 50 cts., 
and stamps for less amounts. However, send whichever is most convenient to you. If cash, have it registered; if Money Order, be 
sure to have it made payable at Harrisburg, Pa. 
WE PAY THE POSTAGE, Express, or Freight on all Garden Seeds and Flower Seeds at the prices quoted in this Catalogue, 
to all points in the United States. We send them whichever way is cheapest. Be sure to give your nearest express or freight station. 
NON-WARRANTY. Walter S. Schell, Inc., give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness 
or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or plants they sell and will not be responsible for the crop. If the customer does not 
accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned and the amount paid for them will be refunded. 
These marks, which will be found throughout the Catalogue, are the insignia of the All-America 
(AV»)Seed Trials and signify that the plant won an award in the trials for either novelty or superiority. 
ASPARAGUS 
HOW TO GROW ASPARAGUS.—One ounce of seed will pro¬ 
duce about 200 plants. I will furnish a special Leaflet with full 
directions for preparing the bed, how to set the roots, etc., free to 
all my customers who ask for it. Plant in early spring. 
For your home-garden, 50 roots will plant a space 25 feet long 
and 6 feet wide; 100 roots, so feet by 6 feet; 8,000 roots per acre, 
1 P 2 feet apart, in rows, 3 feet between the rows. 
Maty Washington Rust-Resistant 
Now more popular and more widely grown than any other. It pro¬ 
duces large, beautiful, straight, dark green, tender shoots of the most 
delicious flavor. 
Large Two-Year-Old Roots of Genuine Mary Washington. 
Doz. 50 cts. (postpaid 60 cts.); 50 roots $ 1.35 (postpaid $ 1 . 65 ); 
100 roots $ 2.25 (postpaid $ 2 . 65 ); 1,000 for $ 10 . 50 ; 5,000 for $ 50 . 
Seed of Mary Washington. Pkt. xo cts.; oz. 15 cts.; Xlb. 40 cts.; 
lb. 95 cts. 
BORECOLE or KALE 
Sow in July for fall use and in September for spring use. 
One ounce will produce about 5,000 plants 
Schell’s Dwarf Curled Blue Scotch or Extra Curled 
(also known as “Jamaica” and as “Bloomsdale Kale”). 
This Kale is of a dark bluish green color without yellow¬ 
ing, even after several days of shipping. It grows to a 
large size. Very hardy and passes through the severest 
winters without being harmed. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 
Xlb. 35 cts.; lb. 90 cts.; 5 lbs,at 85 cts. per lb. 
Dwarf Siberian. A dwarf grower, with large, broad leaves, 
slightly curled at the edges. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; 
z /\ b. 25 cts.; lb. 70 cts.; 10 lbs. $ 6 . 50 . 
Dwarf Green Curled Scotch or Dwarf German. The 
leaves are very curly, bright green, tender, and of delicate 
flavor. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; Xlb. 30 cts.; lb. 80 cts. 
Mr. I. A. Gashaw, Pa., gets much bigger yield. He 
writes, “Your Schell’s Big Yielder Oats produced 20 bushels 
more per acre than our other Oats.” 
WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc. • Quality Seeds • HARRISBURG, PA. 
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