KENDALL & WHITNEY 
SEEDS, GARDEN TOOLS, FERTILIZERS 
DAIRY AND POULTRY SUPPLIES 
1940 
For eighty-two years we have been supplying our customers with their needs and have endeavored 
to furnish only the highest quality flower, vegetable and farm seeds, and varieties we have found 
suitable to New England conditions. Our seeds this season are of the same high standard. 
In our stock you will find offered a complete line of horticultural supplies, fertilizers, fungicides 
and insecticides. Our dairy and poultry departments are in a position to supply you with the highest 
quality merchandise at fair prices. 
Your past orders have been appreciated and we trust that we may be favored with your patronage 
this year. 
KENDALL & WHITNEY 
MAIL ORDER 
SPECIAL TO MARKET 
An added feature to the catalog this 
GARDENERS 
year is the prepaid pricing of all items 
To market gardeners and users of seed 
except where noted. 
in large quantities we quote special 
By this method the customer can buy 
prices. When asking quotations please 
by mail with the knowledge of complete 
state the amount of seed which will be 
cost at all times. 
needed. 
Our Merchandising Policy 
Order Early 
It is suggested that customers consider the advantages 
of ordering early and as soon as possible after receipt 
of this, the 1940 K & W Catalog. Experience of past 
years brings this suggestion to the fore and when in the 
rush of the season it is impossible to fill the entire order, 
(because of heavy call on certain articles) such items 
as are missing, will not hold up shipment but will go 
forward by separate parcel within a few days. 
Stock Seed 
A large part of our seeds are grown for us on contract 
by special growers, from our own stock, and in locations 
best suited for their development. Others are secured 
from strictly reliable sources and constant effort is made 
to secure only the beat. 
Free Delivery of Seeds 
We will send by Parcel Post, to any part of the United 
States, all Vegetable and Flower Seeds quoted in this 
catalog, at packet, ounce, quarter-pound, half-pound 
rates, free of expense to the purchaser, excepting heavy 
seeds such as Peas, Beans, Corn, Roots, etc. These are 
sent prepaid in the first and second zones only. 
Shipping 
We deliver free to Express, Railroad or Boat. All 
goods travel at buyer’s risk; our responsibility ceases 
when we take the carrier’s receipt. If goods are dam¬ 
aged, so sign for them and enter claim with the carrier 
at once. 
Bags 
On orders for seed requiring bags the cloth bags are 
charged for at cost and if returned in good condition, 
charges prepaid, will be credited at price charged on all 
except wholesale orders. 
Remittance 
May be made by Express Money Order, Post Office 
Money Order or Bank Draft; if stamps or cash send In 
a Registered Letter. Parties having no account with 
us—who order goods without remittance—must furnish 
satisfactory reference. Portland reference preferred. 
Prices 
The pricing of all articles in the K & W 1940 Catalog 
is carried out in good faith and it is our wish that they 
be maintained, but there are rare cases in which it is 
impossible to foresee a decline or rise in the producer’s 
charge to us. ALL PRICES ARE NET and subject to 
change without notice in such instances of purchase as 
are beyond our control. Where seeds or equipment are 
for resale by the retailer, freight or express should be 
considered and added when quoting to the prospective 
purchaser. 
Attention 
A1J correspondence answered promptly. 
Telephone orders given immediate attention. Call 
1’ortland. Dial 3-4796. 
Non-W arranty 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to de¬ 
scription. quality, productiveness or any other matter 
of any seeds, bulbs or plants we send and we will not 
be responsible for the crop. 
