Instructions For Ordering 
LOCATION. Bridgman, Berrien County, Mich. The World's Largest Fruit Plant Center. 
ORDER BLANK. Be sure to use Order Blank and Return Envelope provided. It prevents 
errors and insures prompt attention. If you do not have an Order Blank, order by letter. 
ORDER EARLY. By ordering early you will find us with a full line of stock, and your 
order will be shipped when you want it, wtih no chance of delay. Early cash buyers 
receive a Valuable Gift Planting. Be one of them. (See page 4 for details.) 
TERMS. 15 per cent discount until February 10, 1940, and 10 per cent discount on 
orders received during the balance of the spring shipping season. This discount applies 
only on orders accompanied by cash in full, excepting Special Bargain Offers or Special 
Quotations, which are always net. C. O. D. Express or Parcel Post shipment if you prefer. 
(See page 4 for full details). 
CLAIMS. All claims covering condition on arrival, shortage or errors, must be made 
within 5 days after arrival of shipment. If stock arrives in bad condition, be sure to 
furnish signed statement from express agent or postmaster at destination, showing extent 
of loss or damage. All claims will be taken care of under the terms of our Guarantee 
printed on page 49. Claims not made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this 
paragraph cannot be considered. 
EXPRESS AND PARCEL POST SHIPMENTS. On express shipments, be sure there is an 
express office at destination you give. When ordering by Parcel Post, be sure to follow 
our instructions below at right. 
If the size or weight of the bundle is too great to comply with Parcel Post requirements, 
or contains nursery stock difficult to handle by Parcel Post, we reserve the right to 
change the routing to express; but in all such cases, any money advanced for the 
payment of postage will be immediately refunded to customer. Do not ask us to send 
5 to 6 ft. or 6 to 7 ft fruit trees by Parcet Post. To meet Parcel Post requirements, these 
trees must be cut back so far that they are very likely to be injured. If you insist on 
Parcel Post delivery of these large sizes, we cannot be held responsible for damage. 
Express shipments of nursery stock now travel at 2nd class rates, making charges about 
25% cheaper than at the rates effective prior to this reduction. 
HOW TO REMIT FOR YOUR ORDER: 1.—By postal money order. This can be purchased 
at your postoffice, or if you live on a rural delivery route, carrier will attend to sending 
it for you and bring you the receipt. 2.—By registered mail. In this way you enclose the 
money itself with the order, taking the Government's receipt, which is your protection. 
3.—By express money order. Can be bought at any express office. 4.—By personal or 
cashier's check. Post Office or Express Money Orders Preferred. Make all remittances 
payable to The Whitten Nurseries. 
Do not send cash unless you register your letter. Cash or stamps when sent by 
ordinary mail are likely to be lost, in which case we are not responsible. We do not 
pay duty to foreign countries. Please do not send postage stamps. 
BARGAIN COLLECTIONS—Cannot be Altered, Divided or Changed in Any Manner; 
Neither Can They be Shipped C. O. D. for Purchase Price, as They are for Cash With 
Order Only, and are Priced Net, Subject to no Discount or Free Plant Offer. 
SUBSTITUTION. In ordering be sure to state whether or not we shall substitute some 
other variety in case our supply of the kind ordered is exhausted. If not forbidden, we 
reserve the right to substitute some similar variety of equal or greater value, but will 
always label substitutes true to name. 
FALL SHIPMENTS. In average seasons our stock is well matured by about October 
15th, and to southern customers or others wishing to plant in the fall, we can make 
shipment during October and November. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. Orders acknowledged same day received, and shipped in 
season or as per instructions you give. 
NOTICE: In the event The United States of America, or any individual State, should 
increase through taxation, legislative acts, inflation, or through any other method beyond 
our control, the cost or selling price of nursery stock quoted in this catalog, we reserve 
the right to add to these printed prices a sum sufficient to fully cover all such increases. 
The Whitten Nurseries, Bridgman, Mich. 
Parcel Poet |>how much to include for postage 
rarcei rosi leaves when you send cash with order 
Use for orders over $3.00, and for shipments into states where we do not advance 
postage. See note at right. 
First locate the group of states in which you live; it will then be easy to determine 
from schedule below the proper amount to allow for postage. 
[ GROUP No. 1 ] 
Southern Michigan __ 
(Grand Rapids, (All towns North Delaware 
Owosso, and Port 
Huron; and all towns 
South thereof.) 
Northern Indiana 
(Indianapolis, and 
all towns North 
thereof.) 
[ GROUP No. 2 ] 
Northern Michigan 
(All towns North 
of Grand Rapids, 
Owosso, and 
Port Huron.) 
Southern Indiana 
(All towns South 
of Indianapolis.) 
Illinois, Iowa, 
Kentucky, Ohio, 
Wisconsin. 
[ GROUP No. 3 
Arkansas New Jersey 
] 
Kansas 
Maryland 
Minnesota 
Missouri 
Nebraska 
New York 
North Carolina 
Pennsylvania 
Tennessee 
Virginia 
West Virginia 
[ GROUP No. 4 ] 
Canada, and all 
other states not 
included in. any 
of the three pre¬ 
ceding groups. 
Group 
No. 1 
.$ 0.12 
SCHEDULE OF PARCEL POST RATES: 
Add to your order for each 100 plants: 
Strawberries . 
Red Raspberries—1-year plants; Asparagus.."^".15 
Red Raspberries—2-year transplants .. ’ * ’ ‘20 
Black Raspberries—1-year plants ., ’ * ’25 
Black Raspberries—2-year transplants . !..*!.'!!!.! A0 
Blackberries and Dewberries—1-year plants . .. ’20 
Blackberries—2-year transplants .’ .30 
Fruit and Ornamental Trees 
1 tree, 4 to 5 ft.. jg 
5 trees, 4 to 5 ft. '...!!!!!.*!!!*** 15 
10 trees, 4 to 5ft.... . [20 
Gr be P r?i Js meS ' Rhubarb and Horseradish—Every 25 plants or less same'rate asToO Straw- 
R °100' Strawberries. Shrubs ' Vines and Perennials—Every 3 plants or less same rate as 
Evergreens (Balled and Burlapped)—See top of page 40 
OR IF YOU PREFER, WE WILL SHIP C. O. D. FOR ACTUAL AMOUNT OF POSTAGE. 
Group 
No. 2 
$0.18 
.20 
.30 
.40 
.70 
.30 
.50 
.12 
.22 
.35 
Group 
No. 3 
$0.25 
.30 
.45 
.65 
1.15 
.45 
.75 
.17 
.40 
.65 
Group 
No. 4 
$0.40 
.50 
.85 
1.00 
2.00 
.85 
1.25 
.25 
.65 
1.20 
INDEX 
Apples.6, 7, 49 
Apricots .11 
Asparagus .17 
Barberry .24 
Blackberries .21 
Blueberries .13 
Boysenberry .21 
Cannas .48 
Carnations .46 
Cherries .10, 52 
Cotoneaster . 4 
Cushion Chrysanthe¬ 
mums .46 
Dahlias .45 
Delphinium .47 
Dewberries .21 
Elm, Chinese.24, 36 
Evergreens .40, 41 
Garden Roots .17 
Gladioli.45 
Grape Vines.22, 23 
Hedge Plants .24 
Horseradish .17 
Insecticides .39 
Lilies, Hardy.45 
Nectarines . 9 
Nut Trees .39 
Ornamental Shrubs 
.4, 28-35 
Ornamental 
Trees.36-38, 40, 41 
Ornamental Vines ....25 
Peaches.8, 9, 49, 52 
Pears.12, 52 
Peat Moss.49 
Perennials.46-48 
Phlox . ..48 
Plums .11 
Premium Offers . 4 
Privet.24 
Quinces .12 
Quintuplet Apple ....49 
Raspberries, Black ... .20 
Raspberries, Purple . . .20 
Raspberries, Red ..18, 19 
Rhubarb .17 
Roses .42-44 
Shrubs, 
Ornamental ...4, 28-35 
Sodus Acid Humus ... 13 
Soilmaster .13 
Strawberries.14-16 
Strawberries, Prices of 17 
Trees, Nut .39 
Trees, 
Ornamental 36-38,40, 41 
Truehedge 
Columnberry .24 
Vines, Ornamental ... .25 
Violets .47 
Youngberry, Acme ...21 
PARCEL POST 
ORDERS 
If you live east of 
the Mississippi River, 
or in Iowa, Missouri, 
Kansas, Nebraska, or 
Minnesota, and your 
order amounts to $3.00, 
or less, we will advance 
postage on your order, 
you to remit upon 
receipt of shipment. On 
orders over $3.00, and 
into other states, include 
postage with order, us¬ 
ing schedule at left. 
A. B. MORSE COMPANY. HORTICULTURAL PRINTERS. ST. JOSEPH. MICH 
