THE HOUSE OF ABEL... ano ITS MESSAGE TO YOU 
Time marches on, For fourteen years we have been issu- 
ing this catalog for your help and guidance in selecting your 
spring and fall plantings. Each year we not only endeavor to 
list the new offerings in the seed world, but to include infor- 
mation which will be of assistance to the planter. 
As a part of our service, we extend to each and every cus- 
tomer the privilege of calling upon us with their planting 
problems. We endeavor to solve all the problems presented, 
regardless of how difficult they may be. Should we be unable 
to supply the information immediately, it is ever our pleasure 
to do some research work for the benefit of our customers. 
All of which is offered FREE. 
Our aim has always been, and always will be, to serve well 
all those who help to contribute to our suecess—our custom- 
ers. All orders, and all requests, large or small, receive our 
very best attention. 
In SEEDS, BULBS, and SUPPLIES, we offer you ouly the 
highest quality obtainable, because we only deal with rep- 
utable growers and manufacturers, so that their guarantee 
augments our own. 
Thanks to all our customers for their liberal support and 
patronage, for they have made possible this thirteenth catalog. 
If you have been well served by the HOUSE OF ABEL, your 
neighbors and friends will welcome a word from you not only 
about ABEL’S QUALITY SEEDS but also about ABEL’S 
SERVICE. These two, quality and service, we have united 
for better business through you. Accept, please, our grateful 
appreciation. 
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ORDER EARLY 
We will appreciate it if our customers will send us their 
orders for seeds, plants, bulbs, ete., during January and 
February. Your order can be filled at once and held for 
shipment when you wish same. No charge is made for boxes 
or packing, except for two bushel bags which are charged 
at cost and may be returned to us for credit. 
SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS 
Always state by what method you wish goods forwarded, 
otherwise we will ship according to our best judgment. 
HOW TO SEND CASH 
We prefer that you send either Post Office Money Order, 
check or Express Money Order for amounts above 50c and 
stamps, Money Order or check for less. 
NON-WARRANTY 
Wilbert N. Abel of Abel’s Seed House gives 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. 
The war has created a severe shortage of many 
varieties of seeds. Some seed replacements will be 
impossible to obtain, while others will be at much 
higher prices. Therefore, we suggest you order your 
seeds early. Due to conditions existing beyond our 
control, prices are subject to change without notice. 


The photographs show several trial patches on ABEL’S ACRES. 
[t's The Crop That Counts 
—is what we have been heralding ever 
since we started in business over fourteen 
years ago. 
With the idea of serving our customers 
better, we are now conducting a series 
of experiments yearly at ABEL’S ACRES, 
located near Stonersville, Pennsylvania. 
Here new varieties of seeds are tested for 
adaptability to our soil and climate, and 
only the best are selected and offered to 
the trade. Also seeds more familiar to us 
are experimented with in the hope of find- 
ing some procedure by which the crop can 
be increased. 
These experiments enable us to become 
more familiar with the best seeds for this 
locality, proper treatment of soils, and 
give us authentic information which we 
can pass along to you. 
Our aim has always been to purchase 
seeds for you of the highest quality and 
vitality. Now we know definitely what 
ABEL’S SEEDS should do for you through 
our experiments. 
In purchasing ABEL’S SEEDS you get 
the best and they cost no more than or- 
dinary seeds. You know that the cost of 
good seed is small, if you get a BETTER 
AND LARGER CROP, which brings us 
right back to our opening sentence—IT’S 
THE CROP THAT COUNTS. 
