SEEDS HAVE GONE TO WAR 
For a great many years seeds have been greatly overproduced. With highly competitive price markets costs 
have been slashed and in many instances quality has been sacrificed to insure a growing profit. This has been a 
short-sighted philosophy which many American Seedsmen have found out too late. 
Today the tables are turned. The vital necessity of producing enough seeds to supply all of the countries 
of the world with the exception of those directly controlled by the Axis Powers demands all the ingenuity and pro- 
ductive ability of American Seed Growers. In addition, a stock pile must be built to supply all the occupied 
countries with these most vital of foodstuffs when they are released from Axis control. 
We are proud of the part we have played in this enormously increased production. Proud, also, that we 
have been able to continue our function of supplying over 6000 New England and the North Eastern dealers with 
high quality seeds. It is our intention to continue to grow all we possibly can so that both vital and important 
goals can be met. 
To enumerate the short items on this year’s seed list would necessitate altogether too much space. Practically 
everything among the more important items is short. We cannot too strongly urge conservative buying. Do not 
order more than you actually need. This will help your neighbor to secure the seeds he must and should have. 
With Canners and Dehydrators asked for production increases of from 40 to 60 per cent above normal times, with 
Lend-Lease requirements nearly as great as our own normal domestic needs and with every Army and Marine 
Task Force that leaves our shores carrying its own seeds to take care of its needs, it is not surprising that seeds will 
be short. 
We approach another year of production with a certain feeling of dread. For in seed production nothing 
can wait. When harvests are ready, they must be gathered and supplies of labor for harvesting are uncertain. 
Many of our crops this year were lost through inability to secure sufficient labor at the proper time. Next fall we 
anticipate that conditions will be worse and labor supplies more difficult to obtain. It will take courage to face 
an increased production but it takes courage to fight a total war. We will increase our production by every possi- 
ble, available acre and will bend every effort to secure the highest return nature will allow us. 
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DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING 
Please use order sheet in the back of the catalog. It will be of great help to us in filling your order quickly and correctly. Be 
sure to fill in your full name and address. If your order is to come by freight or express please write in your freight or express station 
if different from your Post Office. 
Please keep a copy of your order. Many customers complain they have received goods they have not ordered at. all. At 
any rate, it is always wise to check over your order. If we have made a mistake (we sometimes do) we want to rectify it immediately. 
How tosend money. Remittances may safely be made by Post Office or Express Order, Bank Draft, Check or Registered Letter. 
We will accept stamps for sums less than one dollar. If bills are sent, always register the letter. 
We guarantee the safe arrival of allorders. There is no need to send insurance money. We will take care of that. 
24 Hour Service. All orders are filled the same day as received, except in the case of seasonal goods which will be sent when the 
weather permits. 
Our Guarantee — We guarantee to the full amount of the purchase price: 
The purity and quality of all seeds you buy from this catalog. Should failure result from any fault of the seed, you can have your 
money back. 
However, this is the limit of our liability. Seeds are subject to so many climatic and soil conditions over which we have no control 
that: 
We give no warranty, express or implied as to quality, description, productiveness or any other matter of any seed we sell and will 
be in no way responsible for the crop. Our liability in all instances is limited to the purchase price of the seed. 
Seeds by Parcel Post 
Packages weighing 70 pounds can be sent into the first three 
zones and 50 pounds may be sent anywhere in the country. 

We send Prepaid by Parcel Post all orders for the so-called 
small seeds. Peas, Beans, Corn, Onion Sets, Asparagus Rosts, 
etc., are Not Prepaid, and the customer must remit postage 
for these with the order. We will pay transportation charges, 
however, on Peas, Beans, Corn and Onion Sets if your total order 
amounts to $20.00 or more. 

The Parcel Post rates are as follows: 
PLEASE NOTE— ALL PACKETS 10c UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED. 
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