A WARTIME MESSAGE 
TO OUR FRIENDS 
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OU will observe that this, our 45th Annual Catalogue, 
is smaller than for some years—32 pages less. This re- 
duction is made in the interest of conservation of paper, 
electrotype metal and printing. But we believe you will find 
it interesting as ever, and we ask you to retain it for future 
FoR reference; regulations may cause our next Annual Catalogue 
ICTORY to be even smaller, omitting illustrations and cultural notes. 
BUY WAR BONDS This year the accent is on growing food—vegetables and 
fruit. From the gardens of our country will come thousands 
of tons of extra food added to the nation’s food supply in 1943. 
The food we grow ourselves needs no ration book, and we should take 
every opportunity to produce all we can, fresh and vitamin-full as it will be; 
for every pound we grow releases a pound of something else for our fighting 
men and our allies, and since it grows at our door and does not have to be 
brought to us, it makes truck and railroad space available for the transport 
of vital war supplies. Not to neglect entirely gardening’s esthetic side, we 
must continue to keep America the beautiful country it is, making our lawns 
and planting our flowers as usual. 
May we make a special plea for early orders? Scarcities and freezings 
happen with little warning. To insure a good garden this year we urge that 
you order now—by telegram, telephone or airmail if you will. Delivery will 
be made at once, should you so instruct, or at the proper planting season— 
seeds in winter, plants at setting-out time. 
May we thank you for your pat- 
ronage in the past, and tell you how 
anxious we are to continue serv- 
ing you? 
January 2, 1943. President 

Serving Their Country... 
Our due proportion of men are in the armed forces, including our Vice-President 
and Treasurer, Capt. Willard L. Isaacs, serving in the Air Corps. 
Civil Defense... 
Numbers of our men and women have trained in their spare time to go out into the 
night to the aid of their neighbors, as air-raid wardens, spotters, nurses’ aids, messen- 
gers and auxiliary policemen. Others are donating blood regularly to the Red Cross. 
Our modern steel and concrete building has been designated an Approved Air- 
Raid Shelter, where the public will be safe against anything but a direct hit, should 
New York be subjected to bombing. 

NON -WARRANTY 
We, Stumpp & Walter Co., give no warranty, express or implied, as to the pro- 
ductiveness of any seeds, bulbs or plants we sell and will not be in any way responsible 
for the crop. Our liability in all instances is limited to the purchase price of the seeds, 
bulbs or plants. 
PRICE CEILINGS 
We certify that the prices listed for items subject to PRICE CEILINGS are notin 
excess of the legal maxima as established by the Office of Price Administration. 
Prices of other items are subject to change, as also are unit sizes. 
Roots, Nursery Stock, Potatoes, and Farm Seeds, the total value of w 

Noted in the , 
“New York Sun” of Nov. 24, 
1942. If these boys can find time 
to grow things, surely we can, too. 
We submit, for your consideration, the 
NEWEST and BEST in 
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SEED OF FREEDOM 

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{IGTORY CARDEN 
FREE DELIVERY WE DELIVER all merchandise within 50 miles of New York, excep Chemicals, Fertilizers, Hardware, 
ich is $2 or less, and except Epicure 
Foods and Vegetable Plants of which the total value is $3.50 or less. Beyond 50 miles, we deliver Grass, Flower and Vegetable Seeds, 
Bulbs, and Books. Purchaser pays transportation on all other merchandise beyond 50 miles; also om heavy merchandise within 50 
miles if of low value, as detailed above. 

GerorcE O. Stumpp, President 
132-138 Church Street 
WitxiaM A. SPERLING, Vice-Pres. 
Witrarp L. Isaacs, Vice-Pres. & Treas. 
Tuomas F. KEARNEY, Sec’y & Asst. Treas. 
A.Ex, E, SEHLMEYER, Asst. Sec’y 
(At Warren Street) 
NEW YORK CITY 
Jump : Near City Hall and Brooklyn Bridge 
BRANCH STORES: White Plains, N. Y., Newark, N. J., Stamford, Conn., Hempstead, L. I., Englewood, N. J. 
NEW YORK PHONES: BaArclay 7-1110 (Ten trunk lines) 
Copyright, 1943, by Stumpp & Walter Co, 
