



War-Time Service 
So many of our men are 
in the Armed Services, and 
in Defense, it is hard for us 
to give the same service as 
before the War. We will try 
to give pre-war service, but 
believe we should mention 
the following points to you. 
Plants are reserved from 
estimated supplies. We try to 
make estimates conservative, 
but unusual conditions may 
cause shortages. It is now 
dificult to protect customers 
by purchasing from other 
approved nurseries, so should 
estimates fail, or should other 
conditions beyond our con- 
trol prevent us from filling 
your order, we reserve the 
right to return your money 
and cancel your order. 
Size limit for orders: We 
reserve the right at any time 
to limit the size of orders, 
without notice. 
Proper shipping time shall 
embrace a period of about 
30 days, and is determined 
by a forecast service to which 
we subscribe, and which we 
find to be about 75% accu’ 
rate. 
We cannot agree to ship 
exactly on a certain date, or 
so that plants will arrive at a 
certain time. We cannot not- 
ify before shipment, or give 
orders other similar special 
handling. Sorry! 
We will handle correspond- 
ence promptly as in the past 
as long as possible, but given 
an unusual volume of letters, 
or lack of skilled letter writ- 
ers, replies may be slow, and 
we ask you to be patient. 
We cannot agree to delay 
shipments belyond May 20th. 
Strawberry plants, May 10th. 
Because of difference in cli- 
mate we cannot ship orders 
in exact rotation as received. 
However, orders booked ear- 
ly are given preference within 
their proper shipping time, or 
within your specified date 
range. 
Quick Service: Before 
April 1st, for items that we 
can supply then, we can ship 
promptly; but from April Ist 
to about May 20th, we can 
not do it with fairness, be- 
cause of the many orders 
booked early in the season 
for shipment during that 
period. Please try to order 
at least two weeks ahead of 
expected shipping date. 
The Kellogg man who isn’t 
here to rush-fill your order, 
is handling a bigger order 
overseas for Uncle Sam. 
Please co-operate. Thank 
you! 
How to Order 
Send money by safe means. 
Unregistered currency sent at 
your risk. Add ‘5c exchange on 
personal checks. 
No C. O. D. or Open Ac- 
counts. Send cash with order. 
Shipping Charges. Express 
shipments you pay upon de- 
livery; parcel post, pay us after 
shipment is complete. 
IMPORTANT: Our guar- 
anty applies only in states 
whose inspection laws allow 
plants to go direct from us 
to customer. We can guar- 
antee our own packing only, 
hence for states that stop 
plants for inspection, we 
agree only to deliver plants 
in good growing condition 
to Post Office of Trans- 
portation company, and 
thereupon our responsibil- 
ity ceases. Specifically 
these states are: Wash- 
ington, Oregon, Califor- 
nia, Arizona, District of 
Columbia, Utah, Wyo- 
ming, and Minnesota. 
[31] 
Order Your 
Blueberries 
Grapes and 
Fruit Trees 
On various pages in this book, we have em- 
phasized that Blueberries, Grapes, Fruit Trees, 
will be shipped in March. This is very impor- 
tant, on account of the labor shortage. 
By shipping these items in March, we can 
utilize our experienced year-round men to pack 
them, but about April lst many of these men must 
go outside to work in the nursery, and unless an end 
to the War makes more men available. we may have 
to refuse orders for these items after April Ist. 
Refer to details on pages 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9. 
At the time this catalog went to press, no part of the War 
had ended; however, an end to the War is not expected to 
relieve labor shortage materially for months. 
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If there is no express office 
in your town, give name of near- 
est ofiice and distance from you, 
on order blank. If distance is 
. great, we will ship parcel post. 
If a federal sales. tax law 
should be passed, please add the 
tax to your remittance. 

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