Terms and Conditions of Delivery... 
All seeds are offered F. O. B. Santa Maria, California, for delivery 
from 1945 crop as soon as possible after harvest. Invoices to firms of 
established credit are subject to a discount of 2% for cash in 30 days 
from invoice date, or 60 days net. New customers should furnish two 
credit references if shipment is desired on an open account basis. Other- 
wise delivery will be made C. O. D. All foreign invoices are payable in 
U. 8. Dollars at the current rate of exchange. All overdue accounts are 
subject to a sight draft without further notice. 
Unless otherwise specified on your orders, all shipments wiil be 
forwarded via the most economical method of rail transportation. Parcel 
Post and Express packages arrive in Chicago on the fourth day or at 
New York City in five days from Santa Maria. All rail freight shipments 
will be routed over the most direct line to your city. 
Prices quoted in this catalog apply against all 1945 crop purchases, 
and are effective immediately on all spot orders. We reserve the right 
to change these prices at anytime without giving further notice. We are 
Wholesale Growers and supply the Seed Trade only. 
Bags and containers will be charged at net cost. We will be pleased 
to have you return any used cotton bags in good condition on a 50% 
discount basis. Kraft paper packets and cotton bags less than the one 
pound size will be supplied gratis. All orders for four ounces or more 
will be charged at the pound rate, less than four ounces at the ounce 
rate. This same billing scale will be used on items listed by the ounce, 
unless otherwise priced in our catalog. 
We will plant sufficient land io produce the quantity of seed ordered 
under normal conditions; however, crop failure or any other cause 
beyond our control releases us from delivery and in the event of short- 
ages, we will fill contract orders on a pro-rata basis only. 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to the productiveness 
of any seed we sell and will not be in any way responsible for the cror. 
Our liability in all instances, is limited to the purchase price of the seed. 
(Standard non-warranty clause of American Seed Trade Association.) 
