1945 
Market Gardeners’ 
WHOLESALE CATALOG 
High Grade Seeds, Implements, 
Fertilizers, Twines, and 
Market Gardeners’ Requisites 
SEEDS. The crop of various seeds harvested in 1944 was in most instances above expectations. The supply 
on hand will suffice for all domestic requirements. The seed industry, especially the men and women on the 
seed-producing farms, has done a marvelous job in keeping our country supplied while foreign sources of sup- 
ply are cut off. There are a few short items, namely: Early Cabbage, Onion and some sorts of Pepper seeds. We 
hope you will not be greatly inconvenienced by our inability to fill orders for these. 
IMPLEMENTS. Seeders and Wheel Hoes will be more plentiful this season. 
However, we have many un- 
filled orders from last year which must be taken care of first. Orders booked this year will be filled according 
to date placed. Repair parts and attachments are in good supply. 
FERTILIZERS. Due to lack of man power and equipment we are compelled to discontinue the handling of 
fertilizers, except Nitrate of Soda and Ammonium Nitrate. Both these items will be carried in stock throughout 
the season. 
RUBBER BANDS. Synthetic bands can be furnished in sizes from No. 8 to No. 33. 
quality at pre-war prices or less. 
TWINES. A serious shortage has developed in twines for bunching. 
ments have been about one-third of actual requirements. 
They are of good 
For the past six months mill ship- 
We hope this situation will clear up before long. 
Our sincere thanks to all of you who have co-operated so splendidly during the past year. We greatly appre- 
ciated your patience when orders were somewhat delayed during the busy season. We shall strive to do better. 
N. SLUIS & SONS 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS 
All Prices Quoted are Subject to Change at Any Time Without Notice 
ORDERING. If possible use our order sheet. Ad- 
ditional order sheets will be sent on request. 
Be sure to fill in your name and address. Write 
plainly; English, Holland or German may be used, for 
expressions or correspondence. 
PAYING. All bills are due August Ist next, unless 
other agreements are made. Overdue accounts will 
draw interest at the rate of six per cent (6%) per 
annum. 
Credit will be extended to regular customers, pro- 
viding your account is in good standing. 
New customers, applying for credit, will please send 
paid seed bills of two previous years to prove good 
standing elsewhere. 
Orders for C. O. D. shipments will have prompt 
attention if 25% of the amount is sent with order. 
On spring orders for Garden Seeds we allow 10% 
discount if paid before April 1st. All other items are 
net cash. Orders received after April 1st are not 
subject to discount. No charge for bags at any time. 
Delivery. No extra charges for delivery within a 
radius of 50 miles from Chicago. To conserve tires 
we will have 3 deliveries per week instead of daily. 
SHIPPING. Shipments can be made by freight, ex- 
press or parcel post. If no instructions are given, we 
will use our own judgment. We will prepay FREIGHT 
shipments of Seeds up to a distance of 300 miles from 
Chicago. On EXPRESS shipments the customer pays 
transportation charges on arrival of goods, but we do 
allow the freight rate on the invoice. Implements, 
Glass, etc., are quoted and shipped f. 0. b. Chicago. 
Be sure to note condition of bags on arrival; if torn, 
have it marked on your freight bill; if spilled out, have 
the bags weighed and weight also noted on freight 
bill, otherwise it will be impossible to recover damages. 
If for any reason an order or part of an order cannot 
be filled, we will refund amount sent for such order or 
part of such order. 
WARRANTY. The N. Sluis & Sons Company 
gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the pro- 
ductiveness of any secds or bulbs it sells and will not 
be in any way responsible for the crop. Our liability, 
in all instances, is limited to the purchase price of 
the seed. 
N.SLUIS G SONS, 922 W. Randolph St., Chicago 7, II. 
