
UARANTEE 
We hereby certify that, 
to the best of our knowl- 
edge, it is impossible to 
produce better seed or 
plants, regardless of price, 
than we herewith offer. 
We are proud of this fact. 
Accordingly, we will re- 
place without additional 
charge or refund the pur- 
chase price on any seeds 
or plants that fail to grow 
as described. In no case 
will we be responsible for 
more than the purchase 
price of the item in ques- 
tion, and in all cases, 
claimant must be able to 
provide proof that proper 
cultural directions were 
followed. 
F. H. EBELING CO, 

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Yet with a sincere conviction that the “an- 
nual crop of seed catalogs’’ has needed change, 
we present with some pride the Seventy-Ninth 
Annual Handbook of the Ebeling Organization. 
We think you’ll notice and perhaps approve of 
these changes. In case you miss any, here they 
are: 
OUR GUARANTEE 
It has long seemed inconsistent for seedsmen 
to use the most glowing terms in describing 
their wares, only to point out elsewhere that 
they can’t guarantee their Carrots or any other 
seed to germinate, or even worse, that if they 
do germinate, there is no promise that Carrots 
might not turn out to be Parsnips. We defy 
anyone to prove that it is possible to secure 
better seed than we herewith offer. We are 
proud of this fact. Please read carefully our 
guarantee at left. 
BEST VARIETIES CLEARLY 
INDICATED 
Advanced amateur and professional growers 
know what they want. The average small 
grower is not too certain, and relies largely on 
his seedsman to assist in the selection of varie- 
ties. Yet when he opens the average seed cat- 
alog, he is confronted with 18 varieties of Beets, 
each of which is described in identical superla- 
tives, with a possible change in the order of 
the adjectives. This often results in the se- 
lection of varieties altogether unsuited to the 
buyer’s needs. When we test the different va- 
rieties ourselves, talk to hundreds of profes- 
sional and amateur growers everywhere, con- 
sult our State College of Agriculture and our 
local Farm Bureau, we can reach definite con- 
clusions about every variety. We sincerely be- 
lieve that we have told the truth about each. 
We have featured what we believe to be the 
best—for home, for market and for special 
purposes. Other varieties are listed and stocked 
for those who want them, and many will. Not 
everyone will agree on our features, but we 
guarantee that anyone using them will not be 
disappointed. 
ONE PRICE TO ALL 
Most seed houses operate with two and often 
three price lists for amateurs, small growers 
and large growers. Through the misplacing of 
these, amateurs often buy at grower’s prices, 
and growers often pay full prices because of 
having no knowledge of the so-called grower’s 
price list. We are opposed to this. We believe 
that price structure should be based on quan- 
tity. Consequently, this is our only price list. 
Packets and small quantities are priced in com- 
petition with top retail seed houses of the 
country. Larger quantities, reflecting a saving 
in handing costs, are priced in competion with 
leading ‘‘growers and wholesale price lists.’ 
There are no discounts from any price quoted. 
OUR VARIETIES KEYED TO 
CENTRAL NEW YORK 
Our organization has always enjoyed orders 
from far away places, and while we contiue to 
solicit such business, our varieties are specifi- 
cally selected for growing conditions in Central 
New York, Late spring frosts, dry hot summers, 
and early fall frosts are not always typical, but 
occur often enough to make it imperative to 
select varieties that will mature under such con- 
ditions. While it is quite probable that our seeds 
will do well on Long Island, Pennsylvania, Mass- 
achusetts or elsewhere, we are quite certain 
they will do well in Central New York. 
NEW SIMPLIFIED FORMAT 
In order to make it easy for you to read the 
book, and to find the items in which yqu are 
interested, we have sacrificed composition in 
order to achieve readability. If any item is 
listed, you will have no trouble in finding it. 
In addition, the book is printed in 7-point 
Opticon instead of the finer 6-point. All cul- 
tural directions have been removed from the 
text and placed in a separate section in the 
back. Here you will also find a number of use- 
ful charts and tables and a page for your own 
growing records. We hope that the book may 
indeed become ‘’Your Handbook.’”’ 
Good Luck and Good Growing. 
FRANK W. GRIFFITHS. 
CHARLES S. KEYES. 
FY. H. Ebeling Co. 219 8. Warren St. Syracuse N.Y. 
