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Our New-Crop Seeds for 1949 Are Now Ready for You 
There Is a World of Difference Between Schell’s Thoroughbred Seeds and ordinary seeds—both in their 
very appearance and in the ‘“‘blood’’—the breeding from select heavy-yielding quality mother plants. That is 
why Bean-growers tell us they get from two to three times 
as many bushel hampers to the acre from our seeds. That is 
why record crops of Lettuce, Onions, Cucumbers, Cabbage, Peas, 
Carrots, Celery, etc., are made by our customers everywhere, 
and higher prices are obtained for these better crops. 
We are Recognized as a Quality Seed House in official 
circles, and by gardeners large and small, throughout the United 
States. 
Your buying of seeds should be on confidence not on 
price, for lower prices or even higher prices mean nothing to you 
unless you know that the seeds will be of highest quality. 
Knowing this about our seeds is why many thousands of our 
customers have been ordering from us year after year. 
Two things We Wish to Assure You of! First, that there 
is no ‘‘maybe’”’ or ‘“‘perhaps’’ about the quality of our seeds— 
for we know the intensive breeding work that produces our stock 
seeds will show the quality in your crops. Second, there is no 
‘“‘maybe’”’ or ‘‘perhaps’’ about the vitality of our seeds. Thou- 
sands of vitality tests are made and every lot of seed we send 
The Home of Schell’s Quality Seeds. The place you will germinate strong and of high percentage if your 
where ‘‘Quality’’ rules. soil, moisture and temperature are right. 
To Our Customers. We thank you for past orders and happily anticipate receiving your order this year. 
To New Prospective Customers. We invite you to place your confidence in us this year by sending us your 
order, and we know you will be delighted with your crops. 
We urge you to send your order early. 
Market Gardeners, increase the profits on all of your crops this year by planting all Schell’s Quality 
Seeds. : 
Be Sure of Success. Always plant Schell’s Quality Seeds. They Grow Better—They Yield Better. 
They are preferred by successful gardeners and farmers everywhere. 
Our beloved Former President of the United States, William McKinley, said, ‘*I do not prize the word ‘cheap.’ 
It is not a word of hope, nor a word of cheer. It is not a word of inspiration. It is the badge of poverty, the 
signal of distress. Cheap merchandise means cheap men and cheap mena cheap country.’’ And we say— 
How true that is of seeds also. Cheap seeds mean cheap crops, and cheap crops are the badge of poverty, the 
signal of distress on every farm and garden where they are sown. 
Millions of Tons of Food must continue to keep going over the seas to feed the starving millions there this 
year again. Keep this in mind and therefore do not fail to have your own garden, and get it started early. 
To You Who Have Home Gardens! Remember—your money cannot buy food if it is not available. You 
cannot ‘‘make’’ more food if it becomes very scarce. No, all food must be grown. Therefore, the wise family 
will grow enough this summer to last throughout next winter—125 quarts of vegetables and fruits for each member 
of the family. 
A Word to you Market Gardeners. You will again in 1949 experience a most successful year, for the demand 
for vegetables will be far greater than the supply. Therefore grow all you can possibly produce and grow the great- 
est possible number of different kinds of vegetables to have a large assortment for your trade. 
Farmers—You should by all means have one, two or more acres of vegetables; enough for yourselves and for 
that extra profit at market. 

Ss p ec i a { This applies to Vegetable Seeds and Flower Seeds only, not to Field Seeds or Seed Potatoes 
x On all Orders of from $ 5 to $10 you may deduct 6 per cent cash discount. 
D iscou nts ¥ On all Orders of from $11 to $25 you may deduct 8 per cent cash discount. ; 
= On all Orders of from $26 to $50 or $100 or more you may deduct 10 per cent cash discount. 
You may deduct the above cash discount from the total of your order for vegetable seeds and flower seeds 
when sending cash with your order. You see, it is very much to your interest to send your entire order to us 
and save from 6 to 10 per cent. 

IMPORTANT TO YOU, Our Customers, Who Receive Our Catalogue in January! We very earnestly 
request that you make out your order at once, send it in, and thus get very prompt delivery. Then you 
will have yourseedsand be ready to start your gardenearly. We havea good reputation for good serviceand prompt- 
ness. 95 per cent or more of our orders are filled and sent out the same Gay they are received. 
WE PAY THE POSTAGE, Express, or Freight on all Garden Seeds and Flower Seeds at the prices quoted in 
this Catalogue, to all points in the United States. Be sure to give your express or freight station. 
THANK YOU. We would like to shake hands with each of you our customers and personally thank you for your 
valued orders, which we appreciate very much. Since that is impossible, we do say it here and we will be looking 
forward with pleasant anticipation to hearing from you very soon with your order forthisyear. Thank you again. 
WALTER S. SCHELL 
DISCLAIMER. We give no warranty, express or implied, as to the productiveness of any seeds, or 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 or 
bulbs or plants.—-WALTER S. SCHELL, INC. : 
6 WALTER S. SCHELL, Inc., Quality Seeds, HARRISBURG, PA. 
