The Zilke Guarantee of Satisfaction 
We guarantee all plants and trees sold by us to be State Inspected and apparently free 
from disease and insect pests. We also guarantee them true-to-name, and will replace, free 
of charge any that may prove otherwise through possible error. 
We guarantee all plants, trees, 
shrubs, bulbs and seeds to reach you 
in good growing condition or will re- 
place any stock that arrives in poor 
condition, if we are notified within 
five days after you receive the ship- 
ment. It is mutually agreed between 
ourselves and the customers that we 
shall not be liable for more than the 
original purchase price. 
We will replace any stock, at one- 
half of the catalog price that does 
not live the first season, if you think 
it was the fault of the stock in any 
way, providing the complaint is re- 
ceived before October ist of the year 
planted. It is impossible for us to 
consider any claim made after Octo- 



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Rudolph H. Zilke, Jr. ber Ist. Elmer H. Zilke 
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Discounts for Early Orders 
Most Nursery Stock is Very Scarce This Year. Please Do Not Wait Until Planting Zilke 
Time to Order. Plants, Trees, Shrubs, and Bulbs Will Be Reserved As Long 
As the Supply Lasts, and Shipped To You at the Proper Spring Planting B 
Time. Please Order Now, As Soon As You Receive This Catalog. ros. 
You Will Be Saving 10%, and Be Sure of Getting What You 
Want. Nursery 
10% DISCOUNT ON CASH ORDERS MAILED BEFORE MARCH 5, 1949 | paropa, 
3” DISCOUNT ON CASH ORDERS MAILED BEFORE MARCH 31, 1949 MICH. 
We cannot allow discounts on Special Offers or Collections See the 
Zilke Guarantee 

CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
Michigan State Department of Agriculture—Orchard and Nursery Inspection No. 66 
This is to certify that the Nursery stock of Zilke Brothers Nursery, Baroda, Mich- 
igan has been examined and found to be apparently free from dangerous insects and 
dangerously contagious tree and plant diseases. Chas. Figy, Commissioner, 
j Lansing, Mich. 
Bureau of Agricultural Industry, C. A. Boyer, Director September 5, 1947 a ae 
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