FIRST and MOST IMPORTANT to remember in con- 
nection with these GIFT OFFERS (and that truly means no 
extra charge) is THE ONE EXCEPTION that the purchase of 
PRIZEGRO (page 5) DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN OR 
QUALIFY FOR ANY GIFT because the offer of the 25 lbs. 
of BONE MEAL is IN REALITY THE GIFT ITSELF and 
is the OUTSTANDING so-called GIFT of this F.S.B. 
HOW OUR GIFT OFFER WORKS 
All we ask in exchange for THE GIFT is to send us the 
names of FIVE (5) NEIGHBOR GARDENERS. Please turn 
back to page 22. Fill in the 5 names, tear out that part of the 
page and attach to your order. We are trying to build our 
mailing list with the names of real (big or small) gardeners. 
OUR “GIFT OFFERS” are rather an expensive method of 
ONE 
OPS. Bie 3 = 
GIFT OFFERS 
this accomplishment, but we simply want YOUR gardening 
friends to have the same G&O advantages that we are offering 
you. 
No need to repeat that the offer of these GIFTS is GENU- 
INE. Our patrons do not pay ONE CENT for them beyond 
the purchase price of such other products as they might regu- 
larly need and would buy anyway and from any source for 
their garden or home so that means that our GIFTS represent 
a substantial discount never expected by the customer. 
Of course, trying to convince EVERYBODY of a different 
or unheard of example, in business, of sincerity (and you 
might even say honesty) is probably a waste of time. Convert- 
ing those who are only happy when in a state of abject sus- 
picion seems unworthy effort, but not with our manner of 
almost nationally known frank expression in advertising be- 
cause we say— ‘if you ever have occasion to doubt us and 
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can’t clear that doubt—then both of us are unhappy and we 
ought to quit doing business together.” 
Maybe we should say here (since these F.S.B.’s go all over 
the country and to some G&O customers who really don’t know 
where Skillman is) that nearly 30 years ago this company 
started in a Long Island City cellar of 700 sq. ft. 
Today we have over 7 acres with nearly ali R.R. frontage 
and a 7 car spur track into five buildings with nearly 50,000 
sq. ft. (and still another new one going up), all modernly 
equipped. The start and the present—under the same manage- 
ment. We might conclude “It was a tough fight Mom but we 
won. 
Just a ten line pedigree but enough to pledge—BUSINESS 
ON THE HIGHEST LEVEL until the “end of the road” by 
our present management. Our guarantee on back of last page 
is enough—COUTE QUE COUTE. 
GRAND 
For your purchase of G&O materials 
amounting to a minimum of $5.00 and 
up to $10.00, we will send you WITH- 
OUT CHARGE: 
(A) Enough WUND-O-BEST (see page 
12) to make 8 gallons wonder 
Plant Food and also 
(B) The Annual Year Book of HOME 
GARDEN GUIDE selling on news- 
stands at 50c. The best, most con- 
cise Garden Guide ever issued and 
costing thousands of dollars to 
publish. 
all of these offers.) 
O 
givt No TY 
For your purchase of $10.00 to 
$20.00, we will send you WITHOUT 
CHARGE a choice of either A and B 
or C and D (but NOT BOTH) 
(A) The WIK-FED POT shown on 
page 28 and 
(B) The 35c package of WUND-O- 
BEST (see page 12) to supply 
the Plant Food in the WIK-FED 
POT 
(6) 
(C) A pair of GREEN THUMB 
glove shown on page 28 (state 
size, small, medium or large) 
and 
(D) A copy of HOME GARDEN 
GUIDE. 
GIFT No. FOUR 
(A) A pair of those wonderfully useful GREEN THUMB 
Gloves (page 28) and please always specify sizes (for 
SMALL, MEDIUM or LARGE and 
women) 
whether for women or men. 
(B) A pair of those fine combination Hard & Foam Rubber 
KNEE GUARDS (page 28.) 
(C) A copy of the new 1953 HOME GARDEN GUIDE 
(always demanded by our patrons.) 
state 
(page 28) 
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For your purchase of $20.00 to 
$35.00 we will send you WITHOUT 
CHARGE your choice of either A and 
B or C and D (but again, NOT 
BOTH.) 
(A) A pair of GREEN THUMB 
Gloves, Page 28. 
(B) Double Duty PLANT FOUNTAIN 
SPRINKLER 
OR 
(C) A pair of KNEE GUARDS (page 
28) and 
(D) A copy of 1953 HOME GAR- 
DEN GUIDE. 
For your purchase of $35.00 to $50.00 worth of merchandise, you will receive WITHOUT A CENT OF 
EXTRA COST a choice of either A, B and © or D, HE, F, and G (But NOT BOTH, it’s one or the other in 
OR 
(D) A pair of GREEN THUMB Gloves shown on page 28. 
State size and whether for women or men. 
(E) The Double Duty PLANT FOUNTAIN SPRINKLER 
(F) The WIK-FED Pot (page 28) 
(G) The WUND-O-BEST Plant Food (page 12) 
SLAM 
GIFT No. FIVE 
In exchange for your’ purchase 
amounting to $50.00 and over you re- 
ceive without a penny of extra cost the 
following as a so-called single package 
GIFT (Here’s where we throw in every- 
thing except the—Weather) and ob- 
serve, please, that all these products are 
nationally advertised and on sale in 
America’s finest Garden shops, Drug, 
Hardware and Department stores, etc. 
You couldn’t have better garden equip- 
ment of the kind for everyday practical 
use. 
1—The WIK-FED Pot (page 28). 
2—The WUND-O-BEST Plant Food 
(page 12). 
3—The KNEE GUARDS (page 28). 
4—The GREEN THUMB Gloves (page 
28). 
5—The HOME GARDEN GUIDE (page 
28). 
6—The Double Duty PLANT FOUN- 
TAIN SPRINKLER (page 28). 
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