Gur Personal Visit To Your Home 
AN HONEST STATEMENT ABOUT STAHELIN’S 
QUALITY NURSERY STOCK 
We sincerely hope that the price trend in the future will be 
down. Prices on nursery stock have changed very little during 
the past five years which has put a great many nurserymen 
out of business, due to the high cost of everything that goes into 
the production of good nursery stock. Weather conditions all 
over the United States the past five months have been espe- 
cially hot and dry. With our two irrigation systems we have 
been able to save most of our plants and they are better rooted 
than ever as dry weather makes for good root systems. While 
some items have been taken out of our catalog, they will be 
added again with normal weather. Strawberry plants will be 
especially short and due to the high prices of fruit for the past 
five years and the fact that the canning factories are sold out 
now, makes for a good demand for some time to come. Reserve 
your stock early by making a small deposit; it helps us and 
guarantees your delivery. 
F. C. Stahelin 
Keep All Papers 
If necessary to write at any 
time, be sure and return all 
papers sent you except 
planting instructions. All 
papers pertaining to your 
order will be returned to 
you when order is acknowl- 
edged. Do not destroy them! 
C. A. Stahelin 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY S QVé@ WITH Stahelin’s 
INSPECTION 
Michigan State Department of Agriculture—Orchard and 
Nursery Inspection No. 6214. 
This is to certify that the nursery stock of Stahelin’s Nursery, 
Bridgman, Michigan, has been examined and found to be 
apparently free from dangerous insects and dangerously con- 
tagious tree and plant diseases. Fee paid $39.00. 
Chas. Figy, Commissioner, 
Lansing, Mich. 
Bureau of Agricultural Industry, 
C. A. Boyer, Director. Aug. 12, 1953 
TRANSPORTATION 
Unless otherwise stated in catalog, transportation charges 
on all stock listed in this catalog are to be paid by the 
customer, as the weight of nursery stock cannot be de- 
termined exactly in advance of shipment. 
FALL SHIPMENTS 
We encourage the fall planting of nursery stock. Plants 
and trees are dormant then, and when warm weather 
comes in the spring, your stock is ready to commence 
growing. Nursery stock cannot be shipped until it has had 
some cold weather to harden it up, and fall shipments are 
usually made after the middle of October. NO DISCOUNT 
ON FALL ORDERS. 
TERMS ON C.O.D. ORDERS 
We can ship C.O.D. if the order amounts to $5.00 or more 
at full catalog price, no discount allowed, but 25c on each 
dollar must be included with your order as a down payment. 
If order amounts to $5.00, send $1.25 with the order; if $6.00, 
send $1.50, etc. You may inspect express shipments before 
you pay. (Parcel Post not subject to examination.) If satisfactory, 
pay the agent the amount due. No. C.O.D. shipments made 
after April 25th. 
and up to February 3rd, 1954, with 
cash in full enclosed, are subject to a 10% dis- 
count. No cash discounts on bargains or special 
quotations made by mail. This discount not good after February 
3rd, 1954. 
DON'T WAIT TO ORDER 
Our custorners have been very fine in the past few years in 
placing their orders early. Please remember that the shipping of 
strawberry, asparagus and that class of plants, depends entirely 
on weather conditions here. WE POSITIVELY DO NOT SHIP 
ANY STORAGE PLANTS. We will endeavor to fill your order as 
close to the time specified as we can, but if excessive rain or 
cold weather hits us at that time of year, there may be a slight 
delay. 
% CASH DISCOUNTS 
0 (1) All orders received during January 
NOTICE 
For approximate shipping charges, refer to the back of our 
order sheet enclosed with this catalog. Complete schedules 
and rates, as closely as they can be figured, will be found 
there. 
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STAHELIN’S GUARANTEE 
We guarantee our stock to be true to name. If it proves 
otherwise, it will be replaced free of charge. 
We guarantee that our stock is exactly as described 
in our catalog and is guaranteed to reach you in live 
and growing condition. Any stock not being as de- 
scribed above, will be replaced free of charge, but the 
customer must report this condition AT.-ONCE upon 
receipt of shipment. 
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If the shipment is unduly long in reaching you, be 
sure to secure a signed statement from your local 
agent and send it to us. 
Weather and other conditions being beyond our con- 
trol, continued growth is not guaranteed. 
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