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With STAHELIN’S CASH DISCOUNTS 
10% discount for January Cash orders. On orders received and postmarked before 
February I 
except bargains, special quotations by mail, or 
DON’T WAIT TO ORDER 
Our customers have been very fine in the past 
few years in placing their orders early. Please 
remember that the shipping of strawberry, aspar- 
agus and that class of plants, depends entirely 
upon 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 possible but if excessive rain 
or cold weather occurs at that time of the year, 
there may be a slight delay. 
' TRANSPORTATION 
Unless otherwise stated in catalog, transporta- 
tion charges on all stock listed in this catalog 
are to be paid by the customer, as the weight of 
nursery stock cannot be determined exactly in 
advance of shipment. 
For approximate shipping charges, refer to the 
back of our order sheet enclosed with this cat- 
alog. Complete schedules and rates, as closely 
as they can be figured, will be found there. 
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, sent $1.25 with the order; if 
$6.00, send $1.50, etc. You may inspect express 
shipments before you pay. (Parcel Post not sub- 
ject to examination.) If satisfactory, pay the agent 
the amount due. No. C.O.D. shipments made 
after April 25th. 
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. 
3 KEEP ALL PAPERS 
If necessary to write at any time, be sure and 
return all papers sent you except planting in- 
structions. All papers pertaining to your order 
will be returned to you when order is acknowl- 
edged. Do not destroy them! 
3, 1955, with cash in full, we will allow a 10% discount on all items 
those marked: ‘‘No Discount."’ 
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7SAN HONEST STATEMENT 
44, ABOUT STAHELIN’S 
BA QUALITY NURSERY STOCK 
F. C. Stahelin 
Located as we are, just north of the Indiana line, we have every advantage possible to 
produce good nursery stock. Our 1955 catalog will mark over a quarter of a century of 
producing the best in trees, plants, and ornamental stock. Keeping in touch with State 
Agricultural Departments all over the country, in regard to their findings, and constant 
search among the better orchards, has enabled us to im- 
prove the existing strains of apples, peaches, etc. We 
have eliminated many sorts from this catalog and re- 
placed them with better varieties, to give you the most 
productive trees and best selling fruits possible. We have 
spent a great many dollars to secure these improved 
strains and varieties for you, and we believe our efforts 
will be appreciated by our customers, both new and old. 
Our prices, we believe, are as low as you can get on 
guaranteed, true-to-name, healthy, paying stock. Each 
year we have enlarged our acreage and each year add- 
ed new customers, who have become real friends. We 
want all of our customers to know that they can place 
the same confidence in us by dealing through the mail 
as they would by coming directly to our office here. 
TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE CHICAGO AND GARY DIS- 
TRICTS: We are only about an hour's drive from you 
and a quarter of a mile off the four-lane highway U.S. 12 
from Chicago. We are open every day but Sundays 
Place your orders through the mail, advising when you 
would like to pick them up, and we will have stock ready 
for you when you call for it. By making a small down-payment, stock will be reserved 
individually for you, which is to your advantage. 
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C. A. Stahelin 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
ne State Department of Agriculture—Orchard and Nursery Inspection 
O. ‘ 
This is to certify that the nursery stock of Stahelin’s Nursery, Bridgman, Michi- 
gan, has been examined and found to be apparently free from dangerous 
insects and dangerously contagious tree and plant diseases. Fee paid $41.00 
Chas. Figy, Commissioner, 
Lansing, Mich. 
Aug. 20, 1954 
Bureau of Agricultural Industry, 
C. A. Boyer, Director. 
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\ STAHELIN’S GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all shipments to reach you in good growing condition. If ship- 
ment is delayed or damaged in transit, please secure a signed statement from 
your local agent and send it to us with your claim within three days after 
receipt of stock, and we will make free replacement. 
We guarantee all stock to live and grow if given reasonable attention. Should 
any item fail to do well, we must be notified within 60 days and we will replace 
the following planting season. Stock on which claims are made between July 
lst and September Ist, will be replaced at half price another season. We are 
not responsible for losses caused by improper planting, care or unfavorable 
weather conditions, and these factors will be taken into consideration when 
claims are made. 
We guarantee all stock to be true to name and will make free replacement 
upon receipt of proof that it is not as represented in our catalog. At no time are 
we responsible for more than the original cost of the stock. 
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