EARLY ORDERS 
We always ask that you order as early as possible for several 
reasons. Work bunches up late in the spring, we are starting to plant 
for one thing, and perhaps the most important reason for all is the 
fact that our stocks are picked over early in the year and you might 
not get the variety you wanted, or the size you wanted. We like to get 
our orders filled as they come in, even though shipment is not made 
until late in the season. We can give an order much better attention 
when it is received early in the year. 
We would suggest that orders sent in after the middle of March 
should provide for substitution of size, and if possible for substitution 
of variety. We will do our best to fill your orders as you request and 
will not substitute unless we are out of the item or size. If substitutions 
are made, we will give equal or more value than the original item. 
EXTRAS 
It has become more or less a trade practice to give some extras with 
an order, primarily for the purpose of having you try out some varieties 
we think you might like. Some catalogues offer a percentage discount 
of your own selection, and others do like we do, put in some extras 
we think might appeal to you. 
When an order is filled and ready to ship, the question of what to 
put in as an extra comes up. If the man has ordered we will say, 
mostly smokies, it’s not too hard to see where he might like some 
unusual or rare smokie as an extra, but where the order covers a lot 
of varieties, what to put in becomes a problem. We wish you would 
suggest what you would like, a number of items if you care to, so that 
we can fill the extras from some of those items. The number of extras 
we can give will depend on the size of the order and when it is 
received. The earlier orders probably get the best in the way of 
extras,—we have more to select from, and we have more time in 
which to do it. 
SHIPPING 
We can ship anytime within reason, if we ship by express. Ordi- 
narily, we like to start shipping in March, but we always check 
weather reports before we ship, especially to the colder states. We 
would appreciate your putting an approximate shipping date on your 
order to guide us. If you want something in a hurry, just say so on 
your order and we will do our best to get it going for you. 
SUBSTITUTIONS 
We do not substitute unless you give us permission to do so. On 
orders received early in the season, there is hardly any need to sub- 
stitute, as our stocks are full. But, as you get further along, March 
15th and later, the stocks are beginning to show bare spots, and we 
would like to have your permission to substitute sizes if possible after 
that date. We would like also to have your permission to substitute 
varieties on all late orders. In the event we do substitute, we will give 
you full value in the substitution, a better variety if possible. 
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