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Dec 01, 2022 lelfrank Dec 01, 2022 lelfrank Dec 01, 2022 lelfrank Dec 01, 2022 lelfrank Nov 30, 2022 lelfrank Nov 30, 2022 lelfrank Oct 07, 2022 mschrist Oct 07, 2022 mschrist Oct 07, 2022 mschrist Oct 07, 2022 mschrist Sep 14, 2022 mschrist Sep 14, 2022 mschrist Sep 14, 2022 mschrist Mar 21, 2020 Iowa State University Parks Library	2 [image top: rock Established 1870] 1870-1903 Thirtythree Years of Successful Business! DES MOINES, lOWA, January, 1903. Hearty Greetings and Good Wishes Are hereby extended to our Friends and Customers who have favored us with their orders during the past year and thus helped us to have the best and most prosperous season that we have ever experienced. Thirty-three years, A Third of a Century, is a long time and this long continued success proves that there is a feeling of growing confidence on the part of the public, in our establishment, for without it we could not succeed. We shall strive to continue to'merit your confidence and approval by using every effort to secure the best results in growing and selecting the choicest, purest and most reliable seeds and prove to you that our mott. "Only one quality, THE BEST," is well taken. We know that our Choice Iowa Seeds are unsurpassed. that our prices are right and our promptness and care in filling orders make many friends, In almost every neighborhood in America our seeds are known and used and our highest ambition is to deserve the title which has been applied to as, namely: "SEEDSMEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" Read What Prominent Men Say. They are a proof of merit. Such testimonials cannot be bought. "I have bought seeds of you for several years past and have found them very satisfactory. I have used them on my own farm and also sold them to others and have had no complaint. Have also purchased some, from other firms, but could not depend on them as on yours."-R. J. Johnson, Humboldt,Iowa, President Iowa State Agricultural Society. "I am pleased to state that all seeds, both garden and field, that I have bought of your firm during the past twelve years have been perfectly satisfactory, and I am always pleased to recommend the Iowa Seed Company to any and all who are in need of anything in their line."-M. J. Wragg, Waukee, Iowa, President Iowa State Horticulutural Society. The gardening public and farmers everywhere are requested to thoroughly examine all parts of this book, which we have enlarged, thoroughly revised and rewritten this year and tried to make of practical value to everyone. Notice the many new and improved varieties which we are offering this year and instead of devoting your entire crop to the old sorts, we are sure that it will pay you to add both to the quality and yield by planting the newer kinds that we recommend. We grow our own seeds, either on our own plare or have them grown from carefully selected stock, seeds and it requires the entire seed crop from about 6,200 acres to supply our trade. The soil and climate of Iowa are specially adapted to growing and maturing most seed crops, still there are some varieties which will produce better seed in other localities and we spend a large part of the summer and fall in traveling around among our growers inspecting the growing crop. Again thanlking you for past favors, respectfully soliciting a continuance of your patronage and wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, we remain, Your friends, IOWA SEED COMPANY. M . KURTZWEIL, President. CHAS. N. PAGE, Treasurer and Manager. KIND WORDS FROM OLD FRIENDS. Very few Seed Dealers can Equal this Record. I have bought seeds every year from your company since 1871, after Mr. Fuller started the business at Des Moines; have always found your seeds good. -W. S. Maxwell, Lawndale, Texas. I have been a customer of the Iowa Seed Co. since 1875 and always intend to be so long as they prove as satisfactory as in the past. Both they and their seeds are reliable.- J.C. Jessup, Fairmount, Indiana. This is my 29th year getting seeds from your firm and they are all O.K. We are back in "Peerless Old Iowa," again after four years in California and eight years in Arkansas.-Bryant Graves, Lenox, Iowa. SUGGESTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. ORDER EARLY.-The best time to order is just as soon as you receive this catalogue, as we can always give your orders more of our personal attention if they come in before the rush of spring trade. Please use the order shet as it makes it more convenient for us in filling orders. Terms are invariably cash with order as we keep no book accounts in our mail order department, and the expense of sending goods C. O. D. is quite large. Postage stamp received as cash. SHIPPING.-There are five express companies and fifteen railroad lines at Des Moines, so that quick shipments can be made to any town in the United States. It is well to remember that express charges are usually much higher on heavy goods, and you should order them sent by fast freight. CHARGES PREPAID.-All Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Bulbs and Plants, except those noted are sent prepaid by mail or express by the quickest and most direct routes unless ordered otherwise, and we guarantee their safe arrival. Seeds sold by the peck or bushel, field seeds, potatoes, implements and other heavy goods are sent by freight or express, purchaser paying charges. OUR PRICES.-Our constant aim is to make the highest quality the first consideration, and next to put our prices as low as good reliale seed can be sold. DISCOUNTS.-On all orders for seeds in packets the puchaser may select twenty-five cents' worth extra for each one dollar sent us. This refers only to seeds in packets, not in bulk. Each year we put up thousands of packets of seeds for free distribution among our customers, by adding liberally of them to orders. We will allow you a discount of ten cents per pound on vegetable seeds, such as are listed as prepaid, if you are willin gto have them sent by express or freight at your expense. SMALL ORDERS. PLANT ORDERS. WHAT WE GUARANTEE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT WARRANTING. MARKET GARDENERS. PREPAID RAILROAD STATIONS. FOREING ORDERS. WE ARE PLEASED TO RECEIVE SAMPLES OF NEW, RARE OR SUPERIOR SEEDS YOU MAY SEND US FOR TRIAL	2 [image top: rock Established 1870] 1870-193 Thirtythree Years of Successful Business! DES MOINES, lOWA, January, 1903. Hearty Greetings and Good Wishes Are hereby elf tended to our Friends and Customers who have favored us with their orders during the past year and thus helped us to have the best and most prosperous season that we have ever experienced. Thirty-three years, A Third of a Century, is a long time and this long continued success proves that there is a feeling of growing confidence on the part of the public, in our establishment, for without it we could not succeed. We shall strive to continue to'merit your confidence and approval by using every effort to secure the best results in growing and selecting the choicest, purest and most reliable seeds and prove to you that our motto, "Only one quality, THE BEST," is well taken. We know that our Choice Iowa Seeds are unsurpassed. that our prices are right and our promptness and care in filling orders make many friends, In almost every neighborhood in America our seeds are known and used and our highest ambition is to deserve the title which has been applied to as, namely: "SEEDSMEN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" Read What Prominent Men Say. They are a proof of merit. Such testimonials cannot be bought. "I have bought seeds of you for several years past and have found them very satisfactory. I have used them on my own farm and also sold them to others and have had no complaint. Have also purchased some, from other firms, but could not depend on them as on yours."-R. J. Johnson, Humboldt,Iowa, President Iowa State Agricultural Society. I am pleased to state that all seeds, both garden and field, that I have bought of your firm during the past twelve years have been perfectly satisfactory, and I am always pleased to recommend the Iowa Seed Company to any and all who are in need of anything in their line."-M. J. Wragg, Waukee, Iowa, President Iowa State Horticulutural Society. The gardening public and farmers everywhere are requested to thoroughly examine all parts of this book, which we have enlarged, thoroughly revised and rewritten this year and tried to make of practical value to everyone. Notice the many new and improved varieties which we are offering this year and instead of devoting your entire crop to the old sorts, we are sure that it will pay you to add both to the quality and yield by planting the newer kinds that we recommend. We grow our own seeds, either on our own plare or have them grown from carefully selected stock, seeds and it requires the entire seed crop from about 6,200 acres to supply our trade. The soil and climate of Iowa are specially adapted to growing and maturing most seed crops, still there are some varieties which will produce better seed in other 'localities and we spend a large part of the summer and fall in traveling around among our growers inspecting the growing crop. Again thanlking you for past favors, respectfully soliciting a continuance of your patronage and wishing you a happy and prosperous new year, we remain, Your friends, IOWA SEED COMPANY. M . KURTZWEIL, President. CHAS. N. PAGE, Treasurer and Manager. KIND WORDS FROM OLD FRIENDS Very few Seed Dealers can Equal this Record. I have bought seeds every year from your company since 1871, after Mr. Fuller started the business at Des Moines; have always found your seeds good. -W. S. Maxwell, Lawndale, Texas. I have been a customer of the Iowa Seed Co. since 1875 and always intend to be so long as they prove as satisfactory as in the past. Both they and their seeds are reliable.- J.C. Jessup, Fairmount, Indiana. This is my 29th year getting seeds from your firm and they are all O.K. We are back in "Peerless Old Iowa," again after four years in California and eight years in Arkansas.-Bryant Graves, Lenox, Iowa. SUGGESTIONS TO CUSTOMERS ORDER EARLY. SHIPPING.-There are five express companies and fifteen railroad lines at Des Moines, so that quick shipments can be made to any town in the United States. It is well to remember that express charges are usually much higher on heavy goods, and you should order them sent by fast freight. CHARGES PREPAID. OUR PRICES. DISCOUNTS. SMALL ORDERS. PLANT ORDERS. WHAT WE GUARANTEE. OUR RESPONSIBILITY ABOUT WARRANTING. MARKET GARDENERS. PREPAID RAILROAD STATIONS. FOREING ORDERS. WE ARE PLEASED TO RECEIVE SAMPLES OF NEW, RARE OR SUPERIOR SEEDS YOU MAY SEND US FOR TRIAL

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