Excerpt from A. Washburn and Sons

When we consider the varieties we desire to sell, we are careful to investigate flavor, productiveness, appearance, and shipping qualities. Every variety is carefully judged in the light of these four qualities and has to make a satisfactory showing in each of them. We are sure that our selections will satisfy our customers as well as they satisfy us.

To persons who are not acquainted with us, let us say that, in addition to seeds, we handle fruits - those which grow on bushes as well as those which are produced on trees. That the artistic side of the home should not be neglected, we have a carefully selected list of shrubs, hedge plants, shade trees, and vines. We furnish not only flowers and shrubs, but we plant them for you if you desire it. If you wish it, we can furnish your grounds completely with beautiful flowers and shrubs of all kinds. We can do every part of this from the planning to the actual planting. Our landscape experience has been gathered over the course of ten years, and those customers who have used our services in the past have expressed great satisfaction with the results.

Of course, we are able to continue in business only because pe0p1e who have dealt with us in the past feel that our stocks and our services are as good or better than others who might be serving them. You may be sure that the customers we have are no less particular in any respect than you are, and we are sure that if you give us an opportunity to demonstrate the quality of our seeds and the ability of our landscape men, we will next year be able to include you among the list of our regular customers.

Although war gardens are now a thing of the past, many of our customers gained from them a lesson of health and cheaper living that will not readily be forgotten. The present high prices of fresh vegetables do not seem to warrant a discontinuance of any training which the war garden may have afforded. The only possible remedy for the high cost of living and the present inflation of currency lies in increased production. The chance to get increased production is given to us all in at least one way - the vegetable garden. Let us not miss this great Opportunity to help a good cause and incidentally get healthy exercise and a cheaper livelihood.

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