Excerpt from Catalogue and Price List: Small Fruit Plants 1904

Ordering. Our customers will find it much to their advantage to order early and to have their plants shipped early. Those who order early will get What they want, while late comers are frequently disappointed in finding that some varieties are sold out. Early in the, season plants are dormant and will stand digging and shipping much better than after growth has started. Plants are also lighter and express charges are less. If you cannot set the plants When they arrive, heel then in, that is, plant them a few inches apart in a temporary bed; they can then be transplanted, with the earth adhering, with, scarcely any damage. In this way the plants are at hand for permanent planting just when the grower wants them, and he can take advantage of every favorable circumstance. Plants heeled in early and transplanted later are much more valuable than those received late and at once planted in the permanent beds.

Packing and shipping. As We hold no plants over winter in cellars, we cannot fill orders until plants can be dug - generally about March 1sth, April Ist. We then fill them in the order in which they are received, unless requested to fill them at a specified time.

Our plants are carefully dug, thoroughly trimmed, tied in bunches of twenty-five, labeled and packed in the best possible manner. We warrant that plants shipped by mail or express before May Ist will reach their desti nation safely. In case they fail to do so, we Will, if notified promptly and upon proper proof, refund the money or replace the plants; but will not be held responsible for any further damage.

We ship by express unless requested by purchaser to ship otherwise. All express companies carry nursery stock at a discount from the usual rates of ordinary merchandise. We have sent a great many plants long distances by freight and had them go safely and arrive at their destination in good con dition, but we cannot guarantee them to reach their destination in good con dition when so shipped.

Terms - Our terms are: No order booked without a remittance; bal ance before shipment. All plants will be put up in the best manner in boxes, crates or baskets with no extra charge to purchaser and delivered F. O. B. At Bridgman.

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