1 BHBIHnHMHMnKW @ ® is D. IU. FERRY G GO'S 1900 SEED ANNUAL. -^WW^ N preparing this book for the public, we have aimed to make it a compendium of knowledge useful to every gardener, farmer and seed dealer in America. No expense or pains have been spared to I make it absolutely accurate in every detail. The descriptions have been prepared by some of the best horticulturists and scientific gardeners in the country, and so successful have their efforts been that former editions have been used by several agricultural colleges as auxiliary text books. Theje methods are in accord with our general plan of business. It is bad policy to lie. Our phenomenal success is strong evidence that people appreciate honesty. Our unequaled facilities enable us to know more about the seed business than any other concern in this country, and we have never advertised a novelty that we did not believe to be all that was claimed for it. We know of no seed house in which as great care is exercised in growing aud testing its goods as in ours, nor do we think it possible for us to be more careful in our work. Our seeds are the standard of purity. "Just as good as Ferry's" is rightly considered by many to be the highest praise one can give rival brands. Do notibe deluded into buying inferior seeds. Every year quantities of poorly grown, carelessly rogued and1 even worthless seeds are offered for sale. Our prices are as low as is consistent with good quality, but our motto will continue to be: "The best is always the cheapest. Reliable seeds cannot be afforded at half prloe." OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE SEEDS BY MEASURE. ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL and over ORDER. We do not send C. 0. D., as the coat of collecting sold at BUSHEL RATES; FOUR QUARTS and over up to one- return charges is quit** an unnecessary item of expense, quarter bushel sold at FOUR-QUART RATES: less than FOUR and the prices being given, we can conceive of no necessity QUARTS sold at QUART OR PINT RATES. to warrant goods being so sent. SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply HALF POUND and over at POUND RATES; less than HALF POUND lots are charged at HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances mav be made OUNCE, TWO-OUNCE Or QUARTER-POUND RATES; 25 LBS. and OV6T AT OUR RISK by any of the following methods, viz.: POSTAL at 100 LB. RATES WHEN QUOTED. MONEY ORDER, DRAFT ON NEW YORK OR CHICAGO OR,(EXPRKSS COMPANY'S MONEY ORDER. BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express to tlie amount of two bushels, 20 CENTS must be added for a Money Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to new bag in which to ship. remit. We will bear the expense of sending money in either SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce­ of these ways. Deduct the cost of the order from amount ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at ALL offices packets to the value of Si .IB and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send of the principal Express Companies. They are CHEAP and $2.00; for $3.60 send $3.00: for £4.85 send $4.00; for $6.15 send ABSOLUTELY SAFE. When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing $5.00; for $12.50 send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should to seeds in PACKETS ONLY, and at CATALOGUE PRICES, and NOT be prepaid, and if local checks are used, 25 cents must be to seeds by weight or measure. added to cover the cost of collection. NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. We frequently receive letters containing money and orders, FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES, PACKETS, which we cannot fill because the sender has FAILED TO SIGN OUNCES, TWO OUNCES, QUARTER POUNDS or POUNDS, ordered at list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. HIS NAME OR THE P. O. ADDRESS is omitted, and the post mark Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how pounds or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope may deduct 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue whenever you can. filling out the blank and signing your name, on all seeds quoted by tlie pound or less. and you will have no cause to censure us. GUARANTEE. Complaints made that, seeds are not good, PINTS AND QUARTS. pmrs, QUARTS and FOUR QUARTS, should quite as often be attributed to other causes as to the ordered at list prices, FIFTEEN CENTS PER QUART, TEN CENTS quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies PER PINT, must be added for postage or express charges, and continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving they will then be sent free. satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the PECK, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED POUND LOTS, where plants as soon as or before they appear; wet weather, cold PECK. BUSHEL or HUNDRED POUND lots are ordered, we deliver weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by free at depot or express office in Detroit, Mich., the freight or temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable express charges to oe paid by the party ordering. to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. f59""Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be we give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, sent by freight or express to such great distances that the purity, productiveness, or any other matter of am/ seeds we cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the the goods, we must decline to ship unless purchasers remit us. crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these In addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to prepay terms they are at once to be returned. transportation charges. When this requirement is not com­ plied with, we reserve the right of declining the order and D. M. FERRY & CO. returning money to the person ordering. DETROIT. MICH.. Jan. 1, 1900. r- a. E*°£ Ui o UJ —I • ^ > 5 P m i= 5 C £3: a Ola: ^ Ul "*=" o- (0 (J Ur . -Z mZ tp QJ -y (f> CC is l/> to >. o. Q. en O O Ul1 /v -e — •»; ra c c c ^ ' Oa y> S QJ "TO UJ cr tD .0 kl 0 u in © u «#• -ift- e o a. < 2 a >• >- Li u J y- I- © 3C >• -i. O o o Z to 1/5 z: UJ > CO «jj uu < >— cr u. z: i— <c. in % y< =3 e s UJ o CJ s (fl UJ (J) X < ft. Ik < J 0 03 (fl Ul in UJ u z < \- z z J J IZ 0 <s t- ui .. i/) UJ 03 !&v$§^ * Ul O i rr a. 0) D LU h Z < CO UJ -J o h < o CO UJ < 2 J .3 .5 D. M. FKIIRY & CO., DETROIT, MICH. Jones' Stringless Wax BEAN.... A FINE WHITE SEEDED VARIETY WITH ROUND, STR1NO.LESS PODS OF UNSURPASSED BEAUTY AND QUALITY. This is the result of crossing a white seeded go it with, the Yosemite, thiis developing the good qualities of that variety to a superlative degl and eliminating its faults shy hearing and i m | >. -II . •• • i pods. The Jones' Stringless Wax is wonderfully productive of uniformly well shaped and handsome pods. The plant is exceedingly hardy, rustproof and productive. It matures the long, round, fleshy, stringless pods very early and ripens its crop of seed earlier than the earliest of our field beans, so that it will proves valuable soil for the larni as well as the garden. The ripe heans are salable as No. 1 Medium and are of superior quality for culinary use. This Feature makes the sort of especial value to market gardeners, since, if for anv reason then' is no sale for t h as snaps, the value of the dry beans will make the crop a remunerative one. Every farmer and gardener should try it. See cut pine- ;.'. Pkt. I5ct, Pt. 50c; (Jt. 85c. An Exceedingly Hardy, Productive, White Seeded, Wax Podded Sort. One of the Best for Canners. It is just what they want, a long, straight, clear white pod, which does not discolor in canning. For full descr-iption see page IS. Pkt. 10o; Pt. 80c; (Jt. 16c; 4 Qts. $1.60; Bushel $8.60 ...DETROIT DARK RED TURNIP BEET... The best deep red turnip beet, not only ior market gardeners, but for the home garden as well. Investigation will generally prove that the finest formed and handsomest colored turnip beets found in any market are grown from our stock of Detroit Dark Red Turnip. Certainly no other stock can equal it in the uniformity aud beauty of the crop produced, and no gardener who plants it once will feel that he can afford to use any other.