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WHAT IS THIS?What is this thing you’re reading right now? We’ve struggled for years for the rightterm for our catalog. It’s not actually a catalog, having no prices and no descriptions.It’s too large for a pamphlet. Would that make it a pamph? Is it a brochure...notsure. We could call it a roster but that could foster a sports allusion. If we called it alist we would miss the gist of what it’s all about. Printed matter sounds strange andhorticultural compendium is way too stuffy. A booklet implies that it’s almost a bookwhich in turn implies literature, which this certainly is not. I guess we’ll just have tocall this ‘The Papery Thing with the Words and Stuff’. That’s got a nice ring to it.TEAM WORKThe way we see it, customers and staff are all on the same team and we both haveimportant jobs.YOUR JOBS• Come here with a smile• Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing• Ask questions so you can be successful gardenersOUR JOBS• Come here with a smile• Wear proper shoes and appropriate clothing (Baker’s Acres shirts)• Answer questions so you can be successful gardenersHey, wait a minute. These two lists are almost the same. The big difference is youguys get the best parking spaces.PRICESThere are no prices in this catalog. That’s because we don’t know what they are yet.Too many factors are yet to be determined in our price making process, not the leastof which is the price of oil. How does that affect flowers? Most of our pots and flatsare made of plastic, which is made from oil. We heat with propane (an oil product)and many of our starter plants are shipped from points across the nation requiring jetfuel, diesel and gasoline, although we make every effort to buy locally or regionally.With the price of oil high and going up and down, it’s just too hard to set a price rightnow. We will make every effort to keep things within reason and you can be assuredthat our prices will be very fair while our quality will remain high. We certainlyare not out to gouge anyone but we do need to make a profit to stay in business.Otherwise we’d have to go out and get real jobs.TABLE OF CONTENTSHardy Perennials Page 1Shrubbery Page 14Annuals and Tropicals in Pots Page 18Annuals in Flats Page 35Vegetables Page 39Herbs Page 42The Not Quite All Night Extravaganza Page 4Feed Me Page 8More Crucial Must-Read Information Page 45-47Funniest Joke Page 6