Garden Vegetable Seed Ordering Information and Customer Service

Garden Seed Ordering Information

Guarantee and Conditions of Sale
We want our customers to be 100% satisfied with our seeds. If you note a defect in our seeds, please notify us within 30 days of the discovery and no later than within one year of purchase. We will replace the dissatisfactory seed in kind or refund the purchase price according to your preference. Peters Seed & Research (PSR) warrants only that our seeds are labeled in conformance with the Federal Seed Act. No other warranty is expressed or implied. PSR disclaims any warranty of merchantability, of fitness of purpose, or otherwise, of the seed or crops grown from such seeds. PSR limits its remedy to the purchase price paid for its seeds or products. By placing and accepting a seed order, the customer agrees to all these terms and conditions.

Payment Methods
We accept personal checks & money orders.

You can also order on the Internet and pay with any major credit or debit card. Just use the online section found here.

Delivery Method
We ship seed by the most economical way, either by US Postal Service or United Parcel Service (UPS).
Post Office Box Customers
Please include a street address, road name, state route number, or daytime telephone number so that UPS can locate you.
Prices and Quantities
We reserve the right to change prices and seed quantities without notice.
Customer Service
If you have a question about your seed order, please write to us. To locate your seed order, we'll need the approximate date of your order, complete mailing address and phone number. We'll contact you by phone or mail. Also, Please keep a dated copy of your seed order.

Restrictions on Sale of Seed
We label and test our seeds in accordance with the Federal Seed Act. Because state and local seed regulations are subject to change and may differ from the Federal Seed Act, we reserve the right to limit or refuse sale in any locality or state, or to specify that the seed be used for non- sowing purposes only (such as genetic preservation, exchange, preparation of seed extracts, garden research, etc.).

For more information about our garden seeds please contact us at

Supporting Members

What does your supporting member fee do? It helps us fund many unique & important research projects & small seed productions. The results of these are seen throughout the garden catalog. Many varieties are held exclusively for supporting members because the seed is in short supply & we feel that those who help make the research & seed production possible, should be the first to benefit, if anyone does. Thanks for being a supporting member, you make a difference in what we can do and offer in our garden seed catalog.

Supporting Member Benefits:

1. Unique and valuable new open-pollinated seeds exclusively available from us to you. Varieties you can save seed of for your own purposes, except seed sales.
2. Technical support. Do you have a garden related question? Interested in seed-saving or perhaps some other garden issue about a vegetable crop?
3. Breeding Services. We can produce F1's, back-crosses, inbreds, gene pools or whatever type of seed is reasonable and that you want. The cost of these seed services is in addition to the supporting member fee.
Note: Write us to see if what you want or would like can be arranged; we may be able to accommodate you.

To become a supporting member of Peters Seed & Research's breeding program, please enclose the applicable non-refundable membership fee as follows:

1. $20.00 / year for commercial vegetable growers and/or seed companies.

2. $5.00 / year for home gardeners.

The membership fee is good for only one year and will be considered valid for only one year.

The fee can be sent to us along with your seed order; which may include the varieties designated for members only by this symbol.

Why Grow a Garden?

...and why store up enough of one harvest to last until the next?

Here is a personal experience that shocked me into taking unknown possibilities more seriously and which encouraged me to hedge against them by cultivating greater self sufficiency. Some 20 years ago I was beginning my work to develop a school farm at a secondary school in a large African country. The idea was to provide the school with a greater self-sufficiency and among other things, encourage an appreciation of agriculture. My work had not progressed far when the nation was thrown into turmoil of a currency change. Instantly food, fuel, and medical supplies became priceless in terms of money. And, in the months that followed, unless you had a producing vegetable garden or a good stash of food, or fuel, or medical supplies you just plain suffered. I learned that cities are not good places to be when a crises like that occurs (unless you like trouble with a capital "T") Cities were the centers of riot, thievery, and suffering. Out of that experience, like I indicated before, came a greater realization of the value self-sufficiency and preparation have. We go to great lengths to prepare for earthquakes, hurricanes, medical problems and accidents, why not things like this? Perhaps you will never experience such rugged times (I believe you will) but it wouldn't hurt to have some preparation, would it? ...just in case? Remember 1929? ...yeah, I don't either but I know what happened to me 20 years ago. That garden I want you to grow. Why not enjoy it, enjoy it, and if a crisis comes, hey! maybe you'll be eating.

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