Once For All 



Let's Settle This ''Locally Grown" Aro^ument 



f^THER day. \vc received a letter from a 



man in Chicago. 

 It said, among other things, "Your seeds 

 did remarkably well, much to my surprise, 

 for I was told I could do nothing with 

 English seeds in this climate." 



Now, we've heard that statement before. . 

 .And we've had similar letters 

 from every civilized country in 

 (he world. 



And from many that aren't civi- 

 lized. From Northern Canada 

 and Southern South .America; 

 from the veldt of the Transvaal, 

 and the plateaus of Thibet, and 

 the steppes of Russia. Letters telling of suc- 

 cessful gardens grown from Sutton's Seeds. 



We Wrote to Every Experiment Station 

 in the United States 



So we knew, when we began selling Sultott's 

 Seeds in the United States, that they would 

 grow. We knew, because of what Sutton's 

 Seeds had done in other parts of the world; 

 and we knew from the results that many 

 private gardeners, who took the Sutton Seed 

 habit across the seas with them, were get- 

 ting in some of America's finest estates. 



But we wanted to get all the evidence we 

 could in the case. We wanted to settle, once 

 for all, the general principle, whether it is 

 important to have seed locally grown or not. 

 So we wrote to the Directors of all the 

 Experiment Stations in the United States. 



The replies we received, were 

 almost unanimous in agreeing 

 that it is more important to 

 grow seeds of vegetables and 

 iiowers where tlicy reach the 

 highest degree of perfection, 

 than to grow tliem near where 

 they are to be planted. 



And the great importance of having care- 

 fully selected, thoroughly fixed strains was 

 emphasized with equal unanimity. Sowing 

 seeds there's any question about, makes 

 painful and l>roIitle.'*s gardening. 



American Seeds Not "Locally Grown" 



Another thing that was pointed out was that 

 practically no vegetable or flower seeds sold 

 in America arc grown in the locality where 

 they are sold. 



They are grown where soil and climate con- 

 ditions favor the production of the differ- 

 ent seed crops— largely in California— J,000 

 miles from the Eastern sea-board, the garden 

 spot of the United States, 'nie fact that 

 they are sold locally cannot, of course, affect 

 their growth! 



'Many European grown seeds— such as celery 

 and carrots from France, and cabbage and 

 cauliflower from Scandinavia — have been 

 bought, by American seedsmen, as the best 

 that could be had. Much of the flower seed 

 before the war was imported from Germany. 

 Seed growing has been so largely sectional- 

 ized, because conditions permitting a slow, 

 natural, long season of growth and unhurried 

 maturity produce the best seeds. Such are 

 the condition.s where our seed crops grow. 

 And you c.in rest assured they will grow 

 for you, as well as they have for the fol- 

 lowing, who have, unsolici- 

 ted, sent us these reports: 

 "The results I have ob- 

 tained from your seeds, 

 both Vegetable and Flower, 

 warrant my saying that 

 they cannot be excelled, 

 and certainly are n o t 

 equalled by any that can 

 be procured locally." Dr. Robert E. Rose, 

 Ph. D.. Seattle, Washington. 

 "On my very hard soil, your seeds give bet- 

 ter results than any I have ever tried," 

 Mrs. J. B. Mason, Durham, North Carolina. 



"I have had better results from your seeds 

 than from any others I have ever tried," 

 Miss Constance Emery, Portland, Maine. 



"I have taken first prize for Tomatoes for 

 four consecutive years at our State fair, from 

 your seeds. Last Fall I had 83 Competitors," 

 Mr. R. M. Greig, Anaconda, Montana. 



"Your seeds were exceptionally fine— the 

 best we have ever bad." Mrs. F. N. Double- 

 day, Oyster Bay, I^ong Island. 



The Sutton Catalogue— a treasure trove of 

 fresh garden material— with complete cul- 

 tural directions,— is sent for 35 cents, which is 

 returned with an order for $5. To you, who 

 are gardeners, we will send it free if you 

 will enclose your employer's letter head. 

 Our booklet "SEEDS" is full of seed-facts 

 you should know. It's sent for the asking. 



Siilton'.s Seeds: Bred by Sultons for more than a century. 

 Deniuiiileil In tlie best gardeners of five continents. 



The S. T. Blake Co. 

 431-C Sacramento St. 

 San Francisco, Calif. 



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GICO "• ^- Winter & Co. 



66- C Wall St. 

 New York City 



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