Cuthbertson Sweet Peas 
have met the test! 
This brand new type of a well-loved flower, developed 
and introduced by us in 1947, has definitely passed the 
experimental stage. It has proved to be, as predicted, 
the most important development in the modern world 
of flowers. 
Ever since home gardeners have had a chance to grow 
the Cuthbertson type, letters have come from every 
part of the country, telling of their success and pleasure 
in raising these outstanding sweet peas. The letters are 
amazingly similar in stressing unusual length of stem, 
large blossom size, beautiful colors, long blooming pe- 
riod, and notable resistance to heat in those areas where 
summer strikes hard without warning. Some have par- 
ticularly mentioned the delightful fragrance. 
The scene on the front cover is typical of many that 
have been revealed to us in word pictures by home 
gardeners who have grown Cuthbertson sweet peas suc- 
cessfully. While in certain areas the vines grow taller 
than in others, vigor is one of the most valuable char- 
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Here’s a letter to Flower Grower Magazine, typical of 
many received: 
6702 Windsor Ave. 
Berwyn, Illinois 
Editor, Flower Grower 
Re: Cuthbertson Sweet Peas 
Dear Sir: 
Until 1947 I had never seen a home-grown sweet pea. 
Up to then I had tried nearly every variety offered— 
the big Spencers would come up fast and burn out; the 
others would linger, and linger, and linger, and die. 
So, invested in about half a dozen of the Ferry packets, 
giving a few to friends. On my knees, planting, I was 
still the most skeptical sweet pea trier-outer in the Chicago 
area. But when the big, colorful, fragrant blooms covered 
the wiry stems, and every morning meant another task 
of picking literally armfuls of long-stemmed, dancing 
airy blossoms, then I suddenly realized that I had grown 
sweet peas. 
And, if you are conversant with Chicago weather, you 
know how I felt. 
P. F. Anderson 
Cuthbertson sweet peas have unusually long stems and 
large blossoms 
acteristics in helping to make this new sweet pea so 
superior to the older types. 
Turn to page 29 for a list of lovely shades and tints 
and their fascinating names. All of them can be secured 
through your local Ferry’s Seed dealer. If he happens to 
be temporarily out of some of them, he will order for you. 
Planting time for sweet peas differs considerably in 
different parts of the country. For best results consult 
the list of localities at the bottom of page 16, and sow the 
seed at the time suggested for your particular locality. 
Look for this emblem which ap- 
pears on every Ferry s Seed packet 
of Cuthbertson Sweet Peas and 
all other packets of vegetable and 
flower seed of Ferry-Morse intro- 
duction 
