THE MEANING OF “ NORTHERN GROWN” 
Mark Twain once said that in New England he counted 136 different 
kinds of weather in a twenty-four hour period. 
This somewhat exaggerated statement, however, carries with it tre¬ 
mendous importance from the standpoint of seed stock grown within the 
confines of its area or in countries and latitudes of like climatic conditions. 
Only seed produced under temperatures difficult to the average situation can 
• be expected to prove their parentage by vigorous and unusual growth. Thus 
Northern Grown seeds excel in the average garden in comparison to those 
brought up under a less sturdy background. 
Emerson Seeds are grown 
for you in northern areas 
throughout New England, 
the United States and 
Europe and only those 
growers noted for their 
outstanding merit as such 
can serve you through us. 
Under our own supervi¬ 
sion we also raise seeds in 
Maine, New Hampshire 
and Vermont and they 
must be governed by treat¬ 
ment most likely to give 
you purest, true-to-type, 
A Field of Emerson’s Seed Beans vigOrOUS Seed Stock. 
Please be assured, therefore, that in our labeling of seeds under the 
Emerson Brand, you will secure a quality more or less unusual in your com¬ 
parison with others. Emerson’s Seeds cost more to produce but they in 
turn will pay the grower dividends in true crop satisfaction. 
In our warehouse stocks, too, there is an absence of anything bearing 
low test character and which might possibly result to our mutual detriment. 
That is why, from one year to another, they unwaveringly give high satis¬ 
faction. 
This year don’t merely ask for good seeds, rather ask for Emerson’s 
Northern Grown brands and know that you have the best. 
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