. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoip. The American Florist 53 EngfUsb Sweet Pea Trials. On July IG the writer visited the trial grounds at the University Col- lege gardens, Reading, where Komo 850 rows of sweet peas, each row about six feet long, were growing tor trial under the auspices of the Na- tional Sweet Pea Society of England. Unfortunately the weather was not of the best. It had ben raining very heavily from 3 or 4 In the morning tin about midday, with the result that waving standards In the breeze were obviously of a more sturdy and m
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igoip. The American Florist 53 EngfUsb Sweet Pea Trials. On July IG the writer visited the trial grounds at the University Col- lege gardens, Reading, where Komo 850 rows of sweet peas, each row about six feet long, were growing tor trial under the auspices of the Na- tional Sweet Pea Society of England. Unfortunately the weather was not of the best. It had ben raining very heavily from 3 or 4 In the morning tin about midday, with the result that waving standards In the breeze were obviously of a more sturdy and more attractive type than those that lay limp and bedraggled by the rain. The novelties, of course, were one of the chief features of the trials, and Ihey were keenly ovc'rhauled Ui him; If they were In any way an Improve- ment upon their predecessors. Unfor- tunately many were unnamed, being simply recorded under number with the raiser or sender's name. So far. FINE BANK OF THE CHEROKEE ROSE, ROEDING PARK, FRESNO, CALIF. the flowers did not appear at their best and many varieties presented a weak, straggling appearance, the re- verse of attractive. Combined with this were the effects of the wretchedly cold and rainy weather that has been prevailing since the end of May, when the season fairly broke up. About 40 experts in sweet peas at- tended to record their impressions of the trials—many coming a distance of 150 miles. The champion long-dis- tance expert, however, was John Bodger of John Bodger & Sons, whole- sale seed growers of Gardena, Calif., with whom I had the pleasure of a chat. I gathered from Mr. Bodger that we were no better In England than were the California growers, so far as the rogues that appeared in al- most every variety were concerned: but the English growers were at a great disadvantage in regard to the climate, that of California being more or less stable, while that of England consists of mere "samples" varying every 24 hours almost. In r
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