. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. "r~ /?•-•.-li TT Ab«u«t 19, 1915. The Florists^ Review 75 Burpee's Winter-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, Originated at Fordhook Farms and Grown at Floradale Farm. Absolutely fixed—true to color and type. We began hybridizing the original Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas, namely, Burpee's Earliest of AH (Christmas Pink), Burpee's Earliest White, Burpee's Earliest Sunbeams and Burpee's Re-selected Earliest of All, with the finest varieties of the summer-flowering Spen- cers, at our FORDHOOK FARMS in 1909. It is, however, quite a slow process to thorou
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. "r~ /?•-•.-li TT Ab«u«t 19, 1915. The Florists^ Review 75 Burpee's Winter-flowering Spencer Sweet Peas, Originated at Fordhook Farms and Grown at Floradale Farm. Absolutely fixed—true to color and type. We began hybridizing the original Winter-Flowering Sweet Peas, namely, Burpee's Earliest of AH (Christmas Pink), Burpee's Earliest White, Burpee's Earliest Sunbeams and Burpee's Re-selected Earliest of All, with the finest varieties of the summer-flowering Spen- cers, at our FORDHOOK FARMS in 1909. It is, however, quite a slow process to thoroughly "true" and "fix" these seedlings, and it being against the principles of our business to put any novelty on the market in an unfixed condition, we are offering only two varieties at present. The stocks of these we know to be absolutely fixed, true to color and type. After our crops are harvested we may be in a position to offer, in a limited way, several other winter- flowering novelties, particulars of which will be found in Burpee's Annual for 1916. FORDHOOK PINK^^rs^'aSftl? Fordhook Farms in 1909. The color is a beauti- ful shade of rose-piuk on white ground; the coloring deepening towards the edge of the standard and wings. The flowers are of largest size, exquisitely waved and usually produced in threes and fours oa long stems. Uasurpassed for cut flower trade. Awarded Certificate of Merit at the Spring Show of the Pennsyl- vania Horticultur&l Society, Philadelphia, March 23, 1915. In sealed packets containing twelve seeds each. Per pkt., 25 cents; ^ oz., $; ^ oz., ; per oz., $ FORDHOOK ROSE YARRAWA The result of a cross made at our Fordhook Farms in 1910. This lovely novelty is a charming shade of rosy-carmine. The flowers are of largest size and usually borne in threes and fours on long, stiff stems. Awarded Certificate of Merit at the International Show, New York, March 20, 1914, and at the Spring Show of the Pennsylva
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