. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist, 1141. SWEET PEA ASTA OHN SPENCER. grounds and on our own came aD^sO- lutely true except for one sport and that was a white-seeded white Spen- cer of which there was fully 5 to 8 per cent. Examination of the seed left over from planting showed that there was not a single white seed in the lot. We have allowed a few plants of this white to stand,—mark- ing same to see whether we should have to lose all faith in being able to tell when in bloom a white-seeded white from a black-seeded whit
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igio. The American Florist, 1141. SWEET PEA ASTA OHN SPENCER. grounds and on our own came aD^sO- lutely true except for one sport and that was a white-seeded white Spen- cer of which there was fully 5 to 8 per cent. Examination of the seed left over from planting showed that there was not a single white seed in the lot. We have allowed a few plants of this white to stand,—mark- ing same to see whether we should have to lose all faith in being able to tell when in bloom a white-seeded white from a black-seeded white. With the splendid work now being done by the National Sweet Pea So- ciety, of England, seconded by our own new American Sweet Pea So- ciety growers generally are awaken- ing to the fact that the fair fame of new introductions in the Spencer type rests largely with them in being able to restrain their enthusiasm for at least a year after they consider they have sufficiently established a new color ready for introduction. The seed of sweet peas of the true Spencer type can never be produced nearly so cheaply as the grandiflora type. The roguing that is necessary Is not merely to remove off colors, but also to see that the type be not allowed to deteriorate to the grandi- flora form. While most free bloom- ing the true Spencers have the unfor- tunate characteristic of dropping the majority of their blooms without set- ting pods. So noticeable is this that the Gardeners' Chronicle, of London, last September, said, "It would not be an exaggeration to say that some of the choicest Spencers do not yield a tenth of what the old varieties do, and this in a favorable ; If the Spencer type of sweet pea is to maintain and extend its present popularity, growers generally must aim at quality and be satisfied with a much smaller quantity of seed from a given area than has ever been rec- ognized as a good crop of the older types. This paper is already longer than intended
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