. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ianksgiving trade. September sowings produce the finest of flowers by in the open, they flower several weeks ahead of the Standard or Summer-floweringSpencers; yet they bloom quite as long as the Standard Spencers. Having a survey over the whole trade, we foresaw the splendid future of early winter-floweringvarieties years back. Since 1908 we have been crossing the Spencer flowering Sveet Peas withthe Burpee Early or Winter-flowering Grandiflora. The magnifice
. The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ianksgiving trade. September sowings produce the finest of flowers by in the open, they flower several weeks ahead of the Standard or Summer-floweringSpencers; yet they bloom quite as long as the Standard Spencers. Having a survey over the whole trade, we foresaw the splendid future of early winter-floweringvarieties years back. Since 1908 we have been crossing the Spencer flowering Sveet Peas withthe Burpee Early or Winter-flowering Grandiflora. The magnificent Australian variety,Yarrawa, has also been used as a parent flower in our recent crosses with results truly unique. The varieties below are all true, thoroughly fixed in type, and because of their unusual de-velopment in color, both as to beauty and distinctiveness, they will appeal strongly to yourtrade. Nine of these varieties were awarded nineteen Certificates of Merit by the following:Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Philadelphia; American Sweet Pea Society, SanFrancisco; The International Show, New Reduced one-half Rnrnpp^ Farlv Fnrli:)ntrp«« T*^^ flowers are immense in size,DUrpee S measuring two and one-half inches iniliuiiH-ter; they are waved or frilled, well placed on stiff stems andusually produced in threes and fours. The color is most attractive andpleasing. It is a bright rose-pink, becoming deeper toward the edges ofstandard and wings, graduallv softening in tone toward the center of theflower. y2 oz. 75., oz. .$, lb. $ Riirnooe Farlw I nvolinAcc The color is white, the entire flower Durpee s i:.ariy Loveliness \^^^^ suffused soft pink until it reaches the edges which are distinctly p-coteed with rose-pink. A flower of inmionsesize and great substance, beautifully waved and usually produced three orfour on the longest stout stems. Io oz. 75c., oz. $, lb. Burpees Early King .\ glowing, rich, brig
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