WiNTER-PLOWERING SwEET PeAS 637 



MONT BLANC 



Originated by Bemary, 1900. Donated by Boddington. 



Description in brief — Medium size, pure white, open-form, notched 



standard, midseason, dwarf growth. 

 Comparison — Similar to Florence E. Denzer. 



TELEMLY WHITE 



Originated by . Donated by Paul. 



Description in brief — Medium size, pure white, notched standard, mid- 

 season variety of dwarf growth. 



Remark — This variety has white seeds and germinated very poorly, 

 giving two plants from ten seeds. 



Comparison — Similar to Florence E. Denzer. 



TELEMLY WHITE 



Originated by Arkwright. Donated by Arkwright. 



Description in brief — Large size, pure white, open-form, notched standard, 



midseason variety, of tall, vigorous growth. 

 Remark — This white contains a variety of hooded form similar to Dorothy 



Eckford. 

 Comparison — During both seasons this variety was distinctly larger 



than any other white variety. 



EARLIEST WHITE 



White (Black seed) 



Originated by Gould. Sent out by Burpee, 1906. Donated by Boddington. 



Description in brief — Medium size, pure white, notched standard, dwarf 

 growth. Valuable because of its extreme earliness. 



Description in detail — Fully open flower milk-white 2-3 (11); wings and 

 standard have no trace of color except in the young bud. Open-form, 

 flat, notched standard, wings long and broad. Flowers one to three 

 on short medium stems, substance good, fragrant. An early and free 

 bloomer. Plant dwarf, under six feet, begins to bloom when eighteen 

 inches high. Leaflets dark green, narrow, and pointed. Seed large, 

 round, and black. 



Remark — Both seasons, under glass, this variety and its synonyms were 

 three weeks earlier than any other variety, and in the open ground 

 they were one week earlier than Mont Blanc. 



Comparison — This variety is similar to Snowbird and Watchung. 



