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HORTICULTURE 



January 27, 1906 



BURPIE'S EARLIE9T white,— /// contrast with "Mont Blanc" to the left,- see text belo.u. 



New Sweet Pea, - Burpee's Earliest White. 



Florists, who force Sweet Peas, can imagine our del ght when, two years ago, our friend, Mr. Thos. 



Goi'LD, of Ventura County, California, found that in a field of the Re-Selected Bur/tee's Earliest 

 of All, which he was growing lor us, one plant, -exac ly similar in a 1 other respects, -produced pure white 

 flowers. Needless to say thi- plant was car. full\ guarded, and by growing two crops each season we are now 

 able to introduce Burpee's Earliest White as the only white Sweet Pea that will be used for forcing 

 or extreme early crop — just as soon as its unique merits are known and sufficient seed can be obtained. 



RhMPO'Q FarNoct WhltO has been cartfulI y Ie ^led at Fordhook and the originator's crops thoroughly 

 UUipCC L Q\ I ICO I If IIIIC inspected in California during the seasons of 1904 and 1905. After returning 

 from our first visit the past season (in July) we wrote that of the new crop then starting (with Mont Blanc 

 alongside) we should like a photograph. On August 22, 190s. Mr. Thos. Goitd sent a photograph from which 

 the above Illustration has been reproduced, and wrote: 



" The crop planted July 12th came in bloom August 

 20th and is now quite white as a field with no sports 

 whatever sh wing. The habit is without exception un - 

 formly dwarf and even. The coloring is clear white 

 and the stock is of unusual sturdzness bolh in 

 germination and in growing qualities. The 

 plants of Mont Blanc, from the seed planted 

 the same day, •'re as yet showing no signs of 

 bloom. In this line I should remark 

 that in former test- wherein I quoted 

 the Mont Blanc as a white variety 

 next ^arlif-st bio merit related only 10 

 one or two plants in the lot 

 tested as c mpetitors. As 

 to the general blooming of 

 the two varieties ,ne Mont 

 Blanc was too far behind 

 for real consideration . 

 . . . . A description 

 of Burpee's ' Earliest of 

 A II ' excepting as to color 

 will correctly apply to this 

 new pea." 



Burpee's Earliest 



VUhito comes Into full bloom 

 W III I C forty-five days after 



the seed is t>la/-tcd in the ofen 

 ground. The dwaif plants, six- 

 teen to twe ty inches high, are clad in rich, dark-green 

 foliage and carry a profusion of the ///re white flowers 

 borne upon -trone stems six t ■ eieht inches ling Each 

 siem has two or three 1 f the fully-expande 1 well formed 

 flowers, of good size and placed close together. 



Burpee 



'c p2f llOCt WhltO ' S not 0n 'y as fxt ' e,ur h' '"' ly but a'so just as hardy as the famous pink 



the Only clear white Sweet Fen that has' 



Burpee's Earliest of All \\ h.-s black seed, — and is really 

 This insures a better stand, stroiger and more thrifty plants. 



RlimOO'c FnrllOCt UUhlto wl " be we '- ome d by florists for forcing, because there is no other v mety so 

 UUIuCC O Ldlllno! ft Nile quick-gr owing or rtre-cropping; excepting only The Re-selected Bur- 

 pee's Earliest of A 11, —the ear.i.st " pink and white." Like the latter, the plant-, under glass begin to bloom 

 freely when on y twelve inches i<igh and 1 ontinue to grow and flower profusely until, when six or eight feet 

 tall they reach the top of the greenhouse; th. plants can then be cut b»ck, if desired, and will make an equally 

 rigorous sec nd gr wth. /T rr * a All florists know, of course, that the regular varieties ot Tall Sweet Peas are of no 

 value whatever for fori ing, - if eaily flowers aie desired ' j <t 



RiirnnoV Eorlinet \A/hitn " so ^ °"h "* our original sealed packets,— - a"d only direct to 

 295<> DUIfJCC LdlllCOl flllllc planter*,- none to other seecsmen. The seed is all hand-picked and 

 every teed should grow. Per pkt. (of 40 seeds) 25 c's.. less one-third : 5 pkts. for 75 Cts net. Half size 

 t'ackets : Per pkt. (20 seeds) f 5 ctd : 2 pkts. for 25 cts. ; I0pkts.for75cts.net. 



RlimQQ'o D I it a I icf " fnr IQflfi is now ready to mail. This is our complete catalogue of whole- 

 DUIfJCGO D 1 1.1 C Llol I U I I JUO sale prices for the choicest flower seeds for florists and the finest 



vegetable seeds for market gardeners. Any florist or market gardener who does not receive a copy by February 

 1st, should apply for same immediately lit 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & GO., 



PHILADELPHIA. 



SEED TRADE. 



The dwelling house of W. R. Bishop, 

 seed merchant, Burlington, N. J., was 

 damaged by fire on the 21st inst. to the 

 extent of $800. 



Conrad Appel's Report. 



Conrad Appel's Darmstadt report on 

 the new crop of German tree seeds is 

 as follows: 



Quercus pedunculata. — A very small 

 crop, and prices have been higher than 

 years before. Quality satisfactory. 



Quercus Robur had no crop at all; 

 however, there are offered under that 

 mark common oaks, therefore the pur- 

 chaser must be very careful in buying. 



Quercus rubra had a plentiful yield, 

 and best quality is offered this season 

 at a low figure. 



Fagus sylvatica suffered under un- 

 favorable conditions of the weather, 

 but in December, beech's harvest 

 month, the dry, cool weather has been 

 of advantage for .the saving of the 

 seed. 



Most of the other deciduous tree 

 seeds gave poor results only, so the 

 two sorts of Acer, Norway maple and 

 sycamore, alder and white smooth 

 alder, birch, haws, ash and the two 

 limes (large and small-leaved). Horn- 

 beam are plentiful. Broom and furze 

 had a small crop only, and elms are a 

 perfect failure this year. 



Regarding the yield of the evergreen 

 tree seeds, Pinus strobus delivered this 

 year a good crop of cones, but the 

 produce of seeds were only small, and 

 seeds of highest growth will surely be 

 in strong demand. 



Pinus cembra is in good quality, 

 harvested and on the market at low 

 prices. 



Abies pectinata had a good average 

 crop, both in quantity and quality. 



The crop of Pinus sylvestris is only 

 beginning just now. and I expect it 

 will only yield an average crop. 



Picea excelsa has had a crop only in 

 districts that are remote from here, and 

 it is apparently quite a good result, 

 for which reason prices for good qual- 

 ity are low. 



Larix Europaea had only a small 

 crop in Tirol, and I expect it will ex- 

 perience a heavy demand this season. 



The other evergreen seed trees, as 

 Pinus Austriaca, Pinus maritima, 

 Pinus montana, Pinus laricio, for 

 which kinds the demand is only small, 

 had a satisfactory crop, and are offered 

 at normal prices. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Dingee & Conard Co., West Grove, 

 Pa., "1906 Guide to Rose Culture." 

 Roses in rich colors on a gold back- 

 ground adorn the cover, and hand- 

 some colored plates of roses, chrysan- 

 themums and hardy phloxes are in- 

 serted, making an attractive as well 

 as useful manual. 



Thomas Meehan & Sons, Inc., Gar- 

 mantown, Philadelphia, Pa., "Ornamen- 

 tal Hardy Plants of the Better Class." 

 A spray of "White Fringe" forms the 

 cover attraction and very sweet and 

 pretty it is. The contents are of the 

 right kind and written in just the 

 vein to make the garden owner long 

 for the spring time to come. 



H. E. Fisher & Son, florists, Wor- 

 cester, Mass.. will occupy the east side 

 of the new street railway waiting room 

 on Park street, about February first. 



