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HORTICULTURE 



August 14, 1909- 



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SWEET PEAS AT FORDHOOK IN 

 1909. 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co. had on trial 

 this year 723 samples of tall varieties 

 of sweet peas; 15 samples bush varie- 

 ties and 27 samples of Cupid varieties. 

 Before looking over the samples from 

 spring-sown seed it is interesting to go 

 over the vines that were produced from 

 samples sown late last summer, and 

 early and late fall. A number of the 

 leading varieties were sown at three 

 different times in order to ascertain 

 the advantages of fall planting. The 

 vines from seed sown in September did 

 not carry through the winter. Vines 

 from seed sown in October carried 

 through fairly well, but the very best 

 lot were those produced from seed sown 

 early in December, when it was just 

 cold enough to keep the seed dormant 

 until the spring rains and sunshine 

 warmed up the ground gradually, caus- 

 ing the seed to swell and make a fine 

 lot of roots before real hot weather set 

 in. If you have some well drained -soil 

 it would be worth your while to try ex- 

 perimenting with a sowing of some 

 sweet pea seed this fall, or really dur- 

 ing the early part of the winter or 

 about December 1st to 10th. In this 

 connection Ernest F. Hoehl's plan of 

 running a board up each side of the 

 row and covering with panes of glass 

 will hasten flowering by at least two 



weeks. This brings the flowers in at a 

 time when the commercial demand for 

 same is very good. I will get Mr. 

 Hoehl to give us full particulars later. 



As one passes down the long rows 

 of the older or grandiflora types they 

 must stop to admire the beauty of these 

 flowers and, after all, it is a question 

 whether for the general planter the 

 Spencer varieties are destined to dis- 

 place these older sorts. There are some 

 magnificent flowers on the grandiflora 

 vines — color good and stems long, but 

 the size is small as compared with the 

 Spencer varieties, of which we find in 

 the trials this year almost every known 

 variety or departure in color. 



Mrs. Uoutzahn Spencer.— This, un- 

 fortunately, like some of the varieties 

 that preceded it, has not held true to 

 type, but the correct flowers are really 

 superb. The color is buff or apricot 

 brown, lightly overlaid with delicate 

 light pink. 



Othello Spencer.— Color the same as 

 in the old grandiflora. The size of 

 bloom and length of stems are tremen- 

 dous as compared with the older va- 

 riety. 



Senator Spencer. — One of the four 

 new varieties Burpee & Co. purpose 

 introducing in 1910. The ground color 

 is light heliotrope, with stripings and 

 flakings of deep violetish maroon. 



Miriam Beaver. — One of Burpee's four 

 new sorts. One of the handsomest of 

 all the Spencer varieties now on trial, 

 the color a combination very difficult 

 to describe. The flowers are nearly a 

 self color — rich salmon pink, tinted 

 with buff, the ground work primrose. 



Prince of Wales. — Another of the 



Burpee four for 1910. In color identi- 

 cal with the older variety, or it could 

 be put down as simply a rosy crimsoa 

 self. 



America Spencer. — A sample from. 

 stock seed on which they are now 

 working and the variety will not be 

 ready for introduction for a couple of 

 years. This is very similar to the Eng- 

 lish variety sent out under the names 

 "President" and "Paradise Red Flake." 



Ramona Spencer. — This was sent out 

 last year and is a beautiful variety. 

 The soft pink tinting on the white 

 ground makes a combination that will 

 harmonize well with any other color. 



Dainty Spencer. — .lust a few seeds 

 planted for trial of this variety, which 

 will probably be offered to the public 

 by 1911 and will perhaps be known by 

 the English name, "Elsie Herbert" (al- 

 though some Ln the trade are endeav- 

 oring to avoid a multiplicity of names 

 as far as possible), but Elsie Herbert 

 in color reminds one more of Modesty. 



Helen Lewis. — This is very flne. The 

 rich crimson-orange standards contrast 

 well in color with the orange-rose 

 wings. 



Burpee's White Spencer. — We are 

 very glad to see it here perfectly pure 

 and true and the substance of the flow- 

 ers, color and length of stems makes 

 it v/ithout exception the very best 

 white in cultivation. 



King Edwaid Spencer.— One of Bur- 

 pee's introductions for 1909 and we are- 

 glad to note that it came perfectly 

 true. Stems very long, the flowers ex- 

 tremely large and the color is intense 

 carmine scarlet. 



Queen Victoria Spencer. — Another of 



