July 5, 1913 



HORTICULTURE 



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PHILADELPHIA SWEET PEA 

 SHOW. 



The annual sweet pea show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 

 was held on June 26th. There was a 

 very creditable exhibition in the com- 

 petitive classes. The premier display 

 was put up by Wm. Comfort, gardener 

 for C. H. Clark, Jr. They were the 

 best grown and most perfect flowers 

 in the competitive classes. His collec' 

 tion included among others, the fol- 

 lowing popular varieties: Ramona, 

 blush; Etta Dyke, snow white; Master 

 piece, pale mauve; Queen Victoria; 

 Othello, maroon; Tennant. deep 

 mauve; America, pink and white 

 striped. Other growers who distin- 

 guished themselves in the competitive 

 classes were R. Abernethy, gardener 

 for Thos. McKean; Axel Lindroth, 

 gardener for Rudulph Ellis; Thos. 

 Roberts, gardener for Hon. Edward 

 D. Morrell; Charles Weyand. gardener 

 for G. H. McFadden, Jr.; Hugh Scott, 

 gardener to W. W. Frazier; Joseph 

 Hurly, and David Aiken. 



In the non-competitive department 

 the banner show was put up by Bur- 

 pee under the superintendence of that 

 veteran sweet-pea expert George W. 

 Kerr. About two hundred vases were 

 staged and although the date was a 

 little late for Fordhook at its best, 

 the showing was magnificient. Seven 

 first class certificates were granted 

 new varieties also a special award for 

 the exhibit as a whole. Among the 

 varieties certificated were the follow- 

 ing: King White, one of the greatest 

 ^'hites since Dorothy Eckford; -always 

 four to the stem wlien in good form; 

 will be sent out in 1914; Illuminator, 

 a brilliant orange scarlet. very 

 pure self, immense in size, and 

 perfection in form, will be sent 

 out in 1914; Wedgewood, azure 

 blue a very beautiful variety; Flora- 

 dale dairy, a new yellow seedling 

 raised at Lompoc, California, will 

 not be sent out for some time; 

 when at its best produces a large 

 number of duplex flowers, lemark- 

 able also for its wavy standard. No 

 other variety has this feature so pro- 

 nounced; Orchid, probably the finest 

 mauve in cultivation. Was sent out 

 1913 and has proved universally popu 

 lar, throws a very large proportion of 

 4-flower sprays, no variety extant 

 more free flowering; F^-ank Cart- 

 wright, a softer shade of salmon rose 

 than Illuminator, a most beautiful 

 variety; Burjjee's New Giant Mauve, a 

 lighter shade than Orchid described 

 above. 



In addition to the sweet peas there 

 was a good disi)lav of hardy per- 

 ennials, the Newbold collection of 

 which the veteran John Nisbet had 

 charge deservedly getting the first 

 prize. Josei)h Hurley won first in the 

 Jai)anese iris exhibit with a splendid 

 lot of flowers in beautiful and dis- 

 tinct colors. Gloxinias were also an 

 attractive feature. Axel Lindroth get- 

 ting the coveted first place. 



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