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August 21, 1915 



BURPEE'S WINTER-FLOWERING 



SPENCER 



SWEET PEAS 



Originated at Fordhook Farms 

 and Grown at Floradale Farm. 

 Absolutely fixed — true to color and 

 type. 



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We began hybridizing the original Winter- 

 Flowering Sweet Peas, namely. Burpee's Earl- 

 iest of all ( Christmas Pink), Burpee's Earliest 

 White, Burpee's Earliest Sunbeams and 

 Burpee's Re-selected Earliest of All with 

 ^^ the linest varieties of the summer flower- 

 / JM ing Spencers at our FORDHOOK FARMS 



/^■^K in 1309. It is, however, quite a slow 

 .-J^^H process to thoroughly "true" and "fix" 

 these seedlings, and it being against the 

 jirinciples of our business to put any 

 , noyelty on the market in an unfixed 

 «"'" condition, we are offering only two 

 yarieties at present. The stocks of 

 f^' •" ^^^ these, we know to be absolutely 



fixed, true to color and type. After 



our crops are harvested we may be 



in a position to offei. in a limited 



■* way, several other winter-flowering 



novelties, particulars of which will be 



found in Burpee's Annual for 1916. 



Fl In I iHl 11 IK PINK at our Fordhook Farms in 1909. 

 L\/IVI/11V/V^IV LILltV The color is a beautiful shade 

 or rose-jiink on white ground; the coloring deepening towards the 



edge of the standard and wings. The flowers are of largest 



f^ l^L si^e, exquisitely waved and u?ually produced in threes and fours 



on long slenis. Unsui'passed for cut flower trade. Awarded Cer- 

 tificate of Merit at the Spring Show of the PENNSYLVANIA 

 HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, Philadelphia, March 23. 191.5. 



In sealed packets containing twelve seeds each, Per pkt., 25 cents; 



I., oz.. $1.35; I, oz., $2.25: per oz., $4.00. 



rl IhIIHiIIIK KllSr*. Fordhook Farms in 1910. This 

 IVflVl^iJVfVrtV IVVrOU j^^.^,^. ^^^.^■^^^. -^^ ^ charming shade 



of rosy-carmine. The flowers are of largest size and usually borne 



I in threes and fours on long stiff stems. Awarded Certificates of 



Merit at the INTERNATIONAL SHOW. New York. March 20, 1915, 

 and at the Spring Show of the PENNSYLVANIA HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY, Philadelphia. March L':;. 191.-,. 



In sealed packets containing twelve seeds each. Per pkt., 25 cents; 

 1/4 oz., $1.35: I, oz., $2.25; per oz., $4.00. 

 THE SWEET PEA PAR EXCELLENCE FOR WINTER-FLOWERING UNDER GLASS. 

 We \\ere awarded Certificates of Merit for this superb novelty at the International 

 Flower Show in New York. March. 191-1. and at the Spring Show of the Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society, Philadelphia, March, 1915. YARRAWA is an easy and good "doer," invariably giving 

 an excellent account of itself, whether grown in pots, boxes, raised benches or solid beds. YARRAWA has 

 the heavy foliage and rank, strong growth of the summer-flowering type and is a true winter-blooming 

 Spencer. From seed sown early in October at Fordhook Farms, the plants came into bloom December 20 

 and flowered profusely until May. The flowers are exquisitely waved and when well grown will average two 

 and one-half inches in diameter, many of them being duplex, or double-flowered, thus adding greatly to the 

 ''eneral effect of the bunch. They are borne usually in fours on extra long, strong stems. The color is a 

 most pleasing shade of bright rose-pink, with light wings. 

 1/4 oz., $1.00; oer oz.. $3.50; ^'4 lb.. $12.50; lb.. $45.00. 



FORDHOOK PINK 



From plioloKriiph made at Foril 

 book 



YARRAWA 



FLORADALE-GROWN SEED EXCLUSIVELY, 



W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., seed Growers 

 Burpee Building, PHILADELPHIA 



