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bright orange variety. We have had 

 orange rose, orange pink and orange 

 salmon, but now there seems to be an 

 advance in purity of color in this line. 

 One of the finest sorts Mr. Eckford ever 

 offered was Her Majesty, and this year 

 he puts out a new bright rose self, which 

 I shall expect to see is an advance or 

 grand sort. When I was at Wem he had 

 the dark maroon color of Stanley carried 

 up to greatly improved size, and now he 

 offers his latest work on that color. 



I thought at one time that if one should 

 go to England and see Mr. Eckford's 

 work he could report with a good degree 

 of accuracy on the description of his 

 novelties, but although I took notes on 

 the spot describing each of last year 's set, 

 not one of them seems to tally over here 

 with my description. It seems strange 

 to have the Sunset Seed Co. put Oueen 

 Victoria down as a third-class production 

 that should be rejected. I considered it 

 the finest thing in the whole set. It won 

 abundant honors in England. It was a 

 rich cream primrose, showing in its sub- 

 stance its black seed origin, and not be- 

 traving with any noticeable effec- 

 latent fawn color that our climate seems 

 to bring out. I am toli * - ":roke 



here, as the Countess or Aberdeen did the 

 year before. Then I was enthusiarric 

 about the new red of Salopian, inclining 

 decidedly towards dark cherry. But 

 much of it has seemed almost identical 

 with Mars in this country. 



I don"t want to be cynical about these 

 things, for I know that Mr. net- 

 work is grand. I would like to go in 

 among his advance seedlings and get an 

 ounce of true seed of about three 

 class novelties each year and take that 

 seed direct to California, and then add on 

 the same number of the crest selections 

 from American seedlings. Sis real good 

 novelties a year would excite our enthu- 

 siasm suffieientlv. 



a other side tx this — 

 ~~~z rr ir : rs -- irr eat ia : oatra ;- prices 

 has forced our best growers to sorrr 

 of protection. They have found a 

 relief in novelty stock. In all fa— 

 they are entitled to it. If I kr 

 certain grower 'will take special pains 

 with an improved strain of some old pop- 

 ular sort, and t riH father 

 improved strain, and reel a special 

 gation to hold it up in quality, I am 'will- 

 ing he should rename it. and get - 



. :mpensation for his work on it. He 

 could get nothing for growir, 



r orated stock. Buto erf - ;;:• 



tin it run out, Xow it 

 t'aar erer as Maid of H: - . - 

 that deteriorates they can call it Maid of 

 Orleans if they warn tc US': so they give 

 us back good stock of that dea i 

 edged sweet pea. There never was 

 sense in caning it Butt erf- anyhow. 



Mr. Eckford's advance set star:- 

 foDows: F- • rd ::" — ;-: 



R. H. S-, a bright rose se".: rf intense 

 Lady Mary Currie. award of merit. R. H. 

 S.. and four firs: 

 orange pink, delicately shaded rosy 



:ellor. forr £--- 35 

 standards bright orange, wings 

 orange pink: Co!oc ; " 

 tificates, soft Hac. overlaid with brig - 

 rose; Duchess of Sutherland, a t t 

 delicately saflased with light pink: Duke 

 : f Srrherlaro 6rsJ 

 claret, wir gsbrig 



rdigo blue 

 a Jeep maroon sett 



. Burpee n . - re srre t 

 -action in respect : germ rating. 

 quality, and abundant bloom, T 1 . - 

 this year gives rs s:n; raimae seedlings 

 from the . - - , 



se & Cc - - 



year underthe name of Burpee's Am- 

 seedlings really gave rs mbtbxs 

 Morse's hvbrid stock, and now we - 



have - '. r ne get 



the secret of erossirr E 

 sorts and the product is a break into an 

 unlimited field of new sorts. Our . 

 forma growers :. '.'.~ M :rse, are 



--','• 

 no easy question how to introduct 



:: novelties. I have been in the 

 t pea business for the fun : ■ - 

 do not rr;:r=— tri : - - a for 



other folks. I can see honest, straight 

 work behind every one of - 

 novelties this year, not orr I - 

 as axacs ■::" a fraud as ~- C :!mbia seemed 

 to have been la-- r. 1 - 



win kindle enthusiasrr foe endid 



3 well 

 as their novelxy in color 

 all is Stela Morse - - -- ; 



■ " 

 reserve for several ; rs 1 

 worth - ■ . ■ - and 



3 be prod r. 

 ful novelty, a rich er - edge 



! nto rose pink. I do 

 that any one of the set will be disappoint- 

 ing. 



A word abor : [ Its blush- 



ing cheeks are not drr t : or - enal a— ass- 

 - - et tfle ms: rtnne " 



-heroi I had no 

 trouble with it_ It gerrrar a"±s ar : :" :s- 

 soms perfectly and takes kin dry to pot 

 treatrrrr". 

 1 am glad to see Lynch"s Bride 

 Lynch weh 5- : £rr 

 is sacs a fine white, and its germinating 

 quali" - - . :j be 



generally tried. Icould not pick out 

 it quite such large b" : sso ras as Blanche 

 Burpee showed, but it made up in quan- 

 tity. And for a rich 



mend the Emilv Lynch. It is really a 

 remarkable introduction. Mr. I 



- three more ready. Then 

 Golden Gleam is a grand strain of Mrs . 

 Eckford. It is a r.: - s not 



Stelxj, Mokse. 



Ptas Crpuj. 



HBW SWSir F1AS. 



