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Packing Sweet Peas for Exhibition 



With care in packing- sweet peas a 1? to 15 hour journey will do little 

 harm. If you live near the place of exhibition, select the best type flowers, 

 20 or 30 sprays, and cut them the morning of the awards. Many flowers 

 will have to be shipped some distance. Sweet pea blossoms should be dry 

 when packed. Cut the sprays in the morning after the dew has dried up 

 or late in the afternoon. Cut the sprays at least two hours before packing. 

 Place the peas lightly in water and set them in a dry, light plaee where 

 the air is in motion (not in the sunlight nor in the dark). 



Cut the sprays when the lower blossoms are well open and the top 

 blossoms half open or when maturity is nearly reached. The stems should 

 be woody, not "soft" and weak. Moisten cotton and wrap the ends of the 

 stems and place the dried sprays in pasteboard boxes. (They may be ob- 

 tained from florists; or a shoebox, cut down, will do.) Line the boxes 

 with waxed paper if the weather is hot This keeps the plant moisture 

 from evaporating. Lay the sprays close together in rows and cover each 

 with tissue paper. Do not put too many sprays in a box, for fear of 

 bruising the flowers. Pack the box with tissue paper to keep the blos- 

 soms tightly in place. 



On arrival at the place of destination, place the sprays in clean, soft 

 water at once, and arrange in attractive transparent glasses. In a short 

 time the blossoms will awake in their freshness and beauty. 



If possible, go with your sprays to the exhibition so that you may 

 arrange them artistically as to color and stems. 



It is planned to have the sweet pea contest close during the first week 

 in July. 



