WINTER OR EARLY FLOWERING VARIETIES 



Yarrawa. It seldom vexes the grower by dropping 

 its buds, while the flowers are of great size, and if at 

 all well grown, are invariably borne on extra long stiff 

 stems. 



I am hoping that all the seedlings I have now on the 

 way with Yarrawa blood in them may prove to be of 

 equally easy culture, for, so far, no Sweet Pea at present 

 on the market is so easily handled as that fine variety. 

 Yarrawa is a cream ground bicolor, color a pleasing 

 shade of bright rose-pink, wings creamy-pink, and it 

 was one of the best sellers on the market during the past 

 season. 



Another popular color is the pink and white bi- 

 color the old Blanche Ferry color which in the new 

 Spencer type is grand. 



There are now many hybridists at work on this new 

 type of Sweet Pea, so we may safely predict the intro- 

 duction of new colors, and improvements over existing 

 sorts in the near future. In addition to its usefulness 

 for indoor culture it is now being grown in quantity in 

 the open in the sunny South, where, from sowings made 

 at the end of September or early October, it blooms 

 from December until June. 



With the exception of that fine Australian variety 

 Yarrawa, the following varieties are the result of crosses I 

 have been making at FORDHOOK FARMS. I started this 

 interesting work in 1909, crossing the best of the then 

 available Spencers on such varieties as Burpee's Earliest 

 of All Burpee's Earliest Sunbeams Mont Blanc, etc. 

 Since the introduction of Yarrawa I have used it almost 

 exclusively and am looking forward to much improve- 

 ment in this most valuable type. 



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