THE UNWIN GROUP 17 



more than 10 per cent, true, whereas many sorts will give 

 anything from 90 to 100 per cent, of trueness. 



The third group is composed of the Unwin varieties. 

 The first appeared in the same year as Countess Spencer, 

 and was selected by Mr. Unwin. The difference between 

 it and the smooth-standard section is that the standard and 

 wings are almost as much, and quite as gracefully, waved 

 as those of the more highly esteemed Spencers. The group 

 differs from the Spencers in that it has the keel quite closed, 

 as in the old form. The group therefore comes midway 

 between the other two groups, and had it been placed on 

 the market before Countess Spencer and come as true then 

 as it does now, it would have enjoyed the greater popularity ; 

 but it was held back for fixation, and when this quality was 

 secured the supremacy of the Spencer type was assured. 

 The typical variety is Gladys Unwin, which in its day was 

 more extensively grown for cut flowers for market than any. 

 other variety had ever been, and the British market grower 

 knows a good thing and will not grow a bad one. 



There are many growers of Sweet Peas who would 

 willingly forgo a little as regards colour, and perhaps 

 waviness, provided that they could feel assured of fixation, 

 and to these cultivators the Unwin group can be strongly re- 

 commended. It must be understood, in relation to this, that 

 the trueness of Unwin, as well as other varieties in the two 



waved groups, is not by any means guaranteed, but simply 



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