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SWEET PEA SOCIETY 



MEETS AT NEW YORK 



Weather conditions proved unfortunate for the exhibition of the American 

 Sweet Pea Society, the date falling too early for the growers expected to make 

 the largest displays. The exhibits, though few, were of excellent quality. The 

 meeting, likewise, was strong in enthusiasm but short in numbers. 



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GAIN the American Sweet 

 Pea Society was unfortu- 

 nate in the selection of a 

 date for its annual exhi- 

 bition, which was staged 

 June 21, at the American 

 Museum of Natural His- 

 tory, in New York city. 

 This was much too early 

 for northern growers, and, 

 indeed, also for local growers, if one 

 might judge from the almost entire ab- 

 sence of local exhibitors. The display 

 was small and the exhibitors were few, 

 but the flowers were excellent. Only 

 two exhibits were staged by commercial 

 firms, but they were exceedingly fine; 

 without them the exhibition would 

 hardly have been worthy of the name. 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., of Philadelphia, 

 staged a comprehensive exhibit, in 

 their usual fine 

 style, in the class 

 for the finest and 

 most meritorious 

 display of sweet 

 peas, quality and 

 arrangem ent to 

 count, open to the 

 seed trade only, and 

 easily won first. The 

 second prize on this 

 class was taken by 

 Weeber & Don, New 

 York. 



New Varieties. 



In the class for 

 sweet peas not yet 

 in commerce, W. 

 Atlee Burpee & Co. 

 staged Edith Cavell, 

 a bright pink; 

 Giant White, a 

 promising variety, 

 and a rich pink 

 seedling not yet 

 named. The latter 

 two were awarded 

 certificates. This 

 firm also was award- 

 ed second prize for 

 the best twenty 

 sprays of any 1919 

 novelty; and first 

 for the best collec- 

 tion of sweet peas 

 of novelty varie- 

 ties. 



The three leading 

 exhibitors in the 

 n n-c m m e rcial 

 classes were Wm. G. 

 Taylor, Newport, K. 

 I.; C. F. Cartledge, 



OFFICERS RE-ELECTED. 



President. 



George W. Kerr, Doylestown, Pa. 



Vice-President. 



Edwin Jenkins, Lenox, Mass. 



Secretary. 



William Gray, Newport, R. L 



Treasurer. 



Wiir.am Sim, Cliftondale, Mass. 



Locust Valley, N. Y., and W. S. Ellis, 

 Bryn Mawr, Pa. Mr. Taylor is an 

 amateur grower, and won first in every 

 class he entered. Mr. Cartledge won 



George W. Kerr, Perennial President of the American Sweet Pea Society. 



the Hutchins Memorial challenge cup. 

 John Scheepers & Co., New York, 

 staged a splendid group, even though 

 small, of Lilium Martagon and its va- 

 riety album, Lilium Krameri, eremurus, 

 Japanese iris, and Lilium odorum jap- 

 onicum improved. Wm. C. Eickards, 

 Jr., was manager of the show. 



The Meeting. 



The meeting was held during the 

 afternoon of June 21 in the ofl&ce of 

 the Museum, with about fifteen mem- 

 bers present. 



President Kerr in his address favored 

 a fixed residence in New York for the 

 society, and a fixed date for its conven- 

 tion, to insure better exhibitions. "For 

 the fourth time in the comparatively 

 short life of our society," he said, "the 

 exhibition is again staged in New York. 

 Since it is as cen- 

 trally situated as 

 any city we could 

 fix upon, at least for 

 the eastern growers, 

 I have become con- 

 vinced that the an- 

 nual convention 

 should always be 

 held here. With 

 such a fixed resi- 

 dence, so to speak, 

 and also as nearly 

 as possible a fixed 

 date, growers, both 

 in the north and the 

 south, would be in 

 a position to make 

 their arrangements 

 accordingly. 



"Weather plays 

 an important part, 

 assisting in some 

 seasons, and in 

 others entirely up- 

 setting our best laid 

 schemes. Such 

 chances, of course, 

 the grower has al- 

 ways to run. For 

 instance, three 

 weeks ago my flow- 

 ers were at their 

 best. Receiving field 

 culture only, and no 

 water except what 

 nature provided, 

 which has been lit- 

 tle since they came 

 into bloom, they are 

 naturally on the 

 down-grade. On the 

 other hand, where 

 plants are grown on 



