Sweet Pea Review 
in detail 
One hundred and twenty varieties of Sweet Peas arranged in color-groups 
and classified according to type, the LARGEST FLOWERED FORMS 
APPEARING FIRST (other points being equal) in each group; with 
recommendations for doing away with the least desirable sorts. Critical 
notes made in large Sweet Pea acreage during the past five years. 
White 
Blanche Pure white; large; the true Kckiord grmidiflora type, producing 
Burpee three or four flowers on slender, strong stems. Growth vigorous; 
a profuse though somewhat late bloomer, but lateness offset by 
continuity of bloom late in the season. Deserving of high rank. 
£^^y By far the best and largest of the old-type whites; but not so 
Henderson finely formed as Blanche Burpee; of pure color and good sub- 
stance, bearing two or three (sometimes four) medium to large, 
bold, expanded flowers, on exceptionally long, stiff stems. 
Medium vigorous; medium floriferous. 
Mrs. Sankey ^ black-seeded white of perfect form, and, when carefully 
selected, of pure color and remarkable substance; equal, if not 
superior, to any white, but unfortunately inclined, under certain 
soil or climatic conditions, to take on a pinkish hue. Stems often 
have four flowers. 
The Bride Pure white, resembling Blanche Burpee; standards more 
expanded, not so large. 
Snowflake '-"^ same general character as Emily Henderson, but inferior 
to it. 
A rather small-flowered white of the old type; standards 
explanate, with notched apex; flowers of fair substance; stems of 
medium length and rigidity, often producing four blooms. An 
improvement over Queen of England, but inferior to the other 
white varieties. 
Queen of Smallest and poorest of the whites; generally bears three- 
England flowered (frequently two-flowered) stems. Merely shows, by con- 
Irast, the wonderful advance made in Sweet Peas in the last 
decade. 
Alba 
Magnifica 
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