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I T is Memorial Day and our 1934 fall catalog is just go' 
ing to press. We are experiencing an unusually brisk 
Decoration Day trade in Peony cut flowers. We live 
too far north to depend on Peonies for Decoration Day. 
The normal season for Peonies to bloom at Fairbault is 
around June 12th. This season, however, the unusually 
warm weather has brought the Peonies forward fully two 
weeks ahead of time. They are gorgeous flowers and our 
fields are a blaze of color. 
The rare and unusual feature of having Peonies for 
Memorial Day is enthusiastically taken up by all those 
who visit our farm. Richard Carvel was the first to bloom, 
coming on May 28th. It is a splendid red and is going fine 
as a cut flower; the people like it. Edulis Superba started 
to open on the 29th, to be followed at noon by Mons. 
Jules Elie and Festiva Maxima. 
We have had a battle with the unusually dry weather in 
this region, but we are keeping the cultivators going con' 
tinuously between the rows and in other ways are con' 
serving every bit of moisture there is. The plants look 
strong and healthy and we will, as usual, deliver vigorous, 
healthy, strong, clean roots this fall. It is a pledge to our 
customers that Brand Peony divisions are the cream of the 
crop. 
Personally I sincerely appreciate the orders you have 
sent, and it is a pleasure to send you our new catalog. 
A. M. BRAND 
A. M. Brand. 
BRAND PEONY FARMS Furnish the 
Sensations of Two Successive National Shows 
Both BRAND Peonies 
DDAIDIE A EIDE A beautiful new Japanese, first offered by 
' us j n 1932 . A vase of Prairie Afire ex¬ 
hibited by us at the Des Moines Show was the sensation of that 
show. We offered it that year and sold every root we could spare 
of it at $15.00 per root. This fall we are again offering it and 
will price it at $10.00 for a nice root. Prairie Afire is a new and 
entirely distinct break in color in Japanese Peonies. The guards 
are broad and a soft creamy rose with good substance. These 
surround a great ball of brilliant fiery red stami- 
nodes. The flower should be cut in the bud and 
developed inside when the result is simply mar¬ 
velous. A Brand Division $10.00. 
UAN^INA BRAND < Brand 1925 ). At cm- 
nMrHOiriM DKMIiL/ cago at the National 
Show for 1933, held in the Horticulture Building 
of the World’s Pair, a bloom of Hansina Brand 
exhibited by Mr. C. W. Bunn was selected by a 
committee composed of all the judges as 
The Best Flower in the Entire Show 
Hansina Brand will be found described and 
priced on page 2. 
At Chicago, 1933 
A Century of Progress World’s Pair Show 
HANSINA BRAND (Brand, 1925). Exhibited 
by Mr. C. W. Bunn. Best flower in the entire 
show. Awarded Bertrand Farr Memorial 
Medal. 
BRAND PEONY FARMS, Inc. 
Box 408 
FARIBAULT, MINNESOTA 
MYRTLE GENTRY, Sec’y-Treas. 
A. M. BRAND, President 
