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PUDOR’S DESCRIPTIVE SEED LIST 
A Lovely New Seedling from Our Plant No. 66 as Parent. 
A beautiful all-cobalt blue. Note the fluted and ruffled 
flower petals. 
Now further interesting facts about the “Blues” from 55/66 seedlings. First, 
all of them were semi- and full-double, which in itself is remarkable, as usually 
the best blue parents will produce many single ones. The size and color of the 
blossoms were extraordinary—some of the finest things we have ever raised and 
we have certainly grown some very fine delphiniums, our own strain and all 
of the best English named varieties. Many individual blooms were over 3 inches 
in diameter, some were fluted, some frilled, some were aster-shaped, many 
hooded, many had beautiful prominent brown and black bees and all were re¬ 
markably sturdy and healthy specimens, free from mildew. Many of these small 
seedlings bloomed twice: in July and August and again in October; and note, two 
or three were almost pure pink, no blue in it, two white ones had a “red” petal 
in them and two were of that strange “Mother of Pearl” color like one of the 
parents. 
Now, here truly is a new race of delphiniums, a remarkable break. What the 
seeds from these seedlings will produce in the next generation or two no one 
can even guess, but surely something most interesting and novel. We will offer 
a few packages of seeds from these blue seedlings (except the pinks and the 
Mother of Pearl, all of which seed we have sown) at $1.50 per pack of about 
200 seeds; 1/16 oz. (about 700 seeds) for $3.00. You should sow that many seeds 
in order to get a representative variety from these plants. Ask for seed from 
the Blue 55/66 seedlings. 
We are not offering any seeds this spring direct from the two parent plants 
55 and 66, having sown all of it for another trial this summer; but since we 
will have quite a lot of seedlings in April—more than we can plant—we will sell 
a few hundred of these small seedlings at the rate of 15 for $1.50; 50 for $4.00, 
as long as they will last, and that won’t be long, since we wish to plant another 
thousand for further observation. Understand, these will be small seedlings from 
seeds sown last fall in the open. They will not be as large plants as some you 
may have received from us as “seedlings,” but they will all bloom in August and 
September and you will get the same remarkable breaks that we got—some ex¬ 
ceedingly fine white ones and remarkable new things in blues. Of course, the 
more you get, the better chance you will have to get a number of extra fine, un¬ 
usual ones. It might so happen that by buying 15 seedlings, you might not get a 
single white one, but we think you will, as the percentage of whites in our lot 
was quite large. Ordering these seedlings, please ask for “Seedlings direct from 
plants 55 and 66.” 
