WHY NOT EARLY WINTER FLOWERING 
SWEET PEAS 
We are headquarters for the finest Early Flow¬ 
ering Sweet Pea Seed obtainable. There are none 
nearly so good. We list all types in Early Flower¬ 
ing; the most complete list of Early Duplex-Ruffled 
Early Spencer, Early Butterfly, Early Cupid and 
are working up a complete list of the Extra Early 
60-day varieties, of which Duplex Orchid is the 
leader. All bloom in 75 to 100 days after planting, 
except the Early 60-day varieties. These bloom in 
about 60 days after planting or about two weeks 
earlier than any other sweet peas on the market. 
Ninety-eight percent or more of sweet pea seed 
grown is raised here in California. This gives you 
the advantage in getting seed fresh, direct from the 
fields here and not taking any chance of getting 
any c’.d seed with poor germination count. GET 
THEM DIRECT FROM US. It takes about two 
and one-half days for an air letter to reach us from 
New York. Seed shipped the same day order is 
received will reach you via parcel post in about 
five days at New York. 
Sweet peas are an especially good crop to plant 
on account of their long blooming period. They 
do not require as much heat as many other flowers, 
thereby a saving in fuel expense and making them 
a low cost crop. They yield more flowers per plant 
and have a wider range of colors than most other 
flower crops and are not difficult to raise. By this 
we do not mean that they need no attention after 
planting; but to the contrary, if well cared for they 
will bring greater returns than most other flower¬ 
ing crops. Flowering period lasts several months, 
yielding thousands of blossoms. If started in pots 
four to six weeks in advance it is very easy to re¬ 
plant directly after mums in the same beds, there¬ 
by saving time, or the seed can be planted directly 
in the beds after a crop is out. 
For outdoor planting in California, the southern 
states or states where there is very little danger 
of freezing weather they can be planted early in 
the fall and in 75 to 100 days they will begin to 
flower and continue to bloom until summer. Cov¬ 
ering on frosty nights is all that is necessary. A 
100-foot row will givg_thousands of flowers with 
very little care except to keep down aphids and 
training up the vines. So why not Early Sweet 
Peas for indoor and outdoor planting for 1935? 
By all means try our new Duplex-Ruffled as 
well as our Regular Spencer varieties. We espec¬ 
ially recommend in the Duplex-Ruffled for Florists 
the following: Duplex-Ruffled Sonny Boy, Duplex- 
Ruffled Sunset, Duplex-Ruffled Baronet, Duplex- 
Ruffled White, Duplex-Ruffled Revelation, Duplex- 
Ruffled Lavender and other Duplex-Ruffled varie¬ 
ties in small quantities. In the regular Spencers 
we recommend for the florist the following: Zvol¬ 
anek’s Mrs. H. S. Reddick, Zvolanek’s Fawn Pink, 
Zvolanek’s Rose Flare, Zvolanek’s Super-Rose, 
Zvolanek’s Radiant No. 13, Zvolanek’s Pure White, 
Zvolanek’s Pink Beauty, Zvolanek’s California Sun¬ 
shine, Zvolanek’s Skylark, Zvolanek’s Aristocrat, 
Zvolanek’s Monarch, Zvolanek’s White Cloud, Zvol¬ 
anek’s Orange Supreme, Zvolanek’s Embers and 
other colors in small quantities. You will be pleas¬ 
ed with any of these varieties if you select from 
this recommendation. 
Again we wish to thank you for past favors and 
trust that we may again be of service to you with 
our choice seeds, we are, 
Cordially yours, 
WILLIAM ZVOLANEK & CO. 
William Zvolanek. 
PS.: If you are not growing any of the items we 
list kindly pass our list to brother growers who 
might be interested in same. Thank you. 
