cJune sW, 
The Peony season is practically over. For the past two weeks we have had 
visitors from many different states. A week ago practically 5000 people visited our 
show room and from orders we received, we found 19 states were represented. 
Yesterday flower friends from 10 different states left orders with us. Our show 
room today, June 22nd, is beautiful with all the late varieties on display in true 
show form. The white varieties, Marie Lemoine, Enchanteresse, Solange, Mrs. 
Frank Beach, Mrs. Harriet Gentry, Mary B. Vories, and Mrs. A. M. Brand, are 
real beauties. 
In -red the only ones we find still with us are Commander and a new variety, 
John L. Crenshaw, named this blooming season. 
However, there are many more late pinks. Laverne Christman has been an out¬ 
standing variety both in our show room and fields this season. Myrtle Gentry, 
Milton Hill, President Coolidge, Loveliness, Blanche King, Ella Christiansen, Nancy 
Dolman, Mrs. John M. Kleitsch, Walter Lindgren, Hansina Brand, Ramona, Oliver 
F. Brand and Dawn of Day, are at their best, and we wish that every flower lover 
could pass through our show room today and really see what beauties these are. 
To see is to believe. 
A. M. BRANDI 
Born in his father's nursery. 
Spent his boyhood among plants. 
Has given his life to the nursery 
business. Has specialized in the 
peony, originating many of the 
world's finest varieties. Has con¬ 
tinued to operate the business 
that was established in 1867. 
Distributor of the world's best 
peonies. The finest varieties of 
irises. Lilacs propagated on their 
own roots. The best in orna¬ 
mental shrubs. The newest fruits. 
The choicest seeds. 
New 1936 Introductions 
After painstaking work with a new variety for a period ranging from fifteen to twenty years, it should 
not sell at a price less than $50.00 per root when it is first introduced. Due to conditions at the present 
time, we realize very few would be able to purchase at such a price. We have just 10 roots to offer of 
each variety that we are introducing and we have decided to place a price of $10.00 on each of them. 
All of these varieties will be divided this season early in September. We will fill our orders and then 
plant out the balance of our stock. No more stock of these will be offered for sale again for a period of 
two or three years. Do not order any of these after September 1 0th. 
Now each year around June 15th, we begin to exhibit the midseason varieties 
in our show room and we continue this exhibit as long as the season lasts. All 
flower lovers are invited to come to our fields and show room. Next year we hope 
those who were here this season will come again and bring others with them. To 
those who have never been here, we extend a special invitation. 
A. M. BRAND 
DR. CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM Each $10.00 
This variety was named for Dr. Graham, who was so long identified with 
the early history of the Mayo Clinic at Rochester, Minnesota. Here is a 
large late white in season with Marie Lemoine. It is a rich creamy white 
absolutely void of stamens. The plant is tall, with medium green foliage 
and strong stems. The flower is large, loosely built, with large guard 
petals enclosing a center of smaller lacy petals. There is an occasional 
trace of carmine on a petal, but not flecked like Festiva Maxima. The 
general appearance of this late flower is that of a large, very creamy 
white, the Kelway's Glorious type. We consider this a real acquisition to 
our short list of good late whites. It is absolutely a first class variety 
and also a late variety. It is a loose type and will open well. 
EVANGELINE NEWHALL Each $10.00 
A late, very large pink. The petals are very long and broad and the edges 
are both scalloped and ruffled. The flower has variations of deeper pink 
running throughout the petals. This variety is semi-rose in type but not 
so loose a type as the semi-rose, Phyllis Kelway. This variety was named 
fully ten years ago but we have never offered a root for sale up to this 
time. It was named in honor of Mrs. C. W. Newhall, whose husband has 
been for many years headmaster of Shattuck Military School located in 
our city. 
JOHN L. CRENSHAW Each $10.00 
Another fine red coming into flower with the late varieties. When Baroness 
Schroeder is just passing its prime, this variety is at its best. This is a 
bright crimson-red unlike in color either Longfellow or Mary Brand. 
When the buds just begin to open, they might pass for a rich red rose. 
The three or four outer rows of petals are very large, broad, and sym¬ 
metrically arranged. This flower has been admired in our seedling fields 
for the past ten years. We are dividing our stock again this fall and we 
are pleased to be able to offer a few roots for sale this season. The 
plant is of medium height, stems strong and erect, foliage narrow and 
dark green, and the blossom develops into fine size for a red. 
L W POLLOCK Each $ 10.00 
' (Tone 1 — Rich Tyrian Rose). We have long sought for a real deep self- 
colored pink. There are many good light pinks but when you look for dark 
pinks that will cover an entire blooming season, it is impossible to find 
flowers of exceptional quality that will compare with our best whites and 
light pinks. This variety is a true self color deep Tyrian rose. It is as 
distinct among the deep pinks as Walter Faxon is among the light pinks. 
The plant is of medium height, very thrifty, light green foliage, and good 
strong stems. It is a true rose type. The flower does not fade in the field. 
Here is a very fine field flower and also a good show flower. It is a large 
flower of exceptional merit. 
MRS. BRYCE FONTAINE Each $10.00 
A very fine semi-rose red that we named about eight years ago for a 
charming Peony enthusiast who came from Memphis, Tennessee, to visit us 
during the blooming season that year. She liked this beautiful red better 
than any other she saw in our seedling patch, and we distinguished it 
from that time on by giving it her name. We have continued to propa¬ 
gate this variety and have watched it carefully over a period of fourteen 
years and we feel sure it is a real acquisition to the already named kinds 
in the red group. It is a flower of medium size, rich dark crimson in 
color, shows very little purple and comes into bloom early midseason. As 
the petals break away from the closed bud, one is deeply impressed by the 
intense richness of the flower. It is darker than Longfellow but not the 
color of Mons. Martin Cahuzac. It is a flower that has wonderful sub¬ 
stance and lasts remarkably well as a cut flower. We had this variety on 
display in our show room and sold six plants to one customer. We are 
going to divide our stock this fall and we can still supply a few more 
roots. These will not be offered for sale again for a period of two years. 
WALTER LINDGREN . , * V", 
Those who are familiar with the great pink, Therese, can get a mental 
picture of what this variety is like by comparison. What Therese is to the 
early pinks, this variety is to the late pinks. It is in season just as 
Baroness Schroeder is passing. It opens in the field a bright clear pink. 
It holds its color for a few days and then gradually fades lighter. How¬ 
ever, it holds its beautiful form for days as it has wonderful substance. 
It is very much like Therese in color and form but it has much more 
substance and for this reason it makes a better field and show flower. 
It does not conflict with Therese as it is much later. 
E BLANCHETTE Each $10.00 
The firm of Brand has always been noted for its fine red Peonies. Long¬ 
fellow Mary Brand, Lora Dexheimer, Winnifred Domme, Richard Carvel, 
David Harum, and Charles McKellip are excellent varieties. Among the 
three reds that we are introducing this year is this superb variety, W. E. 
Blanchette, a rich deep crimson. It is of immense size, the largest red we 
know of. It is of a loose, semi-rose type with immense broad petals 
arranged in symmetrical form like the petals of a beautiful rose. It is so 
large and of such beautiful form that it catches the eye instantly in the 
field. It develops nicely inside as a show flower and holds up well over a 
period of a number of days. We believe anyone who purchases this fine 
red will be more than pleased with it. 
A. M. BRAND, President 
MYRTLE GENTRY, Sec’y-Treas. 
BRAND PEONY FARMS, in.. 
Box 408, FARIBAULT, MINN. 
