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Rurpee’s 
^ Sweet 
The first Si)en- 
cer Sweet I’ea in 
existence \v a s 
brought to Amer¬ 
ica by Burpee. 
Since t li e n we 
have introduced 
over two hundred 
distinct new va¬ 
rieties, each an 
improvement on 
the past. T li e 
Burpee Sweet Peas are grown in California on our Floradale 
Farm, and Tlie House of Burpee is recognized the world 
over as American Headquarters for Sweet Peas. 
To make it easy for you to have some of the finest Sweet Peas in 
your garden we have prepared the Superb Collection listed below. 
Six Superb Sweet Peas for 25 cts. 
King White —glistening pure wliite flowers, most exquisitely finished in every 
detail 
George Herbert —truly giant-flowered bright rosy-carmine 
Elfrida Pearson —a lovely shade of pink with a delicate tinge of salmon 
Mrs. Townsend —white with a clear and delicate edge of light blue 
Royal Purple —rich rosy purple blooms of largest size and beautifully waved 
Burpee Blend —the finest and most gorgeous mixture of Spencer Sweet Peas 
ever offered 
This Superb Collection is a revelation of daintiness and beauty. It contains 
one packet each of the Superb Spencer Sweet Peas listed above, togetber with 
the Bnrpee leaflet on “How to Crow Sweet Peas.” If purchased separately the 
Superb Collection would cost Gdets. It will be mailed to your door complete 
for 25cts. 
If you are fond of Sweet Peas or interested in gardening of any kind write 
for a copy of 
BURPEE’S ANNUAL SEE^D^*CATALOG 
Burpee’s Annual is a ooini)Iete suide to the vegetable and flower garden. It 
will be mailed to you free. Write for a copy today. 
W. ATLEE BURPEE CO. 
Seed Growers Philadelphia 
How to G r 
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No one who really wants to grow 
grapes need fear the insects and diseases 
that attack the vines or the fruits. In 
the amateur vineyard the grower is gen¬ 
erally less inclined to halt at the little 
work and cost of a fight that to the 
commercial vinyardist who has to look 
after acres of grapes would mean not 
only excessive work but prohibitive cost. 
Then, too, the amateur will be all the 
more elated when his efforts are crowned 
with success. 
The season of 1919, being very wet 
in the vicinity of New York City, was 
especially favorable to the spread of 
fungous diseases of plants. Grapes in 
this area suffered severely where they 
were not sprayed properly. Where they 
were properly sprayed—at right times 
and with correct materials—the vines 
both held their foliage and ripened their 
fruit. Most of the diseases—anthrac- 
nose, black rot and downy mildew—• 
can be prevented by the following 
method: 
Disease Prevention 
(A) Gather up and burn all prunings 
and peelings of old bark as soon as 
pruning has been done. (B) Tie vines 
to the trellis, arbor or other support 
and spray everything—vines, posts and 
other wooden parts and the ground be¬ 
neath—with sulphate of iron (copperas) 
at the rate of two pounds to the gallon 
of water. Do this while the vines are 
dormant, preferably before the middle 
of March. (C) Make the following 
spraying before rain showers with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture (4 pounds each of copper 
sulphate and lime to SO gallons of 
water) : 1, when the third or fourth 
leaf has unfolded; 2, as soon as the 
blossoms have fallen; 3, when the ber¬ 
ries are nearly as thick as a lead pencil; 
4, about two weeks later. Should the 
season be very wet, spray once or twice 
oftener and have sprayings come closer 
together than in a dry season. These 
sprayings should all have been done 
before July 20 in the latitude of New 
York City. After that date a clear 
fungicide (preferably ammoniacal cop¬ 
per carbonate solution) should be used 
to prevent unnecessary soiling of the 
fruit. 
Combatting Insect Pests 
While spraying with the above ma¬ 
terials will largely if not wholly prevent 
damage from fungous enemies, it will 
be of no value against insects. These 
must be fought by different methods. 
Insects that hide themselves in rolled 
up leaves or beneath webs, can be com¬ 
batted only by hand picking, unless 
poison is sprayed on the leaves before 
they have a chance to hide in these 
ways. Arsenate of lead is the best 
poison for all insects that chew the 
leaves. It is, however, of no use what- 
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ever against insects that suck the juices 
of the plant. These must be killed by 
a “contact” insecticide such as tobacco 
extract, kerosene emulsion or whale-oil 
soap. Fortunately each of these ma¬ 
terials may be added to the Bordeaux 
mixture without impairing the efficiency 
of either; so instead of making an 
application of each separately, the three 
may be mixed and all applied at one 
and the same time. The time to do 
most effective work in spraying during 
the growing season is when the first 
insect is seen, and for plant diseases 
before any sign of the disease is noticed. 
Preventive, rather than remedial, should 
be the watchword. 
Varieties to Cover Long Season 
While ISOO or 2000 varieties of grapes 
have originated in America mostly in 
the past fifty years and more are being 
added each year, our present list of 
kinds meritorious enough to be worthy 
the attention of amateurs is probably 
less than one hundred. Of these some 
of the leading “table” varieties are given 
here in the approximate sequence of 
ripening. Those w^hlch are best keepers 
are printed in italics. 
Winchell (Green Mountain), Jessica, 
Moyer, Moore Early, Lady, Brighton, 
Diamond, Lindley, Massasoit, Worden, 
Barry, Brilliant, Campbell Early, Dela¬ 
ware, Herbert, Martha, Niagara, Vic¬ 
toria, Wilder, Vergenms, Ulster Prolific, 
Salem, Poughkeepsie Red, Merrimac, 
Empire, Agawam, Diana, Prentiss, Jef¬ 
ferson, Iona, Goethe, Duchess, Catawba, 
Lady Washington, Triumph. 
This may look like a formidable list 
to the man who thought until now that 
there are only three kinds of grapes— 
black, red and white! It is a good list 
because it covers a long season (August 
to February or March), because it gives 
a very wide range of delicate flavors, 
and because they will thus appeal to 
a large number of individual tastes. 
Should a grower have all these and 
learn to distinguish each by its own 
distinct flavor he will doubtless wonder 
why he has limited his plantings to so 
few kinds, and will want to add Euro¬ 
pean varieties. 
Among the European kinds recom¬ 
mended for various parts of the country 
are the following for New York and 
vicinity: Buckland Sweetwater, Joan- 
nonc (or Lignan), Gradiska, Malaga, 
Chasselas de Fontainebleu (White 
Sweetwater), Dattier de Beyrouth 
(Rosaki), Feher Szagos, Sultanina Rosea 
and Golden Champion. These and many 
more are successfully grown in Cali¬ 
fornia. The late T. V. Munson recom¬ 
mends the following European varieties 
for the area from Texas to South Caro¬ 
lina: Muscat of Alexandria, Rose of 
Peru, Thompson's Seedless, Malaga 
{Continued on page 94) 
A Dozen Good Annuals 
{Continued from page 36) 
and closely resembles the hardy lark¬ 
spur in appearance. It is a slpendid 
flower in all respects. 
Petunias. Brilliancy and wealth of 
blossoms, as well as marked success 
even under unfavorable conditions, 
characterize petunias. They come in all 
colors except yellow, grow from 1 ft. to 
1% ft. high, and are good for color 
masses and bedding effects. 
Salpiglossis. Also called Velvet Flow¬ 
er and Painted Tongue. All colors, 1 
ft. to 2 ft. high, desirable especially for 
garden effects and cutting for the 
house. 
Phlox. An old favorite, better today 
than ever. All colors except blue, can 
be used as a cut flower as well as for 
color masses in the garden. Grows 
about 1 ft. high. 
Eschscholtzia or California Poppy. 
These flowers, like forget-me-nots, 
scarcely need description. They are so 
showy and free-flowering that they are 
particularly adapted to color masses in 
the house as well as outdoors. 1 ft. to 
2 ft. high, in all colors except blue. 
Sweet Peas. The sweet pea of today 
is a far superior flower to that of a 
dozen or more years ago. All the old 
colors are in it, and many new ones. 
The Spencer type is the best. To yield 
the maximum returns, sweet peas should 
be grown in a very richly manured 
trench, as their roots demand a great 
deal of nourishment. 
