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but the flower was much larger, the quality of the petals was, 
1 believe, nearly as good if not better and it grows into a 
much larger plant. I may be too enthusiastic about it, but I 
really believe that it deserves a rating next to Philippe 
Rivoire. Having Mr. Digger’s permission 1 would like to dig 
the plant and make divisions of it, but 1 have decided that 
1 will let it grow another year in order that I may assure 
myself that it really deserves the very high rating which I 
now believe it should have. 
The third one was sent me by Dr. A. A. Smith of Berea, 
Ohio. It, also, has perfect stems and carried white blooms of 
almost Le Cygne shape. The plant is larger than Le Cygne, 
the stems are stronger and the flowers are larger and they 
open slightly more than Le Cygne, but never at any time did 
they open out flat. Its one outstanding quality or distinction 
this year is that there was no shine or gloss to the white 
petals. They looked like the uncoated paper which printers 
use for books in which there are no illustrations. I am not 
yet ready to say that the lack of the gloss is an improvement, 
but I have told Dr. Smith that he should by all means propi- 
g 2 Ute divisions of it for future sales. 
I hope that I can many times again give such favorable 
reports on seedling peonies sent to me for observation. 
Hunt niary’s Sweet Corn 
Three years ago I received a letter from a corn grower in 
Pennsylvania telling me that he was growing green ears of 
just one kind of sweet corn and that he sold all of it at 
40c per dozen to his regular customers. Since that time I 
have received many letters from other corn growers who 
have told me of the splendid prices they were receiving for 
green ears of Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn, but none of them 
had a more enthusiastic report than the Pennsylvania grower 
whom I have quoted. I tell you this so that you may know 
that there are many people who are glad to buy a sweet 
corn which pleases them at a much higher price than that 
at which ordinary grocery corn is sold. 
I am quite sure that many readers of my peony catalogue 
have friends and relatives living in different states on farms 
or on plots of ground near a prosperous town or city who 
could increase the family income by growing and selling green 
ears of Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn. If you have some friends 
who have merchandising ability and who also have the space 
on which to grow green ears of Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn 
as a business, I will be very glad to have their names and 
addresses. 
I will at my own expense send to each one of them free 
and post paid, enough Aunt Mary’s Sweet Corn seed to make 
a planting for a big family, with the distinct understanding 
that instead of eating all of the corn grown from this free 
seed, that they will use at least half of it to distribute free in 
one-fourth dozen or one-half dozen lots to their neighbors 
far and near, quoting a price on it for the following year of 
not less than 25c per dozen. At this price or any price above 
