EARLY FLOWERING SWEET PEAS 
Burpee’s Early Flowering Sweet Peas come into bloom outdoors before the summer heat arrives—3 to 4 weeks earlier than the Giant 
Spencer varieties. They are valuable for winter flowering under glass, also especially adapted for growing in frost-free sections and for 
earliest blooms outdoors in the North. Sweet Peas do best in cool weather. 
If seed was not sown in the fall, sow as early in the spring as 
the ground can be prepared. They prefer an open, sunny location, and deep, rich soil which must be well drained. 
Many of the Early Flowering Sweet Peas, as well as the Giant Spencers, were introduced by Burpee—famous the world over for 
Sweet Peas. 
Year in and year out we work to improve existing varieties and to create new ones. 
Among the Early Flowering ones 
recently introduced by us, and which are most outstanding, are those named in honor of, and with the permission of, such famous women 
as Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, Pearl Buck, Osa Johnson, Ann Batchelder, Helen Hayes, Mrs. August Belmont and Kate Smith. 

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Mrs. Douglas MacArthur Sweet Pea 
White 
3390 Burpee’s White Magnificent large, frilled, pure glisten- 
ing white flowers which are particularly sweet-scented. A splendid 
profuse blooming white-seeded white Pea. ; 
3395 White Giant* Flowers are extremely large, of the purest 
white, and perfectly placed in fours-on long, strong stems. An 
extra choice white-seeded white of heavy substance. 
Cream — 
3334 Oriental Deep cream or primrose flowers of large size and 
unusual beauty. Black-seeded. Free bloomer. 
Salmon Pink 
3161 Joseph Truly magnificent color—a soft and pleasing 
bright salmon-pink on cream. The best of its color. 
3365 Mrs. Douglas MacArthur* (New) Extra large, 
attractively waved flowers of a sparkling rich deep salmon-pink 
self on a creamy white ground. Vigorous growing, profuse bearer. 
Seed crop is very short; can offer packets only. Pkt. 25¢. 
3356 Bridesmaid Extra large, light salmon-pink flowers on 
white ground; delightful color in any light. 
Cream Pink 
3362 Peachblow Clear rose-pink on cream, the rose being 
more intense towards the edges. Entire flower is overlaid with an 
amber sheen. Prettily frilled; many flowers duplexed. 
7348 COLLECTION 
12 Magnificent Early Flowering 
Sweet Peas 
Joseph (salmon-pink), Burpee’s Giant Pink (rose-pink), 
Burpee’s Lavender, Christmas Triumph (pink and white), 
Oriental (cream), Mrs. Herbert Hoover (rich blue), 
Grenadier (scarlet), Pearl Buck (rose), Red Man (crimson), 
Triumph (mauve), Vera (salmon-cerise), and White Giant, 
12 Pkts.—one each of these 12 named varieties, enough 
seed to plant 30 ft. of row 
(value $1.80), for only $1 25 

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Any of the above, except where quoted: Pkt. 15¢; 1 oz. 40¢; oz. 70¢; 4 ozs. $2.30; 14 Ib. $4.25. 
We have marked with a star (*) 
the varieties that we prefer in each color class; if you 
are in doubt as to which to choose, make your selection from 
those thus marked. All, however, are lovely and desirable. 
In each color class, we have arranged varieties from deep 
to light shades. 

Fawn Pink 
3162 Golden Pink* Outstanding color—glowing golden or 
soft fawn-pink. Especially beautiful under artificial light. 
3309 World’s Fair Light golden cream faintly overlaid with 
a delicate suffusion of fawn becoming deeper towards edges. — 
Rose Pink 
3352 Annie Laurie Large flowers of splendid form and pure . 
rose-pink in color—the deepest shade in this color group. : 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 35¢; oz. 60¢; 4 ozs. $2.00; 14 lb. $3.75. 
3339 Ball’s Rose Rich deep rose with a fine suffusion of salmon- 
pink. Flowers are large, long-stemmed and well-waved. » 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 35¢; oz. 60¢; 4 ozs. $2.00; 14 |b. $3.75. 
3355 Josie Flowers are very large, long stemmed, and of a rich, 
deep rose-pink. Uniform throughout. Vigorous grower. 
3393 Shirley Temple* Charming shade of soft~ rose-pink. 
Flowers are large, daintily frilled and long stemmed. 
3349 Burpee’s Giant Pink* Lovely shade of pink blending 
with a pure soft rose into a marvelous clear rose-pink, 
Salmon 
3368. Burpee’s Salmon Rich salmon overlaid witha coppery 
sheen—a color that is most appealing for cut flowers. 
Rose 
3384 American Beauty Of the same crimson-rose color as 
its namesake, the American Beauty Rose. Greatly admired. 
3306 Pearl Buck* Rich warm rose standard with an orange 
tinge; wings are deep rose. General effect is rose. 3 : 
Cerise and Salmon Cerise 
3155 Better Baltimore Vivid salmon-cerise changing, when 
fully open, to a warm and pleasing shade of rosy cerise suffused 
salmon. Extra large flowers freely borne on long stems. 
3351 Inspiration* very large, nicely waved salmon-cerise 
flowers in fours on long, sturdy stems. Always pleases. 
3328 Helen Hayes* A soft and appealing shade of coral: or 
coral-cerise enlivened by a luminous suffusion of bright orange. 
3156 Vera™ Soft but vivid pink flushed on amber ground blend- 
ing into a gorgeous salmon-cerise. Showy and desirable. 
Scarlet and Scarlet Cerise 
3361 Kate Smith* Unusually long-stemmed, large, well- 
formed bright scarlet flowers with a slight suffusion or undertone 
of rose. Named with permission of the beloved radio star. 
3310 Grenadier A remarkably luminous color—intense, bril- 
liant poppy-scarlet. The large flowers are most attractively waved. 
Pkt. 15¢; 14 oz. 35¢; oz. 60¢; 4 ozs. $2.00; 14 Ib. $3.75. 
Orange and Orange Pink 
3329 Burpee’s Orange Improved* Pure, clear orange of 
a brilliance and richness that are really startling. 
3341 Osa Johnson* Light salmon-orange when grown under 
glass; outdoors, the salmon is less pronounced. Frilled flowers. 
3370 Ann Batchelder* Orange-salmon flushed copper-pink, 
changing to a bright and lively orange-pink. Flowers are large. 
3159 Supreme Orange Long-stemmed, large orange flowers 
which are tinted copper, giving a pretty orange-pink effect. ; 


