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Early Flowering SWEET PEAS 
Burpee’s Early Flowering Sweet Peas come into bl 

David Burpee presenting the young Metropolitan Opera prima-donna, 
Patrice Munsel, with his new orange-salmon sweet pea named in her honor. 
3318 Patrice Munsel New and distinct shade in early sweet peas 
for 1947. Flowers are large, waved, many duplexed, and of a Tich, 
deep, glowing orange-salmon with a slight undertone of cerise. 
Stems are long and sturdy, carrying three or four blooms each. 
: Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. 6€0¢; oz. $1.00; 14 Ib. $3.75 
WHITE 
3390 Burpee’s White Magnificent large, frilled, pure glistening 
white flowers which are particularly sweet-scented. A splendid 
white-seeded white sweet pea that is held in high esteem. 
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. Standard and wings are waved. 
SALMON PINK 
3161 Joseph Truly magnificent color—a soft and pleasing bright 
salmon-pink on cream. Flowers are very large; stems are long. 
3365 Mrs. Douglas MacArthur* Extra large, attractively 
waved flowers of a sparkling rich. deep salmon-pink self ona 
creamy white ground. Vigorous growing, profuse bearer. 
i Pkt. 25¢; 1 oz. 60¢; oz. $1.00; 1 Ib. $3.75 
3356 Bridesmaid Extra large, light salmon-pink flowers on white 
ground; delightful color in any light. Long stemmed. 
FAWN PINK 
3162 Golden Pink* Outstanding color—glowing golden or soft 
fawn-pink. Especially beautiful under artificial light. Large. 
3309 World’s Fair Light golden cream faintly overlaid with a 
delicate suffusion of fawn becoming deeper toward the edges. 

oom 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. 
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Any of the above Early Sweet Peas, except where quoted: Pkt.15¢; 14 oz. 45¢; oz.75¢; 14 Ib. $2.60 
3329 Burpee’s Orange Improved* 
We have marked with a star (:k) 
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, 

ROSE PINK 
3352 Annie Laurie Large flowers of splendid form and pure rose- 
pink in color. Pkt. 15¢; 12 0z. 40¢; oz. 70¢; V4 lb. $2.30 
3339 Ball’s Rose Rich deep rose with a fine suffusion of salmon- 
pink. Flowers are large, long stemméd and well-waved. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1, 0z. 40¢; oz. 70¢; 4, lb. $2.30 
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, Flow- 
ers 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 with a 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. 
3306 Pearl Buck* Rich warm rose standard with an orange 
tinge; wings are deep rose. The general color effect is rose. 
CERISE AND SALMON CERISE 
3155 Better Baltimore Vivid salmon-cerise changing, when 
fully open, to a warm shade of rosy cerise suffused salmon. 
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 blending 
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 of rose. 
3310 Grenadier A remarkably luminous color —intense, brilliant 
poppy-scarlet. Pkt. 15¢; 1, 0z.40¢; oz. 70¢; 4, Ib. $2.30 
ORANGE SCARLET 
3157 Lively Bright scarlet-cerise heavily overlaid with orange. 
ORANGE AND ORANGE PINK 
3346 Mrs. August Belmont The deepest orange of the early 
group; when young, the color often approaches scarlet-vermilion, 
Pure, clear orange of a 
brilliance and richness that are really startling. Long stems. 
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. 
CRIMSON 
3372 Red Man* Deep crimson; ruby-red: shadings in highlights. 
3396 Red Chief Crimson with a rosy cast. Very large flowers. 
See next page for other Early and Giant Ruffled Sweet Peas 

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