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FARIBAULT, MINN. 

BRAND PEONY FARMS 
brand Hardy Outdoor 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS 
Each season we go through a field of blooming Chrysanthemums and select for our spring sales what we consider the very 
best out of hundreds of varieties. We have discarded many of the older kinds that have been replaced by newer and better 
ones. This spring our list includes the 12 best of the Chicago strain, the top 10 from the Minnesota varieties, 6 of the very 
finest English varieties, as well as many brought out by Mr. Cummings, and the U. S. Department of Agriculture. There isn’t 
an inferior variety in our list and we feel sure that you will be more than satisfied with any variety you choose. 
Do not order Mums after June 1st. You should name others you would be willing to take as substitutes if your order is 
sent in after May Ist. 
We ask all of our customers ordering Mums to tell us in their order 
about when it is safe to plant in their locality and when they would 
like shipment made. 
Remember our Mums are greenhouse-grown (all good Mums are) 
and have to be in the open ground at least a week before they are 
hardened enough to stand a frost. 
NEW ENGLISH VARIETIES 
For a number of seasons we have had inquiries for the English varie- 
ties. Since they cannot be depended upon to bloom in the garden in 
our locality, we have not listed them. 
However, in some sections where the fall season is short, they can 
be potted and taken indoors just before the first frost. If you are willing 
to go to this trouble, you will be well repaid. The flowers are much 
larger than other varieties we offer and the coloring is most pleasing. 
In localities where the fall season is longer than we have in Minne- 
sota, these English varieties should perform nicely in the garden. 
COPPELIA is early enough to bloom outside in Minnesota. 
This spring we are offering what we consider the best in each color 
class. A few are as good, but none better. 
We regret that we have no color plates available to do them justice. 
Each, 60c; any 3 for $1.50; all 6 for $2.75, postpaid. 
COPPELIA. A brilliant reddish bronze. 
DOVEDALE. A very large creamy white. 
JUANITA. Another fine pink of a deeper shade than Leda. 
LEDA. A fine pink with flowers at least six inches in diameter. 
ORANGE QUEEN. The richest golden yellow of all. 
WESTBOURNE. A very rich dark red, coming into bloom about 
October 11th. 
SHALL WE SUBSTITUTE 
If we have good luck in propagating all varieties, all early orders can be 
filled without making any substitutions. But if we have permission to substitute, 
even though it does not become necessary, orders can be filled with greater 
promptness and without further correspondence. Always in substituting, we 
keep the colors the same and the value the same or even better. However, we 
keep in mind there are varieties for which there is no substitution. For example, 
we would not substitute Purple Star for Chippewa. But if Chippewa were sent 
for Purple Star you would have a Mum of the same fine color and a much 
larger flower. Be sure to give us this information, especially on orders where 
shipment cannot be made early in the season. 

CHRYSANTHEMUM 
SUGGESTIONS 
In our list of 54 Mums we are offering this spring, no two are alike. 
They may be the same color, but they will vary in form, size, and season 
of blooming. If you order any of our collections, you will be sure to 
get a variety of colors. 
In ordering Mums, kindly bear in mind they should not be planted 
in the garden until all danger of frost is over. If you will state in your 
order what is likely to be a favorable time for planting in your locality, 
we will be guided accordingly in making shipment to you. However, 
we must begin to send out our southern orders as early as possible, and 
if you should be caught by a late unexpected frost, it will be necessary 
to cover your plants until the danger passes. 
If you wish bushy plants literally loaded with bloom, three things 
are absolutely essential. 
First: You must keep your plants well cultivated. Use a hoe. Nothing 
is better for this purpose than our All-Purpose Hoe. Stir the ground 
at least once a week and you will have wonderful Mums. 
Second: To have sturdy well-branched plants, the terminal shoots 
should be pinched back about twice during the season. Remove about 
one-half inch of the tip of the main shoots. The last pinching should 
be done between July 15th and August 1st. This pinching is a painful 
operation for most people but it is essential if you desire strong, sturdy 
plants. 
Third: Chrysanthemums respond wonderfully to applications of fer- 
tilizer. Well-rotted barnyard manure spread over the ground between 
plants and about 2 inches from the main stem is splendid. There are 
a number of good commercial fertilizers. Vigoro is one. Make a trench 
about 2 inches from the plant and 1 inch deep. Scatter a heaping tea- 
spoonful of Vigoro in the trench and cover with soil. Then take the 
nozzle from the hose and let the water run slowly over the ground until 
’ the soil is drenched. Watering in this way is much better than overhead 
sprinkling. 
One.of our customers must have followed our suggestions as we 
received the following letter recently: 
Pawtaucket, R. I., 
Dec. 22, 1945. 
“T now have a planting of over 20 Minnesota Chrysanthemums that 
I bought from you. This fall, when they were in bloom, many strangers 
stopped and rang my doorbell to ask me: ‘What are those gorgeous 
flowers and where did you get them?’ I told them all: ‘BUY FROM 
BRAND AND YOU GET THE BEST,” 
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