SWEET PEAS

Evening Star, Issue 19788, 11 February 1928, Page 19

SWEET PEAS

The committee of the Scottish Sweet Pea, Rose, and Carnation Society has compiled the following color tion of sweet peas suitable for exhibition in Scotland: —Blue: *Bluo Bird, Mrs Tom Jones. Blush (pink): Highland Mary, Dainty Maid, Elegance Improved, Valentine. Carmine: "Doreen, Renown. Cerise: *Charming, Coralline, Lucifer. Cerise (salmon); "Mrs A. Searles. Cream; "Mhat Joy, Matchless, Leslie Ruiklcll. Cream pink (pale): *Venus, Fair Lady, Cicely, Sunshine. Cream pink (deep): "Picture, Mary Bickford Crimson: "Sybil Hcnshaw, Unwin’s Crimson, Red Gauntlet. Flushed (pink): "Mrs Horace Wright, Carraelita. Lavender: "Powerscourt, Austin Frederick Improved. Lavender (bluish): "Gleneagles, Mermaid. Lilac; "Lilac Queen. Maroon; "Warrior, Splendor, The Sultan. Mauve: "Chieftain, Royal Mauve. Orange: "Royal Sovereign, Guinea Gold, Wizard. Picotee: "Youth (white ground), "Sunkist (cream ground), Jean Ireland. Pink (orange): "Royal Pink, George Shawyer, Crusader. Pink (pale) : "Radiance, Supreme. Pink (deep): "Pinkie, Hebe, Miss Philadelphia. Pink (salmon): "Magnet, Miss California. Purple: "Olympia, Purple Perfection, Royal Purple. Bose (carmine) : "Private Jack Smellie. Salmon (orange): *Gold Crest, Fordhook Orange. Salmon (cerise); "Grenadier, Royal Scot. Scarlet (orange): "2LO (deep), Mammoth (pale). White: "Model, Edna May Improved, Avalanche, Constance Hinton. An asterisk denotes the variety which the committee considers best in each section. Both the pale and deep bicolor classes and the deep blue section have been deleted, while cerise (salmon) has been added. Comparison with the 1926 list shows that Charming is now preferred to Coralline, Mrs Horace Wright supersedes Carmelita, Royal Pink takes the place of George Shawyer, and Model_ is starred instead of Avalanche. Charity drops out of the crimson class.