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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 280, 8 September 1936, Page 6

New Season’s Seeds AT Fletcher Bros. 200 Varieties Flower and Vegetable Seeds, P er P'kt; 7 pkts for 1/-. 40 Varieties Peas and Beans, 5d per packet, 4 packets for 1/6. Onion Seeds, Brown Spanish, Brown Deptford, Brown Globe and James Keeping, all 9d per oz, or 4ozs for 2/6. RECOMMENDED NOVELTIES WORTH GROWING. SWEET PEAS —-SWEET PEAS SWEET PEAS SWEET PEAS FOR SPRING SOWING. fo. 1 EXHIBITION COLLECTION 12 Varieties each 14 Seeds. Price 2/6 R. F. FENTON .... Lilac Standard French Grey Wings. COUNTESS SPENCER Large Flowered Pink. MRS TOM JONES . . . ... Bright Delphinium Blue. APPLE BLOSSOM . . . Rose Standard and Blush Wings. WARRIOR Rich Chocolate Maroon. ROYAL PURPLE . Fine Purple. TOM STEVENSON Very fine Orange Scarlet BARBARA Fine Salmon Pink. WHITE SPENCER Pure White. JOHN INGRAM . . Giant Rich Rose. ELSIE HUBERT . . . Cream White Standard, Pink Edge. HERCULES . Pretty Pale Pink IMPERIAL COLLECTION, Eight varieties, each 20 seeds. Price 2/-. CHARMING Fine Rosy Cerise. YOUTH . . . Pink Pieotee-edged, Very Large Flowers. CONSTANCE HINTON . . One of the largest White Spencers. GRENADIER .... Bright Cochineal or Geranium Red. ML’S TOM JONES .... A Fine Bright Delphinium Blue. WARRIOR ... .... Rich Chocolate Maroon. POWERSCOURT Very Large Pure Lavender. MAGNET ....... Beautiful Bright Cream Pink. “NOVELTY COLLECTION—I/9. IDYLL ... .... Cream Pink, Shaded Salmon. CARNIVAL .... Rich Bright Rose Pink on Cream ground. WINNIE MORSE . Ivory, flushed with Delicate Salmon Rose. KITTY PIERCE . . Ruffled Lilfto Pink on White Ground. FLAMINGO ..... Orange Scarlet, heavily shaded Cerise. MIXED SWEET PEAS. BURPEE’S NOVELTY MIXTURE ... per pkt. BURPEE’S RAINBOW MIXTURE ... per pkt. BURPEE’S RUFFLED MIXED . . . per pkt. BURPEE’S WINTER FLOWERING MIXED . per pkt. BURPEE’S ZEBRA MIXED per pkt. CUPID SPENCER MIXED ...... per pkt. SPENCER MIXED per pkt. 8d and 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d. 6d.

FLOWERS CARNATION, “Giant Double Chabaud” (Clove Scented). Finest Mixed, including the following: Crimson, brilliant scarlet, terra cotto, carmine, pale pink, deep rose, ruby purple, salmon pink, snow white and deep yellow. These carnations should prove unusually attractive for market growers, both as cut flowers and as a pot plant. They give abundance of flowers of splendid form. If the seed is sown in July they can be planted out in the open in November and will commence to flower in January, and continue throughout the season. They are perfectly hardy, and if in a fairly sheltered spot will stand through the winter. 1/- per pkt HOLLYHOCK,IMPERATOR. Double-Crested’, Begonia Flowered. A striking new departure has been made in this splendid new Hollyhock. Rising to a stately height it bears flowers Oj to 6-£ inches across, consisting of wide outer petals, elegantly frilled and deeply fringed, in the centre of which appears a double rosette about 2 inches across, the whole suggesting a crested Begonia on a giant scale. The colourings include various tints of great beauty, such as cerise-salmon with centre of rose, reflecting rose, delicate pink, with centre of rose, flushed yellow, and numerous other wonderful combinations. 2/- per pkt. BURPEE’S PANSY. Oregon Giants. Marvellous pansies of extreme size, grown for us by the originator. This strain differs from others in that the flowers are somewhat more flattened, but this characteristic adds considerably to the size of the blooms, which if well grown., measure 4 inches across. The originator exhibited such blooms at the Oregon Flower Show in 1928. A graceful wave adds beauty to the flowers that excel other pansies in size, and embrace as fine a colour range. 2/“ per packet. Burpee’s Golden Gleam SweetScented Nasturtium. 3d and 6di per packet. Burpee’s Double Nasturtiums, A wonderful mixture of beautiful new colours. 6d per packet. Brompton Stock, Giant Cape Crimson A magnificent strain, bearing immense spikes of large, double flowers. 1/- per packet. VEGETABLES. Cheltenham Green Leaved Beet. Speoially selected stock. This variety has dark red flesh, and free from the earthy taste that spoils some varieties. This 'very fine stock is the result of long endeavours of the grower to produce a perfect type and is quite distinct from the stocks usually offered under this name. Once grown —always grown. 6dl per packet. Carrots —“The Ideal. It is quite coreless, and has tender, almost transparent flesh of rich colour. This is a new carrot of French origin which we have pleasure in offering, as we believe it to be one of the finest high-class varieties where quality is the main consideration. Although it has fine leaves, “The Ideal Carrot’’ is a quick and vigorous grower, and will be found to be the ideal carrot either for householder or for the market gardener who wishes to supply products of extra good quality. 6d ! P kt - Mr. S., of New Plymouth, writes:— “Your Ideal Carrot is all you say about it, . and I am strongly recommending it to my friends.”

VEGETABLES. Burpee’s Tall 1 , Golden, SelfBlanching Celery. This is a new, tall strain, which differs from the ordinary self blanching. The foliage is also quite distinct, and has been bred for disease-resistance. It is an extra early variety, which should be carefully tested by celerygrowers for the market. 1/- per pkt. Swedish Giant Cabbage. A new and marvellous production, known in Europe as the Central or 1001 b cabbage. A most rapid grower and great blight andl drought resister. Grows enormous heads, very solid and compact, and as hard as a cannon ball, frequently measuring 24 inches across; has very few outer leaves. Quality unsurpassed for delicacy of flavour, leaves are fine grained, tender and crisp. The most handsome and uniform cabbage ever grown. Specimens grown in Sweden weighed over 60Ibs whilst in Australia many growers report weights from 201 bto 501 b each. They also praise in glowing terms it 9 edible qualities, being far superior to any other cabbage grown in this country. 1/- per pkt. 4/- per oz, oz lots only. Brussels Sprouts, Eversham Special This stock has been specially re-se-lected for years. It is of medium height, very early, and the stem is always packed with large, solid sprouts. 6d per pkt. 1/9 oz. Genuine Curtis Nine-Star Broccolj Is quit© hardy, defies frost, and will grow splendid crop anywhere, year after year. Will produce from 5 to 15 marketable heads on a single plant. It produces a large crop just at the time when fresh vegetables are scarce. 6d per pkt. 5/- oz. Burpee’s Iceberg Lettuce. Crisp as Ice—Tender and Juicy. A very popular variety of medium size and outstanding brittleness. Compact heads, with a solid heart ot clear white colour, protected by a tew tender outer leaves. It withstands the heat of summer remarkably well, and keeps in first-class condition foi a long time. 6d per packet. Luther Burbank’s Tomato. s Tomato is one of Burbank s, eh speaks for itself. Earliest of lies—seven to ten days ahead ot ers. Smooth, thick, solid, heavy, lium to large. Bright crimson Toto 6d and 1/- per pkt V O (Moore St., Ashburton) says: tie finest Tomato I have ever wn. Very fine flavour, thin skm, [ very few seeds. I had a wondercrop last year, and will not fail grow them again this year. World’s Wonder Pea. lsurpassed for quality, size and oductiveness. Can be picked tor at ist a month after first picking, nplv covered with pods from 6 ms ove the ground to top of the haulm mostly in pairs. 1/- per pkt. Fletcher’s Turnip-Rooted Parsnip. (Limited amount of seed). Very suitable for planting in shallow soil. 6d per pkt. pee’s Lightning or 7f Weeks Pea. iee’s state that this is an outling new early variety of superb ty and most productive. lhe is make a vigorous bush growth, t 15 inches tall, loaded with fane 74 to 8 weeks after planting; old districts will tab a Me 3 r. 6d per pkt. 1/6 pound.

Ask for one of Our Full List of Novelties. Yivus Plant Food for Flowers and Shrubs, packed odourless cartons. 1/11. i„„ r t ooa Viv-o-Veg Plant Food for Vegetables, /lb odouiless in attractive 71b carton for 2/-«

FOR THE POULTRY FARMER. Oyster Shell Grit, 1001 b bag Chick Grit, 81bs for 251 b bags Perfection Calf Food 31b Meat Meal far 1001 b bags Meat Meal for 1001 b bags Bran 1401 b bags Pollard 6 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 9 6 6 0 9 10 Chick Food— Fine Medium and Coarse, 61bs for 1/-. 121^f, or 07 lOOlbs 14/-. 2001bs 27 Prime Whole Fowl Wheat, 81b 1 Half Bushel 2/9. Bushel 5 Sacks containing -5 1-5 bushels sacks free Fletcher Bros., TELEPHONE 24. P.O. BOX 116.