SWEET PEA TRIALS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 2, 3 January 1931, Page 6 (Supplement)

SWEET PEA TRIALS.

In a report by a representative of the "Horticultural Advertiser" of a visit to the various trial grounds of the large English seed houses, th© following notes on some of the varieties may be useful to growers. Some of these are already on the market, and some will be offered during the coming season. Noticeable were Big Ben and Sonny Boy, winners at last year's trials; Cheerio, bright blue, Pink Glow and Yule Log Glow, the former receiving an award at the N.S.P.S. trials, and the latter is a strong growing deep orange. Amy Johnson, an attractive flower with duplex standards, flushed with carminecerise. The Fawn, a combination of yellow and pink, blended into a shade of chamois. Leviathan will probably become the leading maroon on account of its size and long stem. Cheerio has a purity and brightness which make it quite distinguishable from other blues, lhag Lieutenant, very large and a deep navy blue, with a maroon flush in the standard. Captain Blood, a pure scarlet and the strongest grower in this colour. Laddie, a warm shade of pale cream pink, and evenly coloured down to the base of the standard and wings. Cheerful, a bright deep cerise: Clematis, a gigantic purple maroon. Amethyst, a good blue, especially bright and pure in the wings. Fragrance, a nicely frilled lilac variety, with an extra heavy perfume.