SWEET PEA WORTH £2000.
* | A gold medal for sweet peas was awarded for the first time on Tuesday by the Horticultural Society at a flower show in the society't> hall. Mr Charles W. Beardmare, of Winchester, was the recipient. Mr Beardmore had in this exhibit the nearest approach that has yet been attained to the coveted yellow sweet pea, a oream-coiored. flower- called the Dora Cow- | per. According to Mr Horace J. Wright, who gave a lecture on the culture of the sweet pea at the Horticultural Hall, the production of the yellow sweet pea would be worth £2000 to" the successful grower.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS19060906.2.30
Bibliographic details
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9187, 6 September 1906, Page 6
Word Count
103SWEET PEA WORTH £2000. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LII, Issue 9187, 6 September 1906, Page 6
Using This Item
See our copyright guide for information on how you may use this title.
Log in