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Title: Stokes' standard seeds : 1911
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Walter P. Stokes (Firm) Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs Flowers Seeds Catalogs Fruit Seeds Catalogs Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs Plants Catalogs Seeds Catalogs Vegetables Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia : Walter P. Stokes
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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es 2-inches across, iA inches in depth.The stems are long and strong. The strong, vigorous vines arenearly covered with bloom the entire season. Pkt. 10 cts., oz.15 cts., Klb. 40 cts. PRIMROSE SPENCER. A fitting companion for White Spen-cer. The strong stems never have less than three very large flow-ers to the stem. The color is a true primrose. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20cts., Hlb. 50 cts. GIGANTIC ORCHID-FLOWERED MIXED. This mixturecontains all the large orchid-flowering varieties. To the florist,the Sweet Pea is a great favorite, and no one need hesitate aboutpurchasing this mixture, as the best of care is taken to have allthe colors of the beautiful crumpled waved varieties to blend.Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. NEW CHRISTMAS, or WINTER-FLOWERING Xmas Pink. Pink and white. ; Mrs. E. Wild. Carmine.Florence Denzer. Pure white. I Watchung. White, black seed.Each, pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., %\b. 75 cts., lb. $2 63 M WALTER P. STOKES 219 Market Street, PHIbADELPHIA, PA.
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CHOICE SWEET PEAS FOR FORCING BURPEES EARLIEST WHITE. Burpees Earliest White Sweet Peablooms about a week and a half earlier than Mont Blanc. It is a black-seeded variety. The plants grow from 16 to 20 inches high, and are con-tinually covered with flowers, borne upon strong stems 6 to 8 inches long.If planted under glass they begin to bloom when 12 inches high. Pkt. 5cts., 02. 1= cts., &lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. EARLIEST OF ALL. A new and entirely distinct strain developed fromthe Extra-Early Blanche Ferry, growing only 18 to 24 inches in heightwhen in full bloom. It flowers fully ten days in advance of Extra-harlyBlanche Ferry, bearing a rich profusion of the beautifully tinted flowers.Standard bright rosy pink ; wings creamy white, suffused with pale rose.Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 15 cts., lb. 50 cts. MONT BLANC. In this new variety we have a splendid companion varietyfor Earliest of All; ten da3rs to two weeks earlier than Emily Henderson.The plants grow only 18 to 20 inche

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