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'Mrs. A. M. Brand' peony References
Book (Jan 1999) Page(s) 322. Mrs. A.M. Brand Herbaceous Peony. Brand (USA) 1925... white
Website/Catalog (1938) Page(s) 10. Peonies Mrs. A. M. Brand—Purest white. $2.25
Book (1928) Page(s) 23. Includes photo(s). New Peonies Originated by A. M. Brand In 1923, at the St. Paul-Minneapolis National Peony Show, we exhibited about twenty of our new peonies. These seedlings were all varieties selected by us in 1920 from our trial beds. [...] The judges told us after the judging was done that it was the greatest exhibit of new peonies ever staged anywhere by an originator. These seedlings were awarded the Society’s Gold and Silver Medals, the Gold Medal going to the variety Mrs. A. M. Brand, a great white, and the Silver Medal to the variety Myrtle Gentry, a delicate pink. Several awards of merit were also given. ...In this collection of Seedlings appeared the following varieties: Mrs. A. M. Brand (A. M. Brand 1925). Pure White. This flower first attracted our attention as a two year old because of the remarkable, uniformly large pure white blooms which it bore and the clean, thrifty light green stalks and luxuriant foliage it produced. Blooms were cut in the bud and taken inside to be developed and it showed up in remarkable form. The flower opens out a pure, glistening white of pure rose type, a large flat flower with prominent guards and petals of wonderful substance. This variety received the Gold Medal of the American Peony Society, St. Paul, 1923. This is a very late variety.
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