Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 164.  
 
Blanche King Herbaceous Peony. Brand 1922. A double pink lactiflora

Book  (1928)  Page(s) 22.  
 
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:
Blanche King (A. M. Brand 1925).  Deep Pink.  There is a constant search going on among peony lovers for a good, deep pink.  The old variety, Edulis Superba, has the desired color but it lacks quality.  So we must look further for this shade of pink which the world likes so well.  We have it to a striking degree in Blanche King.  This is a large, round rose type flower of brilliant, glowing, deep pink.  It holds its color in the field, but shows unusually well when cut in the bud and opened inside.  This variety received an Award of Merit at the London, Ontario National Peony Show in 1922.