r people's catalogues, but I
don't have one myself.

A Member: What kind of varieties would you suggest for the ordinary home
garden, best dozen varieties?

Mr. Peterson: I would name for the white peonies, the Madam de
Verneville, Avalanche, Couronnes d'Or; of the pale pink, Delicatissima,
Marie Crousse, Grandiflora; of the red, Monsieur Martin Cohuzac,
Monsieur Krelage, Felix Crousse; of the deep pink, Modeste Guerin, M.
Jules Elie and Claire Dubois. I do think that Mr. Brand has some of
exceptional merit that will probably be put in the red class. I don't
know his others, but Felix Crousse is undoubtedly the best of its type
in the red.

A Member: Have you tried out the Baroness Schroeder?

Mr. Peterson: I surely have. It is very fine, but it is a little
changeable, not only in its habits but in its shade. If you want a
perfect white, it isn't that, it is a nearly flesh white. I would say
that the Madame Emile Lemoine is finer.

A Member: Do you advise spraying for them?

Mr. Peterson: No, but I tell you what was asked of me today, which is
the secret of having no disease in our plants. Any two-year-old plant in
our field that doesn't bloom, we dig it up and throw it away, and that
will nip any trouble in the bud, and then you will not get any strain
that is not blooming. If we see any other defect, any that won't head
good, we take it up and throw it away. That one point I think all of you
can well follow, and that is, to dig up every two-year-old plant that
doesn't bloom and throw it away, that is, during the blooming season.

Mr. Harrison: Some varieties will bloom and some won't. You have got to
punish the whole on account of the few?

Mr. Peterson: I do that. If I have a two-year-old plant that is blooming
in a section I keep it and follow it up.

Mr. Harrison: Any special rule about multiplying or dividing?

Mr. Peterson: No, except to divide in September, even possibly the last
week of August, and the earlier they are divided at that time when the
eyes are large, the better it is.

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CAN FRUIT WITHOUT SUGAR.--_Canning Specialists Say Boiling
Water May Be Used Instead of Sirup._ Fruit for use in pies or salads or
as stewed fruit can be put up or canned without the use of any sugar at
all, according to the canning specialists of the department. They,
therefore, advise those who, because of the high price of sugar, have
been thinking of reducing the amount of