Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-01-11

The 1913 spring season brings
three new flower varieties, different
and superior to any of their kinds
and five new vegetable varieties to
the Nations gardeners.
Of the many prospective new
flowers entered in the All-Americs
selections trials, the 81 flower judges
chose three for recommendation
They have grown and bloomed in
comparison with the best of their
kinds, under the judges all-season
supervision, in the various climatic
sections of the United States and in
Southern Canada. They are the
1913 All-America flower winners
and may be obtained from seed
firms over the country this first
season: Radiance cosmos, pink
sensation petunia and a French
marigold, Red Head.
Giant, Bi-COlored Cosmos.
Radiance Cosmos, the silver
medal winner, brings us the first BIZ
colored giant cosmos. Its forebearer
hailed from India and was COM
bined with the earlier All-America
winning giant and early towering
sensation type. 1t comes true
giant bi-color OF rose pink with a
wide basal band of deep crimson
further enhanced by its central
cushion of golden yellow stamens.
Radiance grows to five feet OF
more, with terminal flowers on long
wiry stems for cutting as we'll as
garden display, over long summer
and fall season. The coloring is
even richer under artificial light
and cut flowers are long lasting 1t
is easily grown from seed, adapted
to tall borders backgrounds and de-
lightful airy flower arrangements.
New Petunia.
Pink sensation petunia provides
a new class of our most popular an
nual. 1t adds new yigor and pro-
fusion of large, single fiowered
blooms in this new multi-fiora type.
The luxurious plants reach over 2
feet high in a strong. erect, rounded
form. And. the upright bushes
practically cover themselves with
rosy pink flowers all season until
killing frosts. This new petunia
may be used in beds or borders, even
as q hedge, and the long-stemmed
flowers are welcome for cutting.
Pink sensation well deserves its
bronze medal.
Red head marigold is the descrip-
tive name Of this saucy bronze
snedalist. Compact bushes grow
uniformly a foot or so high and
rounded in form. They also cover
themselves with the reddest of all
marigolds. The 2-inch single flow
ers open a very rich mahogany red,
gradually bronzing to auburn and
bronzy gold. All these shades on
the same dwarf plant is like having
several perfectly blended varieties
for the bed or edging. Red head
makes splendid cutting material for
low and medium arrangements. It's
pofuse Towering and versatility
create wide possibilities for this
most easily grown garden favorite.
Vegetable Winners.
Among = the vegetables, awards
went to Puregold wax bush snap
bean, Ranger snapbean, Supergreen
snapbean, Victory freezer and Free
zonian peas. These winners are
available this season.
Puregold wax snapbean is very
heavy cropping, uniform in type and
season of bearing. Pods are beautiful
rich in color, clean, long, slender,
round. tender, brittle, stringless and
fberless, SIS to inches long. Fifty
eight days from planting brings
them to picking stage. Puregold is
resistant to common bean mosaic.
For canning, Puregold proved supe-
rior to others in color and quality.
Ranger snapbean's bid for fame
is great prolificacy, extraordinary
vigor, spreading, half-runner habit