Book  (1928)  Page(s) 64.  
 
A List of Sixty Choice Peonies of the More Expensive Varieties
Pink Varieties
Pride of Essex (Thurlow, 1916).  8.9.  Exceptionally large broad petals of deep flesh-pink make a very large flower of good form.  Stems long and stiff.  Midseason.  First class certificate, Massachusetts Horticultural Society.  Fragrant.