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'Myrtle Gentry' peony References
Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 20, 80.  
 
Page 20: Myrtle Gentry, a local schoolteacher, was hired to run the Brand Nursery office in 1918 and three years later was made a partner in the nursery... The flowers of 'Myrtle Gentry' are widely considered the most fragrant of all peonies...
Page 80: Myrtle Gentry Herbaceous Peony. Brand 1925. When irst open, the double flower is a flushed salmon-pink blush but soon turns a waxy white...
Website/Catalog  (1960)  Page(s) 5.  
 
Light Pink Peonies
Myrtle Gentry (Brand 1925) A beautiful, late, light pink that fades to nearly pure white with age. Delightful tea rose fragrance. A perfect rose form flower, with great, broad, nicely rounded petals of wonderful substance. Tints of flesh and salmon show throughout the petals. Splendid grower with heavy dark green foliage. $2.00
Website/Catalog  (1938)  Page(s) 10.  
 
Peonies
Myrtle Gentry (Mid-season) Immense pink with flesh and salmon tints. $3.00
Book  (1928)  Page(s) 25.  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:
Myrtle Gentry (A. M. Brand 1925).  Pink.  This variety produces a plant of splendid growth and clean appearance.  It holds its beautiful great flower erect and well above the foliage.  The beautifully formed flowers are of the largest size, of perfect rose form, with great broad nicely rounded petals of wonderful substance.  The color is a beautiful pink, with tints of flesh and salmon.  While all of these new seedlings have a pleasing odor this one is the sweetest of all.  It has the fragrance of a tea rose.  Awarded Silver Medal at St. Paul Show in 1923.
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