Rose and peony Breeder  

Listing last updated on Wed Dec 2024

United States

Archie Mack Brand (1871 - 1953)
See also BRAND.
[From The University of Minnesota Extension Service Site:] Brand Peony Farms evolved from the Brand Nursery Company in Faribault in 1925, when it was run by O.F. Brand's son, A.M. Brand....
[From "The Peonies", by Myron Bigger, 1962, p.38:] "Archie Mack Brand, at first practiced law, but at the turn of the century, joined his father in the nursery business. That his main interest was in peonies, was clear from the start. Many acres were devoted to them. He and his father used open pollination and did no hand crossing. They named fifty-three varieties. After the death of the father, the area given to peonies was even larger and at one time there were over ten acres of seedlings alone. Seventy-six of these were named and introduced. Archie Brand was a Director of the Minnesota Horticultural Society, a Director for thirty-one years of the American Peony Society, Vice President 1923 to 1925, President 1925 to 1927. He was widely known throughout the peony world and greatly respected. Among his finest varieties were Hansina Brand, Blanche King, Mrs. A. M. Brand, Myrtle Gentry, Krinkled White, Mary Brand, Frances Willard, and Longfellow."