Book  (1928)  Page(s) 58.  
 
A List of Fifty of the Best Inexpensive Varieties
Pink Varieties
Archie Brand (Brand).  7.5.  Pink.  We receive more compliments on this variety from all over the country than on any other one variety.  Those who have purchased this peony express their surprise at its low rating.  We believe that Archie Brand deserves a rating of 8.5 and when the next Symposium is taken we believe that you will find it around this mark.  When the last Symposium was taken, this variety could not be rerated as the committee decided that all peonies that had been voted on by twenty or more people should not be included in the new vote.  Archie Brand is a large round, full rose-type blossom of an even shade of sea shell pink.  The foliage and stems are light green and very clean in appearance.  The buds as they develop are very attractive, enormous in size, and wonderously beautiful as they open.  As the flower just opens, it is at its most beautiful stage.  The petals of good length are then banked in a compact mass with four distinct corners to the bloom which gives a very pleasing effect.  The guards then begin to fall away leaving a great round ball of bloom in the center.  This variety becomes coarse when heavily fertilized.  It does best on clay soil.