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'Avant-Garde' peony References
Book  (Jan 2000)  Page(s) 162.  
 
Avant Garde Herbaceous Peony. Lemoine 1907. A cross between Paeonia lactiflora and P. wittmanniana. A single pink
Book  (Jan 1999)  Page(s) 32, 252.  
 
Page 32: Lemoine crossed P. wittmanniana with Chinese varieties to produce early-flowering peonies with large, fragrant single flowers in white, yellow, rose and salmon, with thick, luxuriant leaves such as 'Avant Garde', 'Le Printemps', 'Mai Fleuri' and 'Messagère'.
Website/Catalog  (1931)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Pivoines précoces. Hybrides de P. sinensis et de P. Wittmanniana...Avant-garde (L.); grandes fleurs simples, rose tendre veiné, étamines dorées, filets prune, floraison de 15 mai ....10 fr.
Book  (Jan 1917)  Page(s) 85.  
 
Avant-Garde. Pale rose petals veined plum colour. Bright golden stamens. One of the Wittmanniana hybrids...Lemoine. Single. Pale pink. Medium. Very early. Vigorous, erect. Very stiff stems. Large luxuriant foliage. Cutting.
Book  (1917)  Page(s) 109.  
 
The Wittmaniana hybrids, however, are very hardy. M. Lemoine, the French hybridist, by making crosses of various Chinese varieties on P. Wittmaniana has produced these valuable extra early-flowering sorts. They have large fragrant single flowers of great beauty, in delicate tints of white, yellow, rose and salmon, and have thick leaves of vigorous and luxuriant growth. Avante Garde, palest rose; Le Printemps, yellowish cream ; Mai Fleuri, salmon white, and Messagere, sulphur white, are all most attractive.
 
Magazine  (1913)  Page(s) 16.  
 
....krautigen Paeonien, hat die gelbliche Witmanniana benutzt, um frühblühende Sorten zu ziehen (Avantgarde, Maifleuri, Le printemps, Messagère), welche die Herkunft von Witmanniana moch durch kleinere, nicht stark gefüllte Blumen und frühes Blühen anzeigen.
Translation:
...herbaceous peonies, used the yellowish Wittmanniana to obtain early-blooming sorts (Avantgarde, Maifleuri, Le printemps, Messagère), which demonstrate the descent from Wittmanniana through smaller, not very double blooms and early blooming.
Website/Catalog  (Aug 1910)  Page(s) 14-15.  
 
Pivoines hybrides du Pæonia sinensis croisé par le P. Wittmanniana
Ces plantes se distinguent de leur parents par une végétattion exubérante. La floraison commence vers le milieu du mois de mai, c'est-à-dire environ un mois avant les Pivoines de Chine; les fleurs sortant bien du feuillage, sont simples, de grand taille, du couleur claire, jaunâtre ou saumonée, et produisent, à cette époque hâtivede l'année, un charmant effet qui les fera sûrement rechercher des amateurs.

Avant-garde (Lem.); fleurs moyennes, rose tendre veiné, étamines dorées, base des filets prune, floraison de 15 mai ...2 fr.

[not listed in the 1928-1930 catalogues, but again in 1931]
 
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