INTRODUCTORY 
HAVE tested over 600 varieties of iris, 
and shall continue to test the promising 
new varieties as offered so that I will be 
better qualified to judge the merits of my 
seedlings. 
Fryer's Glory is one of the best of my new 
seedlings, and this is a new strain of iris* 
for nearly all the red, and near red that I 
have seen are of this strain. The plants 
are all very robust growers, and free 
flowering, and the flower stalks are larger 
than most other varieties. They will 
average from 20 to 30 inches in height, and 
all have large flowers. In fact some have 
the largest flowers that I have ever seen 
on an iris. The falls generally stand out 
horizontally, and the plants can be dis- 
tinguished at a glance even by one not 
familiar with the iris. If the plant is good 
as well as the flowers it is a double im- 
provement. 
I examine my seedlings many times a day 
when in bloom for they cannot be judged 
correctly by one visit a day, but must be 
examined under different weather con- 
ditions to see them at their best. Many 
varieties appear much better at times than 
others, and all on account of the weather. 
I am raising thousands of seedlings each 
year, and I believe I have the largest 
amount of seedling iris of any grower in 
the United States. 
WILLIS E. FRYER 
Mantorville, Minn., July, 1919. 
