DEPENDABLE GLADS 
1 
A NEW DEAL 
For the Commercial Gladiolus Grower 
“MRS. E. J. HEATON” 
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During the past 17 years I have made hundreds of experimental crosses, and 
raised to the blooming stage thousands of seedlings, and discarded as many as 20 
bushels in one season, no two alike. During all these years my list of points for the 
ideal Glad, on the last page of this catalog, has been gradually extended, as I have 
noted faults to be avoided, and desirable traits to be sought for. It is doubly diffi¬ 
cult to find a Glad that is free of the faults and has all the ideal qualities. But such 
was my good luck when “Mrs. E. J. Heaton” was discovered among my seedlings in 
1929. This list of 21 points of the ideal Glad is the correct description of this new 
seedling. 
Splendid keeper, tall spike, many open, prolific, these are the points in which 
this Glad is supreme. And the color is the clearest and purest salmon pink in Glads. 
It is a living, vivid, golden salmon. Without fear of contradiction I am making the 
claim that it surpasses all other salmon pinks both in beauty and performance. 
It is a cross of “Mr. W. H. Phipps” on “Jane Addams”. According to the Ridg- 
way charts the color is a deep Strawberry Pink, with a Pinard Yellow throat blotch. 
The rich golden yellow back of the dazzling salmon, intensified by their absolute pur¬ 
ity, is an unforgettable combination of colors. It possesses a solidness of color, which 
is very rare in Glads, but common in certain other florist cut flowers, such as the 
carnation and the rose. When a spike is held with its back to the sunlight, the affect 
is indescribable- 
There are no other colors or markings to detract. The blooms never burn nor 
wilt in the hot sun, and we have had it hot the past few years here in Southern Iowa. 
The blooms of cut spikes hold up twice as long as the usual Glad indoors. This lat¬ 
ter fact has been commented upon as remarkable by those who have seen it at the 
shows. Every bud clear to the tip of the long flower head will open a large bright 
flower. This trait it inherits to a large extent from “Jane Addams”, as also its great 
size and fine form. The size is uniformly larger than “Mr. W- H. Phipps”, and the 
form is the wide-open, expanded, but firmly held form of “Jane Addams”. It gets its 
long sturdy spike from “Mr. W. H. Phipps”, and its habit of having many open blooms 
at one time. But it has eliminated the poor placement of Mr. “W. H. Phipps”, also 
the irregularity and uncertainty of this variety. Every bulb this past season sent up 
a salable spike for any florist. The cut so far has been practically 100 percent, as 
judged from a cut flower market standpoint. 
Its growing habits leave nothing to be desired. This latter point is very import¬ 
ant from the commercial grower’s standpoint. It is extremely prolific, and the bulb- 
lets sprout readily, though they do not bloom. Old bulbs do not flatten out, and the 
plant stays green and growing until frost- The bulb is solid, high-crowned, and 
meaty, and very large. The foliage is broad-leafed, blue-green in color, and rather 
low set on the plant, with the tall spikes easy to cut. As for “feeding pressure”, 
no other Glad in my experience has ever been able “to take it”* as this one has. 
Plants forced in this manner have climaxed their response by averaging over 100 
bulblets apiece. It is an early mid-season variety, or about a week earlier than “Dr. 
F. E. Bennett”. 
It won two blue ribbons at the A. G. S. show at La Porte, Indiana, last August, 
in the salmon pink color classes. It was also awarded a Century of Progress Gold 
Medal at the Chicago World’s Fair. 
No. 1 to No. 3, $10-00 each. No. 4, $7.50 each. No. 5, $5.00 each. No. 6, $4.00 
each. Bulblets, $1.00 each. Please do not ask for discounts. 
