To Resume 
Writing a catalog of interest after a lapse of several years isn’t as easy as 
it starts out to be. With new glads coming on each year (tho in fewer quant¬ 
ities—praise be!) and with various older ones retaining their position—and advancing— 
certainly in spite of depression and thrips there’s a lot of interest in this grand flower 
of ours. 
The return to the former mailing address at LeRoy seems a wise move. Bulbs 
grown at that location have always done particularly well and the overhead is less than 
at Rockford. Under the careful direction of Francis Thacker who has been growing 
the gladiolus in a smaller way for a number of years—and who was a member of the 
Class of ’33—LeRoy High School—a splendid crop has been harvested. Being far 
from other commercial plantings of this flower, thrips are practically unknown at that 
location. And that’s something! We have been watching with much interest the 
newer varieties during the past few years and are moved to a few comments. 
WHITE 
In white varieties the famous three—Albatros, Mammoth White and Jonkheer 
Van Tets have held sway for five years' or more. They are just as fine as 1 ever. 
Mammoth White has the fault of making too many spikes per bulb and coming crowded. 
Albatros is apt to come poorly placed and the bulbs aren’t very healthy. J. Van Tets 
as an exhibition flower frequently is beyond reproach—but placement may be bad and 
it is only a moderate propagator. The new Maid of Orleans may be the ideal com¬ 
mercial white. Neai’ly as large as the largest it is good substance—well placed, good 
doer in fact its faults are few. The newer Star of Bethlehem may be even better. I’ve 
not seen enough of it to say. Solveig—not a pure white as we all know—has been 
shown in such form to surpass anything else. A moderate grower and propagator 
however. It is possibly a flower for the fancier. It is too new and expensive yet to 
judge. For a moderately priced white with marking—White Knight is quite ideal. 
Good propagator too. The Winter King is grand but more tempermental. Mrs. Anna 
Pfitzer is a cream white of considerable merit. Not seen very often, yet it’s 1 value is 
beyond many that are more widely heralded. Queen Louise is another very lovely 
flower—white with cream throat. It too, deserves to be better known. The new 
Rosemarie Pfitzer will perhaps take the place of the rather tempermental Queen Mary. 
Exquisitely lovely in its flesh white and cream, it seems to be quite a satisfactory grow¬ 
er and propagator. Yvonne, another flesh white with vase marking has early became 
a favorite commercial variety. It is particularly appreciated because of its early bloom¬ 
ing qualities. Another early, not at all known is Sigred Stein, a medium sized creamy 
white which seems extremely dependable. The older Carmen Sylva and Olive Goodrich, 
now favorite commercial varieties, have a great deal of merit and are both well worth 
growing. The latter particularly is a very refined white with a pink border around the 
petals. 
YELLOW 
Going from white, thru cream to yellow seems quite obvious. The most interesting 
yellow we have run across in quite some time is Crow’s Primate. Having perfect health 
and reproduction, it is extremely tall and vigorous. Clear medium yellow, very slightly 
hooded. All in all, a very satisfactory commercial. Others by the same originator are 
Goldfinch and Magnet. The former is earlier than Primate, and deeper color. A 
glorified Souvenir. Magnet is nice color, quite a copper tint, often crooks however. The 
newer Golden Cup of Palmer’s is a heavy flower of deep color, seems extremely worth 
while in this comparatively small color class. Yellow Perfection is a very nice bright 
yellow, which opens many florets at a time. Tobersun is becoming a popular, late 
variety. Antione is one of the first to bloom and about the deepest color of any. 
The standard among yellows, however, still is Gold Eagle for early and Golden Dream 
for late bloom. While each has its faults, it will be years before they are supplanted. 
And among prims, Golden Frills is mighty hard to beat, in yellow or any other color. 
Heavily ruffled, deep yellow with marking and very early. 
