RIVERVIEW GARDENS, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
5 
Our Gladiolus Report 
In our report of the blooming season of 1933 the Gladiolus as a 
whole did very well in our test plots where we were able to study them 
very closely. Some of the new foreign varieties did not give the per¬ 
formance that they have been credited with. This may have been 
caused by the extreme heat and drying winds causing some tip burning. 
We can highly recommend the following varieties: Bill Sowden is the 
finest of the crimson-reds. It is always a prize winner. Another very 
fine red is Erica Morini. It has more substance in its petals than any 
of the other reds and for this reason should be of value to the breeder. 
Ramesses, while not new, showed some wonderful spikes again this 
year that were sensational. Much has been said about Senorita, a varie¬ 
gated colored orange; a few spikes in a bouquet will always attract atten¬ 
tion. Orange Wonder for a late-cutting and exhibition variety is in a 
class by itself. For an early orange that is very showy and dainty La 
Paloma stands out. 
Gates of Heaven was one of the surprises of the year. It is a yel¬ 
low that is a yellow—highly finished blooms with heavy substance. 
Golden Cup, a golden yellow, is outstanding as to purity of color. It 
is a great improvement over Golden Dream as a commercial variety. 
Something different in the yellows is Golden Anniversary; an enormous 
flower of fawn-yellow suffused blush-pink with a large red blotch, and 
finely ruffled petals. It is distinctive and beautiful. 
In the cream and buff varieties Queen Mary, when grown well, is 
exquisite. Duna has a distinctive shade of great beauty. Wasaga in 
the same color class must be seen to be appreciated. When grown good, 
it is the finest of its color class. White Glads are well represented 
among the outstanding varieties. I consider Jonkheer Van Tets at the 
head of the list; it has good placement, large blooms, fine spike, and 
ten or more blooms out at one time. What more can one ask? One that 
will bear watching, however, is Star of Bethlehem; it produces very fine 
blooms of pure white on a tall spike. Maid of Orleans is the coming 
commercial cut flower in the white class. It has, without a doubt, all 
the qualities of a good commercial variety. 
Jessie, in the pure pink class, showed up very well in the garden; 
the color is especially fine. Picardy in the salmon-pinks stands supreme 
—’nuf said. Margaret Fulton, a rich salmon-pink that makes an ideal 
spike for cutting, is one of my favorites. Another variety that has all 
the good qualities a Glad should have, is Mildred Louise. Don’t overlook 
it. Schwaben Girl, in the light pink class, proved to be a winner where- 
ever shown. It was praised very highly by all who saw it last season 
for its exquisite color and well-rounded blooms. Perhaps the most 
daintily colored of all Glads is Rosemarie Pfitzer in its shadings of pink 
and white. On heavy soils flecking is very pronounced, but does not 
detract from its beauty. Salbach’s Orchid is right up in the running 
in the number of prizes won. It is a winner in the rose-pink class in 
all of the major shows. 
