1934 
CARL SALBACH 
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NO PESTS OR DISEASES 
Customers buying their stock from us need have no fear of obtaining plant 
diseases or pests of any sort with the bulbs or seeds. We have taken the utmost 
care possible to safeguard our bulbs, and pledge ourselves to purchase for re-sale no 
bulb, seed, or root of any kind that we cannot offer with as complete assurance as 
we offer our own. 
WE SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING LETTER: 
October 27, 1933 
Mr. Carl Salbach, 
657 Woodmont Ave., 
Berkeley, Calif. 
My dear Mr. Salbach: 
In my opinion, the value of the precautionary measures practiced by you has again 
been demonstrated during the year 1933. Repeated seasonal inspections of your nursery 
at Berkeley have assured me that your Iris, Dahlia, and Gladiolus plantings are free from 
injurious insect pests and diseases. 
You will be glad to learn, I know, that during the course of my inspections of your 
nursery, I found no evidence whatsoever of the gladiolus thrips. 
Yours very truly, 
Gordon B. Laing, 
Alameda County Agricultural 
Commissioner. 
GBL:GH 
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!!! ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY !!! 
That the world’s most perfect gladiolus—our beautiful deep rich yellow seedling—has the dis¬ 
tinction of being the first gladiolus for which a United States Patent has ever been issued. Letters Patent, 
awarded under the recent Plant Patent Act, were granted to us on October 3, 1 933, for this, our most 
outstanding contribution to gladiolus breeding. 
In addition to being the first patented gladiolus, this truly remarkable flower was awarded the 
first California Spring Garden Show Novelty Gold Medal, which is bestowed only to new flower crea¬ 
tions of outstanding merit. Using the A. G. S. point scale, the judges scored the flower 95. We can 
hardly conceive of a gladiolus meriting a higher rating than this, although many who have seen this 
splendid creation have pronounced it 100 per cent perfect. 
Pictured with our Letters Patent are the first 
three flowers to bloom from large size bulbs. It is 
most significant that the formation and placement 
is practically ideal in every case. Every single one 
of the forty odd spikes to date has been more per¬ 
fect than is required for the exhibition table. Each 
has had a full quota of open florets and unopened 
buds, all faced correctly, and so placed as to avoid 
any semblance of gapping. Actually, the flower is 
the yellow that we have all been dreaming of. and 
hoping for—only more perfect. 
Stock will not permit us to offer this sensational 
new development in gladiolus until next season— 
but with the protection of our Letters Patent, we 
are working out an entirely new marketing plan 
that will enable every gladiolus enthusiast to have 
one or more bulbs the first year offered. 
"If We List It, It’s Good” 
