1934 
CARL SALBACH 
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Charles Dickens (Pfitzer). Clear glowing red- 
violet with a velvety blotch on lower 
petal. Excellent substance, fine placement. 
Seven or eight open. Awarded first prize 
in purple class, Am. Glad. Soc. Show, 1933, 
and the same prize at the Eastbay Glad. 
Soc. Show, 1932. Each 10c, 3-2.'jc, 6-40c, 
12-75C, 25-$1.35. 
Commander Koehl (Pfitzer). This fiower is a 
real attention getter. It throws huge spikes 
with large, wide-open blooms of brilliant 
deep scarlet red, with no markings or 
blotches. Stands up in practically all 
weather conditions, with six or seven open 
florets. Voted the most popular red in the 
American Glad. Soc. symposium, and has 
won countless prizes, including first as 
best flower in the Oregon Glad. Soc. Show 
in Portland, 1931. Each, 1.5c, 3-35c, 6-50c, 
12-$1.00, 25-$1.75. 
Coryphee (Pfitzer). A beautiful clear wax-like 
pink, similar to an Ophelia rose. Beautiful 
in baskets, having created a sensation prac¬ 
tically every time exhibited. Florets large, 
round, and well formed, placement perfect. 
Tall. Early. Awarded first price as most 
artistic basket in Amer. Glad. Soc. Show, 
1932. See page 16. Each, 10c, 3-25c, 6-40c, 
12-75C, 25-$1.35. 
D. A. Hay {Miss W hiteley). A splendid Aus¬ 
tralian salmon pink with ivory throat. Very 
showy. Six open at once and a fine vigor¬ 
ous grower. Highly recommended in 
Canada and America, and a variety that 
greatly impressed us in our own garden. 
Easily the best of its color class. Large, 
$5.00 each; Medium, $3.50 each. No small 
sizes or bulblets offered. 
Diablo (Salbach 1 929). Glowing velvety scar¬ 
let; throat and tongue almost black. Seven 
large round florets open at one time, with 
ten buds to follow. Heavy substance. Very 
early. Each 10c, 3-25c, 6-40c, 12-75c, 2.5- 
$1.35. 
Don of Peralta (Salbach). We particularly 
recommend this variety for group plant¬ 
ings or cutting because of its brilliant 
effect in mass. Large blooms of bright red 
with a prominent blotch of straw yellow. 
Each 10c, 3-25c, 6-40c, 12-75c, 25-$1.35. 
Dorothy Simpson (Salbach). Large beauti¬ 
fully ruffled lilac. Blotch of pale amber 
with heart-shaped inset of soft purple. 
From five to six well placed blooms open 
at one time. Very heavy substance. Award¬ 
ed first prize as best gladiolus in Manitoba 
Horticultural Soc. Show, 1930, and first as 
best individual spike, St. Vital, Canada 
Show, 1933. Stock limited. Order early. 
Each 20c, 3-40c, 6-70c, 12-$1.25, 25-$2.25. 
Dr. F. E. Bennett (Diener). One of the best 
of all scarlet-reds. A large tall flame scar¬ 
let with many open at one time. Rated 
fourth most popular of all gladiolus in 
Amer. Glad. Soc. symposium and always a 
winner at shows. See page 13. Each 10c, 
3-20c, 6-35c, 12-60C, 25-$1.10. 
Emile Aubrun (Lemoine). Immense flowers 
of a rich rose red, suffused blue. Glowing 
carmine blotch in throat. Six open, perfect 
placement. A winner at both major shows 
in our locality, and at the Am. Glad. Soc. 
Show 1933. Each 10c, 3-20c, 6-35c, 12-60c, 
25-$1.10. 
Erica Morini (Pfitzer). Brilliant scarlet, 
large, new. L., $1.00; Med., 60c; S., 35c; 
Bblts, 10 for 50c. 
Festival Queen (Salbach 1934). A truly huge 
geranium pink which won the Mrs. 1. W. 
Heilman Gold Medal at the California 
Flower Festival as the most outstanding 
new creation among all types of flowers 
exhibited. The immense blooms, which are 
easily five and one-half inches across, 
are colored a live geranium pink with soft 
carmine featherings on the lower petals. 
Five to six fully expanded blooms with 
twelve or thirteen additional buds. Consist¬ 
ently placed and correctly faced. Unques¬ 
tionably one of, if not the finest, of this 
season’s introductions. A “must have” for 
breeders as its characteristics of huge well 
expanded blooms carry on freely. Stock 
limited—not more than two bulbs to any 
one customer. Bulbs one inch in diameter 
or over, $5.00 each. No bblts. offered. 
Frederick Christ (Diener). Very large flowers 
of delicate shrimp pink, canary throat. A 
beautiful color combination. Many open. 
One of Diener’s best. Awarded first as best 
pink, Calif. Flower Festival, 1933. Each 
15c, 3-35c, 6-50c, 12-$1.00, 25-$1.75. 
Gay Hussar (Salbach) .Orange-red, shading to 
strawberry pink. Fine placement. Six or 
more open at once. Each 10c, 3-25c, 6-40c, 
12-75C, 25-$1.35. 
Gertrude Swenson (Swenson). A $100 gladi¬ 
olus from Australia that qualifies as the 
fine rosy mauve variety that so many 
hybridists have been striving for. A truly 
outstanding gladiolus that has won prizes 
as “Champion” or best bloom displayed in 
four Australian shows, and has been highly 
praised in America. 
Perfect placement, tall and straight, with 
ten to fourteen florets open at once. Color— 
bright rosy mauve with small white blotch 
on lower petals, feathered mauve. Large, 
$5.00 each; M., $3.50 each; S., $2.00 each, 
and bulblets, $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00. 
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