CHOICE GLADIOLI 
CARPENTER’S ORIGINATIONS 
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ASHVILLE FLOWER FIELDS 
C. A. CARPENTER, Proprietor 
Originator and Grower of Choice Glads 
Ashville, New York 
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It is catalogue season again, and we have some nice 
bulbs again this year. Last season was the driest here, 
that we have ever had. We had no rain to speak of 
from the first of April until August. It rained some 
during August and September, so that the bulbs made 
a fairly good growth. 
Because of the dry weather, many varieties did not 
bloom as well as usual, but it gave us an excellent op¬ 
portunity to see which glads would stand the adverse 
conditions. 
For fifteen years we have been breeding for early 
varieties, and now have a wonderful bunch of new ones 
in our trial plot. Even the dry weather did not seem to 
affect them, and we are discarding those that made a 
poor showing. 
Gypsy Girl was one of the first to bloom, and as usual 
produced fine large bloom and nice spikes, that sold 
readily. This is the best extra early glad we have ever 
grown or produced. 
lean Phyllis, Dorothy Dell, Marion Louise, and Miss 
Harriet did not do as well as usual, but did better than 
most other varieties. 
Gladys Clark, Bonniebelle, Miss Mabel, Paul Pfitzer, 
Picarda, Mammoth White, and a few others did not 
seem to be affected by the drouth at all, while some 
varieties such as Albatross, Orange Flame, Mildred 
Louise, and Pfitzers Triumph did not seem to do as 
well. 
We tried Recovery this year, and believe it to be the 
finest new variety we have bought in three years. Phyl¬ 
lis McQuiston was another that we liked verv well. 
JEA N PH YUS 
