What Varieties to Grow 
Often people ask me to make out a list of glads for them. This is extremely 
hard to do as it is impossible for anyone to pick out varieties for someone else 
and satisfy the person 50% of the time. Not only do tastes differ immensely but 
when a person asks me to pick out a list of varieties they don’t say for which one 
of the many purposes glads are grown that they want them for. A variety that 
is the best for one purpose might be entirely unsatisfactory for another. Many 
varieties are wonderfully fine for the home garden but for exhibition or com¬ 
mercial purposes they would not be at all suited. 
I write all my descriptions myself and try to make them as accurate as I can 
in a short space. If I say a variety is the best in its class of course that is my 
personal opinion. And I don’t say it simply because I have a large stock of bulbs 
that I want to get rid of. You may rely upon these descriptions as telling the 
truth according to my opinion. Someone else possibly would have a different 
opinion. Then a variety may do well in one part of the country and not in another. 
The only way to find out if you like a variety or if it does well with you is to try 
it out. It is well to read other people’s opinions of various varieties but take them 
with a grain of salt. I have seen some articles written this summer that give very 
wrong impressions of some varieties. 
I am often asked what is the tallest glad, largest, etc. To help out these 
people who ask these questions I am giving a list here of varieties that I consider 
the best in their particular way. 
My Personal Nomination For— 
Largest Glad 
Aflame, Bagdad, Mammoth White, Mrs. Douglas, Miss New Zealand, 
Netherland Prince, Picardy, Winged Victory. Several others may be 
grown 6 inches across and a 6 inch flower is considered very large. 
Tallest Glad 
Bagdad, Mrs. Douglas, Ramasses. 
Most Beautiful 
Mrs. Langford, Picardy, Wasaga. 
Most Florets Open 
W. H. Phipps. I know of no other variety that can compete in number open 
with a well grown Phipps. 
Most Gorgeous 
Lucifer, Picardy, Red Lory. 
Most Dazzling 
Wurtembergia. 
Best Landscape Variety 
Antione, Janet, Rose Wings, Senorita, Spray of Gold. 
Most Bizarre 
Hillbilly. 
Most Heavily Bujjled 
Premier Henry, Thomas Edison. 
Longest Flower Head 
Debonair. 
Clearest Color 
Bonny Scotland, Jonquil, Spray of Gold, Wasaga. 
Most Garish 
Cassandra, Senorita. 
Stands the Sun Best 
Golden Flame, Sahara. 
Finest Blending of Color 
Lindesta, Mrs. Langford, Premier Henry, Reverie, Coronation. 
Best Cut Flower Varieties for Commercial Purposes 
This does not include some of the older commercials that I no longer grow. 
Some of these are still too high in price for commercial purposes but are comers. 
White —Escort, for early; Maid of Orleans, best of all; Mammoth White, for 
local use. 
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