Sweetheart 
PRESTGARD, 1933 
Solveig 
PRESTGARD, 1932 
“For an exquisite cut-flower nothing can 
surpass the lovely frilled Sweetheart with its 
waxy snow-white florets edged a vivid pink.” 
Fredrick W. Cassebeer in House Beautiful 
May, 1934. 
“The stock of Sweetheart I bought from you 
last spring proved to be very satisfactory and 
every bulb and bulblet grew fine and gave me 
a good increase. 1 appreciate the information 
you have given me on this flower.” 
James W. Purcell, California. 
“Mr. B- of our glad society tells me 
he saw Sweetheart at our show at Cedar Rapids 
and he thought it was a wonderful glad of un¬ 
usual beauty.” 
M. C. Severson, Iowa. 
“We were amazed at the sheer loveliness of 
Solveig, a giant ruffled white with wide open 
florets. Upon comparing a spike of Maid of 
Orleans and a spike of Star of Bethlehem , Solveig 
proved to be a purer white than either.” 
C. G. Young in Wisconsin Horticulture. 
U NLIKE Sweetheart which is both a glad for 
the fancier and an ideal commercial variety, 
Solveig seems to be strictly a fancier’s 
fiow-er. It responds to good culture but seems to 
prefer certain localities. As a result reports on 
this glad vary considerably. At its best, however, 
it is far superior to any other white. The color 
is unusually snowy, with only a small touch of 
rose in the throat. Substance is literally as heavy 
as velvet and very glossy in a well grown spike. 
Florets are six inches in diameter and up to 
seven are open at one.time. At the bottom of 
this page is a typical comment on this variety, 
elicited by a few spikes displayed at the Wiscon¬ 
sin State Show the past season. 
For prices on Solveig, see general list at end of 
this catalog. 
SOLVEIG SWEETHEART 
H ERE is a glad which seems more beautiful 
each year when it comes into flower. Per¬ 
haps this might seem to be because it is 
often one of the very first to bloom when glads 
are especially welcome and we are less critical. 
But later blooms from later plantings give us the 
same thrill at its fresh, unsullied beauty. I think 
it is unquestionably one of the-most delightful 
glads originated to date. 
Sweetheart is a pure waxy snow-white with 
edges of a pale but vivid pink. The exact shade 
of pink in this flower is not matched in any other 
gladiolus. If you want to become more “color¬ 
conscious,” try matching this glad with other 
fine pinks. You will be surprised to discover 
that the other glads will look a trifle subdued or 
dull compared to Sweetheart. The secret of the 
unusually fresh, vivid quality of the pale pink 
tint in this glad is the almost entire 
absence of the pearly grey sub-tint in¬ 
herent in practically all pigmented 
colors, man-made or natural. Sweet¬ 
heart, along with Lotus, is as a result 
one of the two most ethereal glads in 
our entire collection. Note the very 
attractive frilling which also distin¬ 
guishes this beautiful glad. 
Sweetheart grows four and occasionally 
five feet tall, carrying its stems well 
above its foliage so that it cuts per¬ 
fectly. I can’t recall ever seeing a 
crooked spike of this variety even in 
the most torrid weather. 
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