COLONIAL GARDENS 
CLASS 3 — SCARLETS 
FIRST HUNDRED c&Ys) SECOND HUNDRED 
Originator 
Year 
Size 
Substance 
Variety Unit Price 
Type 
Season 
Deficiencies 
1926 
Ex. 
B 
AFLAME 
.00 
PI. 
M 
Kingsley... 
.1932 
L.D. 
B 
AMADOR,. 
.25 
PI. 
M. 
Diener___ 
.1921 
L.D. 
B 
DR. F. E. BENNETT 
.08 
Ruf. 
M. 
Pfitzer. ... 
1931 
L.D. 
B 
ERICA MORINI_ 
.40 
PL 
,M. 
19, 
Mitsch, 
.1934 
Ex. 
B 
FLAMING METEOR 
.75 
PI. 
,M 
9. _ 
Roozen 
1931 
M.D. 
A 
FRILLED CHAMPION, 
1.00 
Ruf. 
EM 
7, , . 
Pfitzer.. 
1930 
L.D. 
B 
GRAF ZEPPELIN.... 
.08 
PI. 
M 
10, 
Pfitzer.. 
.1932 
L.D. 
B 
J. S. BACH. 
1.50 
PL 
M 
8,, ,, 
Errey, 
1930 
L.D. 
B 
LUCIFER 
.50 
PI. 
ML 
2 
Prestgard. 
1935 
M.D. 
B 
ONEOTA 
1.00 
PI. 
M, 
7,23 
Kunderd. 
1930 
M.D. 
A 
ORANGE FIRES.. 
.15 
Ruf. 
EM 
7,10 
Pfitzer 
1920 
L.D. 
B 
PFITZER’S TRIUMPH 
.05 
PL 
ML 
5,0,10. 
Ellis_ 
1920 
L.D. 
B 
PRIDE OF PORTLAND 
.10 
PI. 
ML 
5,19, 
Briggs. 
1932 
L.D. 
C 
RED PHIPPS_ 
.12 
Pl. 
M, 
Christ.. 
1934 
Ex. 
B 
ST. LAWRENCE 
8.00 
PL 
M 
Pfitzer. 
1932 
Ex. 
B 
TIP TOP 
1.00 
PI. 
M . 
8. , 
Errey... 
1919 
M.D. 
B 
VICTOR 
.10 
PI. 
.. L. 
19, 
Pfitzer. 
1930 
L.D. 
B 
WOLFGANG VON GOETHE. 
.25 
PI. 
EM 
Pfitzer. 
1930 
L.D. 
B 
WUERTEMBERGIA 
.15 
PI. 
_ 1 .. 
11,„ 
It is relatively easy to produce good scarlets in hybridizing, as this color tends to be dominant in crosses with any 
lighter color. As a result the scarlet class always contains a large number of outstanding varieties. 
One of the leaders is the new Flaming Meteor — a brilliant flower most appropriately named. It is one of the showiest 
things in the garden, being an exceptionally tall, vigorous grower. Color is solid throughout the flower and texture very 
velvety. Pfitzer’s Triumph and Aflame are the parent varieties. 
Another newcomer of exceptional promise is St. Lawrence, a seedling of Pfitzer's Triumph also, but very different from 
Flaming Meteor in form. Florets are very round, brilliant, and strikingly large. . . . Another giant from Germany is Tip 
Top. Given the right culture this glad is a great thing. It does not resemble Pfitzer's Triumph in'petal texture: the round 
florets are glossy rather than velvety. J. S. Bach looks like a Bennett seedling, displaying the same type of throat marking. 
Three of these scarlets come so light occasionally that they might almost be classed as salmon-pinks: J.S. Bach, Pride 
of Portland, and the new Red Phipps. Pride oj Portland, Victor, and Wuertembergia are also distinct from the others in this 
class by reason of their white throats. 
Unusual for height is the giant Aflame, which we have grown eighty inches tall. With us this variety is a perfect per¬ 
former, but in color it is not as rich as some of the newer sorts. Another splendid standard sort is Dr. F. E. Bennett, which 
maintains its popularity year after year. 
Orange Fires is a variety which deserves to be much better known. Its extremely heavy substance and heavy ruffling 
make it exceptionally beautiful. . . . The new Amador is a rich brick-red somewhat different in color from the other scar¬ 
lets. . . . Frilled Champion is a rich, ruffled seedling of the famous Triumph but does not make so long a flowerhead as 
we might wish. In color it is very similar to the parent variety. Lucifer looks as if it might be an Emile Aubrun seedling. 
Three Pfitzer varieties all with points of similarity are Erica Morini, Graf Zeppelin, and Wolfgang von Goethe. In 
form the first named is the most unique; the Graf is the richest in door, and von Goethe often the largest. 
We still think Triumph is the most beautiful glad in this color class, but few varieties are less able to cope with the 
very severe weather of recent summers. In the right climate, however, or planted so as to bloom late, it may open six 
or eight enormous florets of a rich, soft salmon-scarlet shade and with a superb velvety texture. 
BEAUTY PERFORMANCE SIZE 
1. Pfitzer’s Triumph 
Dr. F. E. Bennett. 
. . (excellent) 
Flaming Meteor. 
.( exhibition) 
2. Flaming Meteor 
Aflame. 
. . (excellent) 
St. Lawrence. 
. (exhibition) 
3. Oneota 
Lucifer. 
. (very good ) 
Tip Top. 
. (exhibition) 
4. St. Lawrence 
Wuertembergia. 
. (good) 
Aflame. 
. (exhibition) 
5. Tip Top 
Flaming Meteor. 
(good) 
1. S. Bach. 
. . . (large decorative) 
0. Dr. F. E. Bennett 
Amador. 
. (good) 
Red Phipps. 
. . . (large decorative) 
7. Frilled Champion 
Red Phipps. 
. (good) 
Lucifer. 
. . . (large decorative) 
8. Orange Fires 
St. Lawrence. 
. (good) 
Wolfgang Von Goethe 
. . (large decorative) 
9. Victor 
Graf Zeppelin 
. (good) 
Pride of Portland . . 
. . . (large decorative) 
10. Pride of Portland 
Victor. 
. (good) 
Amador. 
. . . (large decorative) 
11. Graf Zeppelin 
Tip Top. 
.( fair) 
Dr. F. E. Bennett_ 
. . . (large decorative) 
12. J. S. Bach 
Wolfgang von Goethe. . 
. (fair) 
Wuertembergia. 
. . . (large decorative) 
13. Wuertembergia 
Frilled Champion. 
. (fair) 
Erica Morini. 
. . . (large decorative) 
14. Erica Morini 
Erica Morini. 
.( fair) 
Graf Zeppelin. 
. . . (large decorative) 
15. Amador 
Orange Fires. 
. (fair) 
Pfitzer’s Triumph... 
. . . (large decorative) 
10. Aflame 
Pride of Portland. 
.( fair) 
Frilled Champion. 
(medium decorative) 
17. Wolfgang von Goethe 
f. S. Bach. 
.( fair) 
Oneota. 
(medium decorative) 
18. Red Phipps 
Oneota. 
. (fair) 
Victor. 
(medium decorative) 
19. Lucifer 
Pfitzer’s Triumph. 
. . (variable) 
Orange Fires. 
(mediu m decorative) 
For Key to Deficiencies, see page 22. 
