A GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S CATALOG 
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COOL COLORS AND SMOKIES (1800 bulbs). 
21. Minuet (800 bulbs). Midseason-late. Beautiful lavender. Our most valuable glad among the 
cool shades. We would want even more of this if it were early. 
22. Ave Maria (400 bulbs). Early-midseason. Light violet. Along with Blue Admiral, the strong¬ 
est of the blues. 
23. Charles Dickens (200 bulbs). Midseason-late. Not a great glad but we need a few purple. 
Valuable for basket work. 
24. Marmora (300 bulbs). Midseason. Lavender grey. A giant that attracts both for its beauty 
and for its unusual color. 
25. Roi Albert (100 bulbs). Early-midseason. Old rose, salmon, cream, and scarlet. There should 
be one decided novelty in a collection such as this and Roi Albert is a fine cutter. 
It was difficult to omit a number of fine varieties from the above list. Belly Nuthall is a very popular cut flower, but 
it is too late a bloomer to be very satisfactory this far north. Also, with a hypothetical restriction to twenty-five varie¬ 
ties, I believe one would prefer to grow more Picardy instead. Gladdie Boy is a fine early sort that cuts especially well. 
But it is so far behind Margaret Fulton in beauty that it may be safely omitted. For extreme earliness Sweetheart (though 
of an entirely different shade) provides an ideal pink. Its stems are like wire and invariably straight. Giant Nymph has 
been considered the most reliable performer among all glads. But when something twice as large and twice as beautiful 
(Heritage) is available, it seemed unnecessary to include Giant Nymph. Orange Queen is similarly superseded by Golden 
Poppy which is just a trifle lighter and considerably richer in color. Also Golden Poppy is minus the throat marking which 
mars the beauty of Orange Queen. 
The question quoted at the beginning of this article was not posed in just this form by any fan or customer: it is 
rather a compendium of the type of question which we frequently receive from fanciers who have some market for cut 
flowers and are interested in building up stocks of varieties which are of outstanding practical value. 
Result of Last Fall’s Symposium 
T HE following is a summary of the ballots sent in by our customers last fall when they voted on their twenty favorite 
glads for 1934. Approximately one-third as many fanciers sent in their votes as have participated in recent sym¬ 
posiums of the American Gladiolus Society. Since the Colonial Gardens has previously offered 500 varieties each 
year in its catalog and numbers an unusually high percentage of advanced fanciers among its patrons, we believe that the 
following list of “Favorites of 1934” should be of especial interest and significance. 
In the list given below dates indicate year of introduction. Ditto marks indicate ties. 
1. Picardy (1931) 
2. Minuet (1922) 
3. Marmora (1925) 
4. Betty Nuthall (1928) 
5. Commander Koehl ( 1929) 
6. Mildred Louise (1932) 
7. W. H. Phipps (1921) 
8. Mother Machree (1927) 
9. Lotus (1929) 
10. Pfitzer’s Triumph (1926) 
11. Bagdad (1931) 
12. Margaret Fulton (1932) 
13. Dr. F. E. Bennett (1921) 
“ Mammoth White (1922) 
15. Golden Dream (1923) 
16. Albatross (1927) 
17. Maid of Orleans (1930) 
18. Mrs. P. W. Sisson ( 1924) 
19. Giant Nymph (1921) 
“ Pelegrina (1931) 
21. Jonkheer van Tets (1928) 
22. Aflame (1926) 
23. Wasaga (1932) 
24. Ave Maria (1928) 
25. Mrs. Leon Douglas (1920) 
26. Bill Sowden (1929) 
27. Rosemarie Pfitzer (1931) 
28. Solveig (1932) 
29. Emile Aubrun (1910) 
30. Coryphee (1927) 
31. Heritage (1935) 
32. Salbach’s Orchid (1930) 
33. Dream O’ Beauty (1931) 
34. Dr. C. Hoeg (1933) 
35. Wuertembergia (1930) 
36. Gloriana (1922) 
37. Red Lory (1928) 
38. King Arthur (1930) 
39. Berty Snow (1918) 
“ Red Phipps (1932) 
41. Our Selection (1928) 
42. Charles Dickens (1926) 
43. Veilchenblau (1923) 
44. Aida (1927) 
45. Mrs. T. E. Langford (1930) 
46. Dr. Moody (1927) 
“ Queen Mary (1920) 
48. Sweetheart (1933) 
49. Duna (1932) 
“ La Paloma (1929) 
51. Bleeding Heart ( 1.927) 
“ Moorish King (1929) 
“ Ruffled Gold (1926) 
54. Purple Glory (1916) 
55. Morocco (1928) 
56. Golden Chimes (1929) 
“ Longfellow (1924) 
“ Mrs. Calvin Coolidge (1927) 
59. Charles Lindbergh (1926) 
60. Pride of Portland ( 1926) 
61. Jane Addams (1926) 
“ Star of Bethlehem (1932) 
63. Golden Poppy (1934) 
“ Orange Wonder (1927) 
“ Rapture (1932) 
“ Yvonne (1927) 
67. Libelle (1930) 
68. Apricot Glow (1928) 
“ Salbach’s Pink (1929) 
“ Schwaben Girl (1930) 
71. Brightside (1934) 
“ Madam Sully (1908) 
“ Pearl of California (1926) 
74. Canberra (1927) 
Thomas Edison [Kj (1927) 
A total of 420 varieties was mentioned but the above 75 sorts received fully 80% of the total vote, the remaining 345 
varieties receiving an average of only a few votes each. You will notice that Heritage has placed in this list though it is 
being introduced only this year. This is due to the fact that many fans saw it at the four shows where it was exhibited 
and were so strongly impressed with it that most of them included it at or near the top of their lists. As this glad be¬ 
comes more widely known I expect it quickly to take a position among the first ten. Older varieties always have a great 
advantage in popularity contests because they are more widely known. However, you will discover several varieties only 
a year or two old which have placed in this group of the first seventy-five. 
