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Special Novelty 
Investment Offer 
A Customer wrote in the other day 
for something new in Gladiolus. 
We don’t, as a rule, list varieties 
until they are thoroughly tested 
and found to be worth while com¬ 
mercially. But knowing that novel¬ 
ties properly chosen are “the life of 
the trade”, and to help out other 
customers who may be like the man 
above mentioned, we offer for the 
first time four promising new varie¬ 
ties for those in position to invest: 
For a limited time only 10 bulbs 
each of the 4 novelty Gladiolus as 
offered below (40 bulbs properly 
labelled and carefully packed) for 
only $100.00 net cash with order. 
F. O. U. Dowagiac. Enough to give 
you a good propagating start and 
pay yearly dividends for many 
years to come. 
NEW ERA (Ellis-Majeski) 1936 in¬ 
troduction. A real pink, ruffled and 
frilled. Many open flowers. Small, 
blooming size bulbs only $5.00 each. 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE (Pruitt) 1937 
introduction. Cream with darker 
throat. Large, ruffled, six-inch flor¬ 
ets, 6-7 open at one time. A seed¬ 
ling of Picardy. Small, blooming 
size bulbs only $5.00 each. 
JALNA (Palmer) 1936 introduction. 
Pleasing, smoky salmon and rose. 
Ten or more open blooms of exhi¬ 
bition type. Another Picardy seed¬ 
ling. Vigorous and promising. Small, 
blooming size bulbs only $2.00 each. 
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VAGABOND PRINCE (Palmer) 
1935 introduction. Glowing garnet- 
brown with warm, flame-scarlet 
blotch. 8-10 open bloom. A seedling 
of Picardy and a gorgeous novelty. 
Smali, blooming size bulbs only 
$1.00 each. 
GEO. W. HUNTER 
Grower 
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Hunter's 1937 Gladiolus Trade List 
Our 2oth Year Growing Bulbs (or the Seedsmen, 
Florists, and Nurserymen of Ame/ic 
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Here are 12 great glads for 1937 from our extensive trial 
thoroughly tested for cut flower possibilities. I believe those 
something new will do well to try this entire collection, 
chances in buying these varieties. They have been tried 
field conditions. Selected as the best from several hundre 
new varieties of the past few seasons and listed by us fof 
CANNOT TRY ALL OF THEM TRY AT LEAST THREE UK TMCK:(thieve 
you to get started now with these varieties and give your customers^’&oniethi'h^niew. Pri^&s 
are per single bulb so you may buy as few or as many as you want to tryb- 
DUNA (Palmer) Mid-season. Soft, "pip 1 
buff shading to pale yellow at ba? 
of lip petals. Back of petals a hue darker. 
A beautiful, clear, distinct, new color. 5-6 
good size blooms open and a very fine 
florists’ flower. It is a special favorite of 
the ladies. Young, blooming size bulbs, 
5c each. 
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LADY MARIE (Zimmer) Early. Warm 
salmon. Self color although some lighter 
in the throat. Deserves a trial as an early, 
commercial cut flower. Tremendous pro¬ 
pagator, good forcer and came through 
the past summer’s heat and drought much 
better than many older varieties. Large 
bulbs 5c each. (For those who act quick¬ 
ly we can offer a limited quantity of 
bulblets at $20.00 per quart. We have one 
of the largest stocks of this variety in 
the country and are in position to quote 
attractive prices in all sizes against the 
1937 crop.) 
MISS ALAMEDA (Salbach) Early Mid¬ 
season. Deep salmon pink with distinc¬ 
tive carmine blotch. Six or more large 
florets open at once and the spike car¬ 
ries eighteen or more buds and blooms. 
Has been a sensation to those florists 
who have seen and used it. Young, 
blooming size bulbs, 5c each. 
DEBONAIR (Palmer) Late. LaFrance pink 
shading to shrimp pink with creamy throat 
blotch. A clear, light pink except that it 
sometimes flecks darker. 6-8 medium large 
blooms open on a very tall, always straight 
spike, and with an extremely long flower 
head. Young, blooming size bulbs 5c each. 
MRS. T. E. LANGFORD (Crow) Early mid¬ 
season. Exquisite appleblossom pink with 
canary yellow throat. Good height. Stems al¬ 
ways straight and with 8-10 medium size 
ruffled blooms open. A wonderful shipper as 
it opens up beautifully clear to the tip. 
Young, blooming size bulbs, 10c each. 
OLIVE MARIE BROWN (Phelps) Mid¬ 
season. Large apricot-orange with as many 
as 12 or more open bloom at one time. Med¬ 
ium size flowers and a wonderful new color 
for florists’ work. 1931 Award of Merit Na¬ 
tional Show at Cleveland. Large bulbs 50c 
each, $5.00 per 12, $33.50 per 100. (Large 
buyers wishing to stock other sizes please 
write us as we are willing to quote against 
the 1937 crop in all sizes.) 
MRS. E. J. HEATON (Heaton). Mid-sea¬ 
son. Warm, glowing salmon pink with 
cream throat. Tall, vigorous grower that 
withstands heat and drought and will 
open six florets in the field. Good growth 
habits and very promising as a commer¬ 
cial variety. Young, blooming size bulbs, 
20c each. 
QUEEN HELEN II (Salbach) Mid-season. 
Grenadine pink delightfully enhanced by 
the pinard yellow blotch in the throat. 
Placement is perfect. Six, large, wide-open 
florets in bloom at once with twelve addi¬ 
tional buds. Young, blooming size bulbs, 
5c each. 
SILVER COMET (Kunderd) Mid-season. 
Creamy white with light violet feather on 
lower petal. Tall graceful plant. Five-inch 
florets with wide open, recurved petals of ex¬ 
cellent texture. Young, blooming size bulbs, 
5c each. 
SONATINE (Pfitzer) Late mid-season. 
Atlas-rose with small, cherry-red blotches. 
The florets are exceptionally large, having 
very broad petals, are strongly attached to 
the stems which grow to a height of 5-6 feet 
and withstand practically all weather condi¬ 
tions. Young, blooming size bulbs, 20c each. 
POLAR ICE (Pfitzer) Early. Pure white 
without markings. 6-8 well placed flowers 
open at a time. Without doubt the best large, 
forcing white to date. Good propagator. 
Young, blooming size bulbs, 10c each. 
TIP-TOP (Pfitzer) Mid-season. A wonder¬ 
ful, warm scarlet red. A large, tall-growing 
novelty carrying 7 to 8 wide-open, flat flow¬ 
ers, of real “Pfitzer” type, open at once. 
Large, young bulbs, 20c each. 
SPECIAL OFFER - - Hunter's Trial Garden Novelty Collection 
10 bulbs each of the above 12 varieties as offered above (120 bulbs, value _ 
$16.00) for only $10.00. Correctly labelled and carefully packed. F. O. B. $T Q.00 
Dowagiac. Net cash with order. 
