GUIDEBOOK FOR 1937 
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with Ohio. They made a special, joint plant¬ 
ing, planning intensive culture, to regain their 
challenge vase. But, while Dr. Pease was busy 
staging his entries at the Ohio Show, Mrs. 
Pease drove all night alone, about 500 miles 
to distant Canton, III., with several spikes 
each of 5 varieties that the Doctor could 
spare, won 8 firsts with them, her entry of 
Orange Butterfly also being declared Amateur 
Sm. Dec. Champion Bloom and her Frank 
McCoy again declared Am. Exh. Champion 
Bloom and retaining the Dr. Wood Challenge 
Cup. 
Ohio, ’35. Am. Div. Achievement — Dr. 
Pease 1st with 85 points out of a total of 384 
awarded, followed by Mrs. John Sherwin. 
The National Show, week previous, due to 
backward season barring late varieties, could 
not begin to compare with the Ohio Show for 
quality of bloom or quantity of entries in the 
spike color classes. The greatest and largest 
show Ohio Society has staged, filling to point 
of crowding the 3 floors of the spacious build¬ 
ing formerly occupied by Montgomery Ward 
at Massillon, Ohio. 
A. G. S.-Ohio. ’36, at Akron, Ohio, Our 
customer, Mrs. John Sherwin, secured the 
Achievement Award for most points won in 
the Advanced Amateur Div., also the Champ¬ 
ion bloom of the show, Picardy, (beating our 
Picardy which scored Champ. Exh. bloom in 
the com’l. div.). Dr. Pease was runner-up for 
points. 
Ohio-Great Lakes Expo., ’36. Mrs. 
Sherwin again scored most points and had 
there been provision for a champion bloom of 
the show it likely would have been a wonder¬ 
ful spike of Duna, entered by her. 
Ill., ’36. We wish to complete the story of 
Dr. Pease’s attempt to secure permanent 
possession of the Dr. Wood Challenge Cup. 
Again show dates coincided with A. G. S. 
Again, while Dr. Pease was staging his entries 
at Akron, Mrs. Pease drove bravely alone, 
550 miles, 14 hours through the night, to 
Springfield. In the color classes her blooms 
were nothing short of sensational, winning 32 
blue ribbons and 9 seconds, many of the latter 
being 2nd to her own lsts. And her Mother 
Machree entry received 2 special awards, 
Champion of Div. and Grand Champion of 
the show, thus gaining permanent possession 
of the famous cup. 
WE WIN, TOO 
We hardly need mention our impressive 
winnings of the last 6 years in the A. G. S., 
Ohio and Mahoning shows. The same 6 years 
when thrips infestations have been trouble¬ 
some to many growers about the country. 
National magazines and various gladiolus 
publications have reported them. What we 
do want to impress upon you is the fact that 
we enjoy our thousands upon thousands of 
blooms thrips-free right up to frost. Visit us 
a week before frost, say Oct. 1st, and see for 
yourself. It is unquestionable evidence that 
our stocks are carefully produced, healthy, 
free of insect pests and composed of varieties 
of first prize winning quality. 
Practically all our prize winning blooms 
were from medium sized bulbs planted closely 
in the open field in process of growing into 
large young bulbs for you to buy now. 
Because even the greatest seed and bulb 
houses in America, with their scores of acres 
of blooms, can rarely duplicate or surpass so 
enviable a record. 
At the A. G. S. Show, Century of Progress, 
1934, we staged the outstanding display of 
the first, three-day period show with a forty 
by five foot step-up table staging 156 vases of 
3 spikes each — a Special Type Differentia¬ 
tion, Educational Display. Each vase labeled 
to name, type and originator. This exhibit 
turned out to be the most outstanding dis¬ 
play of all three exhibitions of the 7-day show, 
since our 3-spike vases almost uniformly con¬ 
tained show specimen spikes worthy of blue 
ribbons in the spike color classes. The exhibit 
did win the Special Certificate of Merit of The 
Century of Progress and A. G. S. Silver 
Medal. 
Again we won the coveted Seabrook Per¬ 
petual Challenge Trophy and another A. G. S. 
Silver Medal for the best basket, with 40 long 
and massive spikes of Commander Koehl, 
each carrying from 5 to 7 immense, open 
florets. 
Again we won the President’s Cup and A. 
G. S. Bronze Medal for the most points in the 
first, three day period show. See illustration. 
Ohio-Mahoning, ’34. We fared as well 
and our competition baskets were outstanding 
features. Out of 6 basket classes we won 4 
firsts, 1 second and 1 third. When you con¬ 
sider the third was about the largest basket 
in the show and contained many long spikes 
of Picardy and Rosemarie Pfitzer, you will 
understand the type of competition needed to 
win a blue ribbon in this show. Our most out¬ 
standing winning basket contained Mrs. H. 
Bromley Ambler and Magna Blanca. Another 
contained Minuet and Ramesses in striking 
color combination. Another was a small 
basket containing Orange Butterfly (Small 
Dec. Type), an exquisite winner. 
Here we again staged an educational Type 
Classification and Comprehensive Collection, 
first in its class and also winner by unanimous 
ballot of all the judges of the Commercial 
Display Sweepstakes Award. 
We won the Achievement Award, Mah. G. 
S. Vase, for most points in the Special Classes 
Division, open to all. 
We won all the blue ribbons in the classes 
for seedlings of the three Types and the S. M. 
Antisdale Sterling Silver Vase with 3 mam¬ 
moth spikes of Pacemaker, now being offered 
for the first time. 
