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A. E. KUNDERD, GOSHEN, INDIANA 
beautiful creations. Believe me when I say that among all the men in the trade 
that I know there is no one I would rather have fortune smile upon than yourself, 
for you have made a most honorable up-hill fight, so very different from some you 
and I know. Long may prosperity smile upon you and yours.” 
S. F. MORTON, of the Eve. Express Pub. Co., Portland, Me. (also member of the 
American Gladiolus Society), says: “I never saw such fine flowers in a mixture. 
I had bulbs from all over the world, but with those you sent me and others of your 
growing I had from other dealers, your bulbs showed the most beauty and variety, 
and were wonderful in their vigor and productiveness. Two of your varieties alone 
were worth the whole season’s work, but as the summer progressed and ‘Myrtle’, 
‘Summer Beauty’, and many others that had your name attached, came along, I was 
really proud that on this side of the water we could hold our end up so well. I was 
especially struck by the showing yours made alongside of others, not only in beauty 
and size of blossoms, but in the sturdy health of your plants which seemed to be 
universal.” 
REV. MAGEE PRATT (the Author), Conn., writes: “My Dear Mr. Kunderd: 
I thought that I ought to report to you, as the Gladiolus season is over with me. 
I have never had finer flowers than this year, and never seen so fine as yours be¬ 
fore. I have known the flower for forty years; have seen the best in England, 
grown from the finest in Europe, and your productions excel any and everything 
in the Gladiolus family. In fact, they have spoiled my own for me. I have a mix¬ 
ture made up of the best varieties I could buy in large assortment, but it is far 
inferior to yours, and the worst of yours is this: that its superiority is so self- 
self-evident that my own look mean. Only a few of my named varieties, such as 
‘Panama’, ‘Rosella’, etc., should be allowed in the same garden as your productions.” 
E. H. CUSHMAN, Ohio, one of the oldest growers, and a leading authority, 
writes: “What you are doing is probably the most important work on the Gladioli 
ever undertaken. I consider it much ahead of anything Mr.has done.” 
Recently he has written again: “You have made astounding progress since 
I quit the business, five years ago.” 
H. E. MEADER (elected President of The American Gladiolus Society, 1919), 
N. H., wrote 1916: “In several years’ experience with your methods, permit me to 
expiess my appreciation of you as a straightforward business man who can always 
be depended on for a square deal, most generously measured. In a selected collec¬ 
tion of the choicest varieties from the most noted specialists, both here and abroad, 
your exquisite creations proved the premier attraction of my gardens and I have 
exhibited them to my entire satisfaction at several of the largest shows where 
they received highest honors.” 
-r. SCHOENER (the great Rose Originator), wrote in 1917: “My 
Dear Mr. Kunderd: The flowers from the bulbs you sent me last year were ex¬ 
ceedingly beautiful, and I may well say excel all other Gladioli. You surely rei-n 
supreme in this branch of horticulture.” 
m 1 La 1 ter be wrote: “I cannot help but write you at least a few words, that the 
ul" ^ y ° T U SGnt me are now in ful1 bl00m - They are, one and all, a revela¬ 
tion of beauty^ I must admit that the Gladioli surpass even roses in fine shades 
ciiiQ penciling, 
J ;, H - sk JNNER, Minn., 1916, writes: “The bulbs I got from you last spring 
successful I ever planted. The flowers were more beautiful than any 
noial catalog. Phis means much in these days of fancy printing.” 
“I hTvf G haTlUV’Yi°V res 1 dent of c - S- Harrison’s Select Nurseries, Neb., writes: 
I have had the Gladiolus on my grounds for a number of years and was perfectly 
S'sSn SiS "T 8 «'» I ip »y mind “iSS 
Sre gold-’ nUI ' Sery conslders their Gladiolus acquisition as so much 
E. T FLANNEGAN (Gladiolus Specialist), Cal, writes- “There is no com 
pa'rably theTelt.’^" 61adi0ii "* 0lder kinds ’ for new varieties are incom- 
Again: “It is a real pleasure to deal with a man like you And I am not 
flattering you. I got more than value received every time.” Y 1 4 
