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KAYLOR NURSERIES, BLAINE, WASH. 
Royal Pledge 
With many thousands of Glads listed 
under name in the catalogs of growers all 
over the world, the naming of a new one 
becomes “some job.” So much of a job 
that last spring we introduced a Glad 
child under the number K 32-1 and of¬ 
fered a prize to the customer who sent in 
the best name for the newcomer. Hun¬ 
dreds of our customers responded. The 
judges were told the name must be short, 
must tell the story of the flower and 
must not carry words denoting color, 
or size. 
During the Glad blooming season, one 
of our customers from Lynden, Wash¬ 
ington, visited the fields and was given a 
spike of the new unnamed flower. The 
lady sat down on the running board of 
her car and had an inspiration—or at 
least it seemed so to us. She said: “Well, 
I would call this flower Isabella. This 
golden throat is the golden tray upon 
which Isabella placed her rubies as a 
pledge to finance the voyage of Columbus 
into the red sunset to discover the new 
world.” Our Lynden customer won the 
prize. 
Isabella is the name given several 
Glads, so it was out. But the description 
tells the story of the flower with its gold¬ 
en throat, dusted ruby and surrounded by 
the sunset reds of the outer petals. We 
wanted to use the description so the 
name was changed to Royal Pledge, one 
that has not been given to any Glad. 
With this word picture it is hardly 
necessary to say more about this flower 
except that it has good health, throws a 
tall spike with six or more large wide 
open florets, is a good propagator and 
does exceptionally well from medium and 
small bulbs. Price for 1937: large 50c, 
medium 40c, small 35c. Five bulbs at 
four times the single price. 
“Your new unnamed Glad is some 
doer. It had three fine big spikes from 
one large bulb last summer and when I 
dug it I got a whale of a lot of fine 
bulblets.”—J. J., Washington. 
Kulshan 
Under the number K33-6 this Glad 
has been much admired, not only in our 
own fields, but also in several eastern 
and mid-western test gardens and at 
flower shows where it has been displayed. 
Our field notes show it to be a child 
of Pagan; that it bloomed for the first 
time August 10, 1933, with five open. 
Bulblets grown that year were blossomed 
in 1935 and produced spikes 50 inches 
tall, a 24-inch flower head showing 20 
buds with six 6x5 V 2 inch florets. Records 
for 1936 show this performance to be 
consistent. 
In his report for 1936, E. A. Lins, of 
. the Spring Green, Wisconsin, Test Gar¬ 
dens, says: “K33-6 bloomed in 80 days, 
threw a 54 inch spike, 18 buds, 5^ florets 
with eight open. Spike straight with good 
facing and spacing. Very good red violet 
which will be named in 1937. Not many 
good ones in this color available. Watch 
for it. Whole spike a mass of color.” 
We have always called it a light 
wine-purple with a slight dusting of 
cream on the lowers. The Fischer color 
chart shows it as a light violet red. It 
may well be said to be in a color class of 
its own. It is a Kaylor Glad, therefore 
disease resistant, a rapid propagator with 
good substance and placement. Price for 
1937, $2.50 per bulb of one inch or more. 
First comers get the large bulbs. 
Kulshan is pronounced as spelled. It 
is an Indian name of a mountain east of 
our nursery. Under certain conditions the 
mountain's lower reaches carry the light 
purple shadows found in this flower. 
