NELLY (Mai.r) Rose-pink with feathering of red in throat. Good spike and placement 
j'IEN ERA (Ellis) A beautiful soft, pink, nicely ruffled, nooks like a comer. 
PENSACOLA (Christ) Pure scarlet. 
PELLC-ftifA (Pf) Deep violet-blue. The most popular variety of this color. 
PICARDY (Pal) The most outstanding pink glad ever introduced. 
PFITZEl' 3 TRIUMPH (Pf) Large scarlet with red throat. Very good. 
PIMPERNEL (Mair) Clear light red, with light throat. Many open. 
PURPLE VICTORY (Gilreyj Deep purple-red. Ruffled. 
QUEEN HELEN II (Sal) Similar to IFuthall except pink and larger florets. 
RED LORI (Errey) Tall carmino.-rose. Will open as many as 15 florets at once. 
RED PHIPPS (Br) Light scarlet. ‘/lore uniform than W.E. but not so large. 
ROSABELLA (Pf; Rich pink with white throat. Tall, slender plant. Straight. 
ROSEMARIE PFITZER (Pf) Ruffled, pale pink and cream. Fine spike and placement. 
SALBACH'S ORCHID (Sal) Clear orchid pink. Tall. Placement only fair. 
SAL3ACH 1 S PINK (Sal) Geranium pink. Quite resistant to glad thrips. 
SOHWA.BENGIRL (Pf) Pure pink, without markings. Early. Large florets. 
SHIRLEY TEMPLE (Pruitt) Nicely ruffled cream. Good spike and placement. Should 
be a winner in this color class. Seedling of Picardy, 
SILVERSHEEN (Symons) Salmon-pink, with white lip. 
STAR OF BETHLEHEM (Pf) Large snow white with touch of cream in throat. Good. 
SOUTHERN CROSS (Whitely) Deep red. Good spike and large florets, 
SEESTERN (Pf $ Light salmon-pink, with scarlet throat blotch. 
SULTAN (Crow) Large ruffled rose-red. Good spike and placement. 
TIP-TOP (Pf) Large scarlet-red, with red throat. Large flat-opening florets. 
WASAGA (Pal) Clear orange-buff. Beautifully waved and ruffled. Very good. 
WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (Pf) Raspberry-red, with scarlet throat. Giant florets. 
WURTSL.3ERGIA. (Pf) Very striking scarlet, with creamy throat. Placement usually 
rather poor. Very good substance. Strong, healthy grower. 
FUMIGATION FOR GLADIOLUS THRIPS. 
This year, for the first time, we are using Ethylene Dichloride and Carbon 
Tetrachloride for fumigating our bulbs in storage. This treatment is approved 
by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a sure kill for all thrips and eggs. 
Heretofore we have used the usual three-treatment Cyanogas fumigation, but due 
to the difficulty of accurately controlling an exact temperature between treat¬ 
ments, we feel that this method.has not been 100 % effective, altho it has been 
used oy most large growers. If your own bulbs are now free from thrips, you nee 
have no fear that any bulbs received from us will re-infest your stock. 
We feel that many times a grower has been unjustly accused of sending out in¬ 
fested bulbs, when the entire fault lay with the par+y receiving the bulbs. 
Quite often a. grower, either large o’r small, will have a few stray thrips in his 
patch but too few to do any noticeable damage. However, a few of these thrips 
go into storage on his bulbs and his stock is well infested by spring. Then he 
plants these bulbs along with new bulbs received,- and has a nice mess of thrips 
The grower sending him the new bulbs is immediately blamed for the infestation 
because he had no trouble in his patch the previous year. Thrips prefer some 
varieties to others. 
Treat your own bulbs before storing or planting with any new stock received. 
If you do not know how to treat for thrips, we will be glad to send you full in¬ 
formation upon receipt of your request. 
Gladiolus Grov/er, 
RALPH J. POMMERT 
Pacific, Washington. 
