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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
ORANGE 
BETTY NUTHALL 110 •—fit Exh. Coral 
pink shading to some orange. Yellow in 
throat. Aided by rapid propagation, this 
variety made a meteoric rise into popular 
favor. Has been so near top of symposiums 
so long and won so many awards it is need¬ 
less to report them. Now 6th in N.E.G.S. 
symp. and tops its color section. L.06 
(100,4.00) Bits (100,.10) 
BIT O’ HEAVEN 90 — Dec. Clear 
orange, soft yellow throat. Florets pretty 
small for a shoulder high glad but it appears 
self supporting and withstands bad weather 
and soil conditions. Florets not much 
above 3 inches, somewhat hooded, 8-10 
open, about 22 buds. No. 20 and tops 
orange section, C.G.S. Mich., la., C.G.S., 
Regina and our 1st, Ind., ’38. L.20 M.15 
S.IO Bits (100,1.50) 
LA FIESTA 90 *—Dec. Bright orange. 
Deeper in throat. Tall, strong, wiry stem. 
Color a large improvement on the popular 
Senorita, with much taller spikes and 
better placement. A coming “cut flower.’’ 
Rapid increaser. Large bits. We have 
had spikes with 12 open florets. Also 5 ft. 
spikes from small bulbs. Also a hundred 
or more spikes as good as the illustra¬ 
tion from large bulblets. Again we have 
“broken the ice’’ for a wonderful, new 
variety. Our 1st, A.G.S., ’36. A.M., 
British G.S., ’36. (Am) N.E.G.S. ’37. 
We assure you it would be a mistake to 
omit this item from your order. See 
Illustration. 1st and A.M., E. Bay, la. and 
Dec. Sectional champion, Pa., all ’38. 
L.25 M.20 S.IO Blts(100,1.00) 
MRS. H. BROMLEY AMBLER 95 — 
Dec. Orange chrome, an intense shade of 
orange not found in any other glad. Val¬ 
uable color for decorative use. Florets 
about 4 inches. Will not fade, bloomed 
indoors in light. Fades some in sunlight. 
Most intense oranges do. Beat the famous 
Betty Nuthall (our 1st) A.G.S., ’31. Our 
1st, nearest monotone orange. Ohio-Mah. 
’34 and same Ohio, ’35. 1st and Champ¬ 
ion Am. Dec. spike, Ohio, ’35. beating 
larger spikes of Picardy, King Arthur, 
Mary Elizabeth, Wasaga and other win¬ 
ners by reason of its unique color value. 
A.G.S., ’37. Our 1st and also nearest 
monotone orange, Ohio, ’38. L.08 M.04 
S.02 Blts(100,.25) 
ORANGE BUTTERFLY 95 —fft Sm. Dec. 
The only really small flowered variety in 
the entire list. They average about 2 
inches. But, it holds 10 or more open on a 
La Fiesta 
