GUIDEBOOK FOR 1939 
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making a specific entry of it (all or nothing 
it had to be) was acclaimed Grand Champion 
Bloom of the Show by unanimous 1st vote 
of the judges, winning the American Home 
Achievement Medal and N.E.G.S. Purple 
Rosette. We also won the Akron Chamber 
of Commerce Trophy for points • in the 
Special Classes division. 
Among the varieties winning a total of 
44 blue ribbons for us at the Ohio show were 
many new ones, including Dazzler, Tunia’s 
Triumph, Peggy Lou, Raysheen, Isola Bella, 
Frostpink ornatus, Jersey .Cream, Heiligtum, 
Green Light, New Era, Takina. 
We visited the Empire State G.S. show at 
the state fair, Syracuse, arriving on the 2nd 
day of the show account date conflict with 
the Ohio. There we filled a large table with 
samples of recent introductions and a number 
of imported varieties not yet released. 
We staged commercial gladiolus displays 
at the Wellsville and the Ohio Dahlia Shows, 
also one for the National Association of 
Gardeners’ Convention, the last two at 
Cleveland. 
“Let me congratulate you on the wonderful catalog you 
put out. I file each one as 1 consider each as truly a 
Guide Book.” 9-6-37. 1. L. J., Sydney, N. S. W. 
“We just received your splendid Fancier’s Guide Book 
and wish to compliment you on its appearance and the 
information contained therein. I do not believe there is 
another catalog as valuable, published.” 1-12-38. D.A.B. 
Encinitas, Calif. 
“I really thought 1 had seen some fine looking bulbs 
before, but for weight, youth and cleanliness yours sur¬ 
passed anything 1 ever hoped to see—without exaggera¬ 
tion.” 4-21-38. R.E.C,. Mt. Royal, Que. 
ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY CONCERNING THE WORLD FAMOUS 
TUNIA EXHIBITION STRAIN 
We are pleased to advise our customers that we have entered into an exclusive arrangement 
with E. Both, world famous hybridizer of Adelaide, South Australia, whereby we are permitted 
to purchase stocks of his seedlings intended for introduction, a year before public release. 
We thus have stocks, grown here two years, fully acclimated and under U. S. release a year 
before normally possible. Importers, growers and catalogers will readily see the several 
advantages of such opportunity of purchase. 
However, this arrangement is not intended to preclude Mr. Both from selling directly to 
U. S. customers, as heretofore. 
Mr. Both’s varieties of recent years have proved sensational, particularly Tunia’s Triumph 
and Tunia’s Blue. Several varieties, including Amazu, Harry Periam and Winall are for regular 
U. S. ’39 release. 
Crystal and Excell we are offering a year before normal schedule. The color of Excell is 
supremely outstanding and we think will be greatly admired by all who see it without any 
exception. 
When we offered Miss New Zealand a year ahead of schedule we asked our customers to 
believe our astounding description implicitly. They did and were then out in front with the 
largest gladiolus to that date. Once again we ask our customers to study carefully our de¬ 
scription of Crystal, that there may be no regrets a few years hence. Many new whites are 
coming into the market, creamy whites, blush whites and blotched whites, mostly with medium 
to average sized florets, several good for exhibition purposes but of very questionable worth 
as commercials. To the best of our knowledge and belief. Crystal is the giant of them all by 
a wide margin, both as to individual floret, number open, bulk of flowerhead, size of plant and 
strength of stem. Even the bulbs and bulblets reflect its size and vigor. In our search to 
discover any quality to mar its perfection as a commercial cut flower, the only drawback 
(hardly to be termed a fault) we have found is that very small bulbs may not bloom. As this 
trait is noticed during period of acclimatization, it may not be a fixed trait. On the other hand, 
we know that old jumbo divisions, even when cut in half, make stupendous exhibition spikes. 
To top it all. Crystal is absolutely pure white, without markings. See illustration on front 
cover. 
As a brief mention of more good things to come, may we suggest that you ask anyone who 
visited the Ind. G. S. ’38 show what he thought of “Dazzler”, or anyone who visited the Ohio 
show a week later, where our bloom of Dazzler was Grand Champion Bloom of the Show. 
When we cut this spike of Dazzler we told several visitors standing about “That spike will be 
the grand champion of the Ohio show.” It was so stunning that we understand the judges 
eliminated all other spikes in the show on the first vote, resulting in the unusual situation of 
having no “runner up” or reserve champion. 
Too late for the shows we bloomed 20 or more spikes of “St. Edward”, another of Mr. Both’s 
seedlings we will introduce in U. S. in 1940. These were from number 4 stock but practically 
all of them made blooms we considered of genuine grand championship caliber. If we bloom 
these St. Edward bulbs at show time this year it will surely take something worthy of consider¬ 
able notice to beat them. 
