GUIDEBOOK FOR 1939 
Page 3 
1938 SYMPOSIUM RATINGS 
(With special permission of the Canadian Gladiolus Society and the New England Gladiolus Society, copyright 
owners.) 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society Symposium, with participation limited to about ninety 
ranking growers and amateurs, classifies about 600 leading varieties “A” for excellent, “B" 
good, “C” fair, “D” discard. 
The New England Gladiolus Society Symposium (which may change in some respects 
as all returns are not yet in) is a popularity type of vote, regardless of color sections and is 
open to vote of some 5000 members. Commonly, popular vote symposiums are about two 
years behind the expert type in arriving to about the same conclusions. This is the first 
symposium of this type by the N.E.G.S. 
The new faces in the C.G.S. list are in italics. You may notice we have been closely 
anticipating the symposiums in our offerings for many years past. Undoubtedly our customers 
know this. And we are also offering now quite a number of varieties you will find appearing 
in the next symposiums two hears hence. The % of “A” votes is based on a minimum of 20% 
of the voters reporting on the particular variety. Three other varieties, namely Matterhorn, 
Amrita and Camellia, secured a 100% vote but with only 12 able to report on them. 
Canadian G. 
S. 
New England G. S. 
Rank Variety 
% of “A” Votes 
Rank Variety 
1 
Rewi Fallu . 
.100.00 
1 
Picardy 
2 
Picardy. 
. 97.30 
2 
Minuet 
3 
Star of Bethlehem. 
. 95.36 
3 
Maid of Orleans 
4 
Beacon ... 
. 93.20 
4 
Commander Koehl 
5 
Southport . 
. 89.44 
5 
Star of Bethlehem 
6 
Minuet. 
. 89.28 
6 
Betty Nuthall 
7 
Blue Beauty . 
. 86.26 
7 
Bagdad 
8 
Vagabond Prince.^ . 
. 86.24 
8 
Mother Machree 
9 
Allegro . 
. 84.84 
9 
Pelegrina 
10 
Rosemarie Pfitzer. 
. 84.15 
10 
Mildred Louise 
11 
Bagdad. 
. 83.64 
11 
Marmora 
12 
Jalna . 
83.22 
12 
Duna 
13 
Commander Koehl. 
. 81.78 
13 
King Arthur 
14 
Tip Top. 
. 81.51 
14 
Wasaga 
15 
Maid of Orleans. 
. 80.64 
15 
Debonair 
16 
Isola Bella . 
. 79.35 
16 
Margaret Fulton 
17 
Johann S. Bach. 
. 79.12 
17 
Dr. F. E. Bennett 
18 
Euides.„ . 
77.90 
18 
Rosemarie Pfitzer 
19 
Mother Machree. 
. 77.20 
19 
Vagabond Prince 
20 
Bit o' Heaven . 
. 76.67 
20 
Joh. S. Bach 
21 
Golden Chimes. 
. 76.27 
21 
Red Lory 
22 
Okarina . 
. 75.00 
22 
Golden Goddess 
23 
Zauberflote . 
. 74.88 
23 
Golden Chimes 
24 
A rabella . 
. 74.00 
24 
Mammoth White 
25 
Charles Dickens. 
.:. 73.67 
25 
Frank J. McCoy 
26 
Heiligtum . 
. 71.45 
26 
Mary Elizabeth 
27 
Sahara . 
. 70.84 
27 
Miss New Zealand 
28 
Miss New Zealand. 
. 70.52 
28 
Edith Robson 
29 
Gertrude Swenson. .. 
. 69.12 
29 
Blue Admiral 
30 
Red Lory._. 
. 67.76 
30 
Red Phipps 
31 
Ninth Symphony . 
. 66.66 
31 
Aflame 
32 
Golden Goddess. 
. 66.36 
32 
Phyllis McQuiston 
33 
Marmora. 
. 66.15 
33 
Salbach’s Orchid 
34 
Blue Admiral. 
. 64.38 
34 
Smiling Maestro 
35 
Green Lights . 
. 64.00 
35 
Bleeding Heart 
36 
Betty Nuthall._. 
. 63.96 
36 
Golden Dream 
37 
Milford . 
. 63.71 
37 
Wurtemburgia 
38 
Salbach’s Orchid. 
. 63.44 
38 
Tip Top 
39 
Rudolf Serkin . 
. 62.55 
39 
Beacon 
40 
Royal Gold . 
. 59.94 
40 
Milford 
41 
Reverie. 
. 59.52 
41 
Albatros 
42 
Guardsman. 
. 59.40 
42 
Giant Nymph 
43 
Pirate. 
. 59.20 
43 
Bill Sowden 
44 
Max Reger. . 
. 58.48 
44 
Dream o’Beauty 
45 
Irene . 
. 56.61 
45 
New Era 
46 
Mary Elizabeth . 
. 56.00 
46 
Brightside 
47 
Maunga . 
. 55.86 
47 
Euides 
48 
Mrs. Anna Pfitzer. 
. 54.74 
48 
Lotus 
49 
Takina . 
. 54.68 
49 
Rewi Fallu 
50 
Duna. 
. 54.60 
50 
Takina 
