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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
RED LORY 90 * + ttt Exh. Carmine Rose, 
mottled bright orange. Crimson on lower 
and cream on upper section of throat. 
Hardly a wonderful color harmony, but 
makes spectacular spikes with 12 open. 
Might need staking if bloomed in very hot 
weather. N.Z. growers claim it has won 
more champion certificates there than any 
other. (Am.) (Dr. Pease) A.G.S., ’35 and 
at III., ’36. Grand Champion, East Bay, 
’36. 1st and most open A.G.S., N.E.G.S., 
(Am) Mich., Conn., la., (both) Calgary 
and Yakima, all '37. L.08(100,5.00) 
PURPLE 
CHARLES DICKENS 93 •—ft Exh. Violet 
purple. Tall. Fine cutting spike. Voted 
best purple, C.G.S. and A.G.S. A.G.S., 
C.G.S., E.S.G.S., Minn., Pa., la., all ’37. 
L.05(100,3.50) M.03(100,2.00) 
RAMESSES 90 ***—ft Dec. Aster purple, 
pomegranate blotch on white. Extremely 
large florets with long, pointed petals. 
Peculiar ruffling and orchid appearing. 
One of the tallest glads we offer. Scarce. 
A.G.S., ’34. Our 1st as Dec., Ohio-Mah., 
’34. (Am.) Ohio, ’35. Our 1st A.G.S., ’35. 
Empire S.G.S., ’36. Hamilton Dist., (Am) 
Mich., ’37. L.06(100,4.00) M.04(1.00- 
2.40) Bits (100,.15) 
STAPLEFORD 95 ** + ttt.Exh. Immense, 
round florets of clear, bright purple with 
pronounced, clear white blotch. Tremen¬ 
dous flowerheads with 10-12 florets open. 
Tall, strong, well foliaged plant. Slow 
propagator. Stock very limited. Aukland 
G.S., ’36. Ll.OO M.75 S.50 Bits .10 
TAKINA 90 **♦—ttt Exh. Rosaline, lilac 
purple. Lightly flaked a darker shade. A 
spike of Takina on our winning “Connois¬ 
seur” display at the national show, Akron, 
’36, created a commotion. Has been ex¬ 
hibited with 8^-inch florets, 9 open and 
has been grown to a height of 7 feet. Our 
blooms have reached 8 inches with 7 open, 
close to 6 ft. high. F.C.C., N.Z.G.S., ’34. 
Aukland G.S., ’36. Ames (la.) and Yaki¬ 
ma, ’37. L.45 M.35 S.25 Bits .04. 
LIGHT VIOLET 
ALLEGRO 80 * + tt Exh. Light lavender- 
blue. Two dark blue blotches ending in 
white arrow points. Good cut flower 
habits and one of the very best performers 
in our fields. Scarce. F.C.C., Haarlem, 
’33. “A” rating, C.G.S., ’36. Our 1st, 
A.G.S., ’37. Calgary (Sept, show), ’37. 
L.75 M.50 Bits .07. 
AVE MARIA 83 *—n Exh. Unmistakably 
blue toned. Small purple blotch. Has 
great vigor and bulbs are very disease 
resistant. Blooms comparatively early. 
Voted best light violet, A.G.S. Has won 
most everywhere. A.G.S., E.S.G.S., la., 
Sunnyside, Calgarv and Algona, all ’37. 
L.05(100,3.50) M.b3(100,2.00) 
BLUE BEAUTY (Blaue Schonheit) 80 *—Ut 
Exh. Medium light blue with edges of 
petals overlaid violet blue. Throat some¬ 
what lighter on upper petals, darker on 
lower containing a small white mark, V- 
shaped. Large, wide open florets, 8 open, 
20 buds, on a long, strong spike. F.C.C., 
Haarlem. Won Certif. of British G.S. 
offered at Haarlem, ’36, for champion 
bloom of the show. First blue in history 
to achieve show championship. Ea. 
Ll.OO M.60 S.40 Bits (100,5.00) 
BLUE DANUBE 88 * + n Dec. Pure, blue 
cast amethyst, blotched darker, 6-8 open. 
Long flowerhead on tall, willowy spike, 
commonly 5}/2 ft. Good cut flower habits. 
A.G.S., ’33. Wash, and Calgary, ’34. Pa. 
and N.E.G.S., ’36. Mich., Ohio, Yakima, 
’37. L.06(100.4.00) 
BLUE WONDER (E. Both) 95 *—ffttExh. 
Medium light blue violet 5 inch florets, 
10 to 16 open, 23 buds, 55 inches tall. 
Placement excellent, substance good, 
foliage up to 3 inches across. If flower 
is bloomed out in hot weather in garden 
we suggest staking so massive a spike. 
This variety won Champion bloom as a 
seedling in the South Australian G.S., 
’35. Ea. L3.25 M2.50 S2.00 Bits .40. 
JOSEF HAYDN 90 * + Exh. Light 
heliotrope-violet with spectacular dark 
blue violet blotch. Florets are large, wide 
open, of heavy substance and well placed 
on slender but straight stems. This 
variety offers a genuine novelty color 
combination of great charm. It has not 
propagated as fast as we would like but 
we believe we now have the stocks ac¬ 
climated. We are approaching conclusion 
that this variety is Pfitzer’s best blue. 
A.M., Haarlem, ’35. See illustration. 
L7.00 M4.50 S3.00 Bits .70 
MILFORD 90 ftt Exh. Soft, delicate 
blue violet, slightly darker to edge, but 
without any markings in throat. Tall and 
straight. 9 open. Champ, seedling N.Z. 
G.S., ’34. F.C.C. Ballarat, ’36. (Am) 
N.E.G.S.. (Am) E.S.G.S., and best blue, 
Metro, all ’37. L.25 M.15 S.IO Bits 
( 100 , 1 . 00 ) 
Bulbs priced per each. 12 sold at 10 rate. 6 at 5 rate. 25 at 100 rate. 
Bits any amount at rate offered. Delivered Prepaid in U. S. 
