“Zuni is the most beautiful smoky I have ever had.” Harold R. Sheedy. N. H. 
“There is no doubt that Zuui is a grand smoky. Most smokies are just smokies and 
have iiothiiif but odd color. Zuni is decidedly different and it surely has character and 
above all real beauty. All who have seen it think it is grand.” A1 Bork, N. J. 
“I liked Zuni immensely; the colors are very lovely in those soft j^et striking tones 
and the combination is most artistic, and the placement is perfect—with ten open the 
spike is a sight for sore eyes. I do not know of any smoky more lovely and I think that 
Zuni will go a long way.” Dr. Geo. H. Scheer. Wis. 
“Next was Zuni with 10 open; it is the most beautiful smoky I’ve seen, easily the 
most outstanding of your 1937 introductions I’ve seen.” Paul Brandon. Ore. 
Zuni won an Award of Merit at the Maryland Test Gardens in 1937. 
COLOSSUS. A very large Glad, sometimes growing to 8 inches across. Moreover, a 
very early flower usually. A rich pink with small red feather on a cream ground. Some¬ 
times lightly flecked or shaded slate but usually clear. Very prolific. Makes a good cut 
flower. L. $3.00 each, 10 for $24.00; M. $2.00 each, 10 for $16.00; S. $1.00 each, 10 for $8.00; 
Bits. 30c each, 10 for $2.40, 100 for $19.20. 
“Colossus is by far the largest Gladiolus I have ever grown, much larger than- 
or-and the color is a great improvement over either one of those.” Humphrey F. 
Hedgeccok. N. Y. 
“Your Colossus came out just two or three days too late for that show. It was a 
wonderful spike—large, well placed, perfect in every way.” W. W. Wyman, Mass. 
“Colossus was 5 ft. tall; spike at cutting 37 inches; at last bloom, 43 inches long. 
Largest floweret 8 inches in diameter.” Rev. E. G. Pfeiffer, Wis. 
“Colossus . . . had six enormous blooms. The plant, stalk and flowers were all very 
large, and I thought the color was very beautiful. Colossus was certainlj^ one of the 
most outstanding of the new varieties I raised.” Max A. Hughes, Wyoming. 
In addition to the above I have several letters stating that Colossus was the first to 
bloom or one of the first. 
CONQUEST. Light salmon pink with cream blotches. A very pleasing color com¬ 
bination in a good sized well opened ruffled flower. Florets of good texture on long 
tapering spikes. Five or six very refined flowers open. A heavy propagator. L. $1.50 
each, 10 for $12.00; M. $1.C0 each, 10 for $8.00; S. 50c each, 10 for $4.03; Bits. 15c each, 
10 for $1.20, 100 for $9.60. 
“Conquest is certainly a lovely color.” Paul Brandon, Ore. 
“I saw your Conquest at Havre de Grace looking verj^ fine. The bulb you sent me 
made a very nice spike.” W. G. Herridge, Maryland. 
“Conquest is the best in its color class that I have seen and exceedingly beautiful. 
I wish I had thousands of it.” Fred W. Gray, W. Va. 
“The two bulbs of this (Conquest) you sent me have both bloomed and I think it has 
the most beautiful color combination of any flower I have seen, not Glads alone, but in 
any flower.” Harold R. Sheedy, N. H. 
“Conquest pleases us tremendously. Its delicate color and refinement appeal to us 
more than any of the newer Gladioli. We congratulate you upon, its high rating and feel 
that it is richly deserved.” Erick Becker, Ore. 
Conquest won first place as the best new introduction at the fortnightly meeting of 
the New England Gladiolus Society, Aug. 8, 1937. 
SIEGFRIED (1936). A novelty Glad with rather small florets but many of them open 
at one time. Seems to do best when bloomed in cool weather but I have a few good 
reports from the East. It is being well received in England and has been a prize winner 
there. In color it is rose pink overlaid red with white throat and white splashes on the 
upper petals. L. 6Cc each; M. 40c each; S. 30c each; Bits. 10 for 40c. 
FLAMING METEOR (1934). Bright rich red self. Five or six large round flowers 
open on about the tallest spikes of any variety I grow. Not always perfectly faced from 
large bulbs, yet they average much better in facing than some other popular reds. Very 
vigorous. Have had fine reports on this from the middle west. Not a rapid propagator 
but makes a fair number of bulblets which grow quite readily. The demand for small 
stock and bulblets was much heavier than I could supply last year. L. 80c per 10, $4.50 
per 100; M. 40c per 10, $2.80 per 100; S. 20c per 10, $1.60 per 100; Bits. 40c per ICO, 
$2.50 per 1000. 
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