age rainfall and growing conditions, 
liie name “Sergeant Molly” is derived 
from the Revolutionaxy war women 
hero, also known as “Molly Pitcher”. 
She was the wife of Corporal Pitcher 
who was killed at his cannon in a bat¬ 
tle. Molly Pitcher, fought at his side 
and at his death took over the gun as 
good as her husband. Congress voted 
iier a Sergeant commission and a life 
pension in later years. 
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ERIE PRIDE — (Harry Liebhart, 
Sandusky, Ohio). Medium late season. 
Plant and spike height about 50 inches. 
Opens abouc six in the field. Substance 
excellent. A fine shipper. Most buds 
show color. Type, strictly decorative 
commercial variety and is offered for 
its unu-ual shade of color. Facing cor¬ 
rect, flowers spaced excellent. The 
gL.ds when placed in baskets have a 
slight upward tilt to the florets, allow¬ 
ing a full observation of the interior of 
the throat. No hood. Floret size 
about four and a half to five inches. 
Does not crook. Average number of 
buds—about 18. COLOR: This is the 
i.iOLt important factor concerning ERIE 
PRIDE. The color wouM be called 
by a casual observer a rich purple but 
actually is a very rich deep rose verg¬ 
ing on purple. Ridgways color de¬ 
scription—Crimson lake. The throat has 
a small spear of richer deeper violet 
purple extending to the tip of the pa- 
tal. Color is uniform and pure, no 
flecking and stays the same when 
placed in refrigeration. 
With fifty spikes of ERIE PRIDE, 
this v^/'e won the Secretary’s Cup 
at the National Gladiolus Society show 
at Co'ur^bus, Ohio, as the most beau¬ 
tiful basket in the show. And the 
— COMMENT UPON OUR 
Do not look for remarkable huge ex¬ 
hibition spikes in any of these listed. We 
do not intend that they shall be so con¬ 
sidered. DO look for EARLY bloom 
on most of them. DO look for HEAVY 
increase. EXPECT FINE COLORS. 
You won’t find anv with fifteen open 
florets. YOU WON’T fnd any that 
will lie down in the sun looking like a 
damp rag. LOOK for HEALTHY 
BULBS. DO NOT look for disease— 
veu WON’T find any on these varieties. 
DO NOT expect to have GARDENIA 
or SERGEANT MOLLY or GRACE 
PETERS for the shows unless you time 
their bloom accordingly; they are far too 
ra’*ly. We are NOT raisinp’ glads for 
the sole purpose of exhibition — but 
amazing fact is that the spikes were all 
from number five bulbs. These spikes 
averaged about thirty-six inches long 
so you can gather an idea that the var¬ 
iety is a fine performer. ERIE PRIDE 
has been shown at several shows of re¬ 
pute and has won numerous prizes as 
a seedling. We have a very fine stock 
of this variety and will offer it at a 
price which wi 1 allow most anyone to 
get a start with it. You can obtain 
stock ‘either from myself or Mr. Lieb¬ 
hart at the prices listed here. EACH 
—$1.00, any size. No Bulblets for sale 
this year. 
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GRACE PETERS — (Mrs. Rosa 
Reed, Elgin, Iowa). A verv earlv lav¬ 
ender primulinus type with well ex¬ 
panded floret-^ larger than Queen of 
Bremen in size and more pro’ific. Of¬ 
fered only for its early commercial pos¬ 
sibilities and an unusually clear light 
rosy lavender shade, this variety may 
be useful for hybridizing. V 7 e choose 
this from a lot of more than a thousand 
seedlings sent to us by Mrs. Reed, sev¬ 
eral years ago and only this year did 
we fully appreciate the variety. Spikes 
of it are generally in great demand 
here, and we feel that its precocity will 
bring it fame in at least a small vvay. 
It has no large exhibition type spikes 
so do not look for that. But if you use 
cut glads and appreciate the earliest 
spikes, then by all means invest in a 
few of these this year. You can buy 
stock of Grace Peters from either Mrs. 
Reed or myself at the prices listed 
here. 
PER EACH:—Large, .75; Med.—.50; 
small— .25; bits.—each .10; 4 for .25; 
25 for $i.co. 
1938 INTRODUCTIONS — 
rather to make hard cash for their in¬ 
vestors. We believe YOU have a use 
for EARLY cut flowers—what grower 
does not? I know we most certainly 
do. ALL in ALL—we challenge anyone 
to try to find two more valuable com¬ 
mercial varieties than GARDENIA and 
SERGEANT MOLLY. We would also 
like to see the variety that has finer 
color in its c’ass than ERIE PRIDE 
and a more valuable little glad than 
GRACE PETERS. No one glad can 
please everyone in the business. Even 
Picardy has its dislikes. But give the 
above four varieties a trial and we pre¬ 
dict a big smile of satisfaction on your 
face. 
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