HERBERT D. PAPAS NURSERIES 
^‘^ladiolus Trial gardens” 
CLAREMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE 
GREETINGS: 
Have you a new seedling or new variety of Gladiolus, that you 
would like to know—not by guess work but by actual facts—if 
same has or has not commercial possibilities? Will it be a desirable 
Cut Flower proposition? 
Our Trial Gardens were established to answer that question. 
It operates at no expense to any party that desires to submit bulbs. 
It operates to find out—which new seedling, new variety of Glad¬ 
iolus—has commercial possibilities and will be the Cut Flower of 
tomorrow. 
In the past, it has been the generaj opinion that any reason¬ 
able priced Gladiolus—was a cut fiower proposition. Today how¬ 
ever, we are entering a new Era of Cut Flower Sales. A better 
line of Cut Flowers is demanded. A medium to find such—by 
actual facts—had to be put into operation. An organization 
interested in the future of the Cut Flower Gladiolus—one that 
could operate honestly, and justly—to become an authority on that 
subject. We have undertaken that job. It is a real man sized 
job—and if you will read thru carefully the Rules and Regulations 
of the Trial Gardens—you will readily concede that we have taken 
hold of same with a firm determination to do the job RIGHT. 
We also ask that you read carefully the method in which “Judging 
and Rating of Gladiolus in Trial Gardens” is conducted. We feel 
certain that we have in that a sound and practical system. 
The Trial Gardens are endorsed by leading Gladiolus 
Hybridizers and Growers, and it is thru their support, that we 
have made gooid. 
We sincerely ask that you give this pamphlet a thoroiigh 
reading, and will extend to us your co-operation and support. 
Yours—for the Cut Flower Gladiolus of Tomorrow, 
HERBERT D. PAPPAS. 
