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NEW VARIETIES FOR 1938 
Each year we test about 500 new varieties ot our own origination. From this 
number, we usually select about forty or fifty for testing during the following 
year. Of these, from two to four are later selected for dissemination. For 
years we have devoted one entire greenhouse and approximately 20,000 plants 
to this breeding and testing of seedlings. 
This year we are offering four new seedlings of which we are especially proud. 
They are unquestionably the finest new varieties we have ever offered the trade 
at one time in our entire history. All four have been thoroughly tested in every 
way, and we do not hesitate to recommend their purchase. Any, or all of them, 
will aid you in your competition on the open market and will enhance your 
reputation as a grower of fine carnations. 
PARAGON 
A lovely, vivid deep pink. The color is slightly deeper than that of My 
Love, and it is more uniform throughout the season. The bloom has the same 
form as My Love, but is a little larger. The plants are heavier, stronger and 
less grassy than are those of My Love. The stem is long and strong. There is 
almost never any splitting, and there is far less fading than occurs with most 
of the present day deep pink varieties. Production is high, and keeping and 
shipping qualities are unsurpassed. 
For several years we have tried to breed a deep pink carnation which would 
produce and keep as well as My Love, but which would be stronger and 
healthier and which would not fade or split as badly as do practically all 
existent deep pinks. We now have such a variety in PARAGON, and we 
are replacing our other standard deep pink varieties with it as rapidly as 
we are able. 
NOTE: PARAGON is NOT a selected or improved My Love. It is a distinct 
variety, a cross of two of our own unnamed seedlings. 
LUXURY 
This is a medium sized bloom of bright scarlet with fringed petals and form 
similar to that of Spectrum Supreme, but not quite as large as Spectrum. 
It is not an exhibition bloom, but is a practical, money-making commercial 
carnation. It is outstanding because it has a long, substantial stem which 
is always erect and stiff, the calyx does not split, the blooms do not bleach 
or discolor at any time as do most available reds, and its production is not 
surpassed by any standard red variety. The plants are larger, bushier and 
heavier than those of Spectrum. They are vigorous and disease-resistant. 
The flowers are good keepers and shippers. 
MAYTIME and DELICACY 
Pictured and described on pages 6 and 7 
$15.00 per 100 $125.00 per 1000 
