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FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
Random Notes of the Past Season 
The past season gave us an August that was the hottest I ever saw 
which put a lot of good varieties down in the field and I think many of them 
are still good for such heat and humidity are seldom seen anywhere. But 
those that stayed up in even fair shape were worthy of particular note. 
There seems to be a growing demand for very early varieties, from the 
glad fan so that the season can be lengthened out and from the commercial 
grower so he may have blooms when prices are at their best. Some of those 
we think are the best of the early varieties probably would not seem so fine 
if they came in midseason but a fairly good glad seems pretty nice if it is 
the first to bloom. 
Our best very early varieties are: GLADYS CLEGG, WHITE ORCHID, 
(followed soon by POLAR ICE), MISS HARRIET, ROI SOLIEL, LIBELLE, 
PROF VON SLOGTERN, GLADDIE BOY, TANGERINE, MR. CUTHBERT- 
SON, EARLY DAWN, GRAF ZEPPELIN and KRIMHILDE in their respective 
colors and these are the ones we plant for our first flowers. On the other 
extreme of the season we have another group which are late bloomers and 
seem to do their best late in the sason. Among these are: MINUET, FRANK 
I McCOY, CANBERRA, MR. FREDERICK CHRIST, CHRISTABEL, BAGDAD, 
BETSY BOB-UP, and PICARDY, although not so late as these, does very 
well in the fall if planted a bit later. These two groups are the lower priced 
varieties, early and late, I should hesitate in planting the more expensive 
early or late varieties for in our section there is always the chance that 
Jack Frost will make a late spring call or an early fall one and while one 
hates to see any glads cut down by him, it is not so bad to lose only the 
commoner kinds. 
White glads were very popular the past season and fortunately there 
are many fine white ones available and although one would expect all whites 
to be rather similar such is not the case. Each variety seems to be a bit 
different, some are dead white, others with creamy throats and all of differ¬ 
ent types. STAR OF BETHLEHEM is the most popular and I believe deserv¬ 
edly so, surely a great white and does well from medium and small bulbs. 
POLAR ICE is probably the best of the dead whites. MAUNGA is the largest 
and, if well grown, the best for exhibition. WHITE TRIUMPHATOR from 
Holiand is very nice and KRYTBERG, a newer one from the same country, 
seems promising. Most of the whites are early so we were pleased that 
the later blooming GEHEIMRAT DUISBERC was so fine and such a strong 
grower. Pfitzer’s new white, SNOW PRINCESS, to be released next year, 
they claim to be a step ahead; another season should tell us more about it 
We confidently believed our own SURFSIDE a step ahead when introduced 
and are more convinced of it after the past season. 
There does not seem to be such decided progress in the yellow class. 
We still like LAUSANNE because it has a nice type slightly ruffled floret 
that lays flat against the spike, is early and a good increaser. ALCHEMIST 
seems to look like a promising commercial. ANNA MAY WONG we 
thought a worthwhile variety but Pfitzer’s very early dark yellow, GOLD 
DUST, attracted much attention; the color is very pleasing and I believe this 
one will be very popular when the price is a bit lower. MRS. G. WADE 
is the best of the heavily ruffled yellows; it is a strong grower and opens 
up a good spike. ROYAL GOLD made grand spikes and is probably the best 
for exhibition. 
