NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 
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The so-called blue class may not get much bluer but certainly the colors 
are more pleasing, fade less and are stronger growers than a few years ago. 
BLUE BEAUTY sure deserves the name but the older ALLEGRO and MAX 
REGER are now at a price where they should be very popular. The new 
novelty, JOSEPH HAYDEN, is an interesting two color blue but I cannot 
tell you much of its propagating ability—another season should determine 
that quality. 
The Reds of all shades, from light scarlet to black reds, seemed at 
their best this season. The darkest of the good ones was BLACK OPAL, 
sure a big step ahead in this class; it has length of flower head, plenty open 
and is a good increaser, all of which were lacking in the earlier very dark 
reds; it has been a wonderful variety here for three seasons. REWI FALLU 
has very large florets for a red and will surely be popular. RED GIANT, more 
of a cerise red in color, was at its best this year. A vase of it at Boston 
attracted much favorable attention. A good variety for the hybridist, as it 
gives good height to all its seedlings. NINTH SYMPHONY looks to be a 
fine scarlet red. PIMPERNEL and ARMAGNA II seem the best of the 
light reds with white throats, the former having won many awards the past 
season. WHERO is a very nice variety; the ruffled petals having extra nice 
substance. MAX SCHMELING is another new dark red and is the same 
variety that is being sold in Holland as “Ronda”, may be the Hollander’s 
don’t care for prizefighters. HINDENBURG’S MEMORY seemed good color 
but the stock was too small to form a fair opinion of its value. FRAU DR. 
HANIEL looks more as if it could replace Dr. Bennett than any variety I 
have yet seen. Mair’s SOUTHPORT was probably as much admired as any 
glad in the field this year; it is a very pleasing pink color and the spikes, 
have the much desired “stretch”, it is a fine glad and it will be very popular 
when a bit lower in price. SONATINE is a good commercial pink. DA 
CAPO was again very fine; the pleasing pink color is improved by the white 
throat and it was very popular with garden visitors. The pink ended cream 
EUIDES sure does make great show spikes and would seem to have a com¬ 
mercial future; the local florists were much impressed with the few they 
saw last season. The old reliable LAIDLEY still is in great demand both 
by gardeners and florists; it has few, if any, equal in its color. NEW ERA 
is a wonderful color which added to the very pleasing ruffled type of the 
medium size flowers makes it a beautiful glad. 
ISOLA BELLA is a grand lavender, opens a number of well placed 
blooms and should go far; a good increaser although the bulblets are rather 
small but germinate easily. DR. A. C. McKILLOP is a strong growing laven¬ 
der that should be good as a commercial variety. There is a need for more 
good commercial lavenders and if you need such colors, I believe these two 
and WALKURE are worth your trial. 
The best orange shades I have seen this season are all from Errey, in 
Australia. FALCON, a rather lively orange with a bit of cream in the throat 
and GLOWING EMBERS, a clear orange flecked darker, a seedling of Mrs. 
S. A. Errey and Tangerine, and it appears that TANGERINE has overcome 
the burning in Mrs. Errey in this cross. Errey’s CAMELOT, a much older 
pink variety, was the best I ever saw it the past season. 
The cream SHIRLEY TEMPLE has enormous, wide, ruffled blooms and 
sure will go a long ways; in popular demand as it is a good increaser. The 
older ROSEMARIE PFITZER is still the leader in that color class both in 
quality and popularity. ZAUBERFLOTE seems very valuable as, in addition 
to its other good qualities, it is very early. 
