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FLYING CLOUD FARMS INC. 
A great exhibition variety is MRS. C. P. WORLEY, from Miss Whiteley, 
in New Zealand; this salmon red with a cream throat makes those spikes 
so much desired by the show man. RONCA, from the originator of Miss 
New Zealand, is another great show glad; this rose scarlet variety will open 
ten nice large florets at once and makes a typical “down under” exhibition 
spike. RAMSAY MacDONALD still is the best purple we grow. 
MISS NEW ZEALAND and TAKINA, those first two giants that were 
so much in demand that prices stayed high, are both good propagators and 
now every glad fan should try them. TASMAN, from Julyan, the originator 
of Miss New Zealand, has been a great glad here and we prefer it to either 
of these two earlier originations; the color is so much better and the whole 
spike more pleasing. NARBETHONC is also one in the giant class and 
although stocks of it are small now, be sure to put it on your list to see at 
the shows or add to your collection later on. 
TAGORE and SCHERZO are two just released, introduced directly by 
Pfitzer, that are worth your consideration; the former is a cerise magenta 
with a darker feather, while SCHERZO is white with a rose feather. 
FRANK J. McCOY again won the championship at Boston making three 
consecutive years that this variety has repeated; sure a wonderful show 
glad as well as one of our most popular florists’ flowers. ^ GERTRUDE SWEN¬ 
SON also won many awards the past season and is a “must have for the 
exhibitor. 
We have had, for several years, varieties from Barth in Germany but 
the names of them are so hard for us in the United States that I feel they 
have a great handicap although they are sure fine things, such as: FRAU 
AENNY FORSTER, LEO SCHLAGETER, KOCHBRUNNENGEIST. MOGUN- 
T1A, HORST WESSEL and GUTENBERG and I would suggest you give some 
of his varieties a trial. 
During the past season we had blooms at the Metropolitan Gladiolus 
Society Show in New York, the New England Gladiolus Society Show at 
Boston, Iowa State Show at Sioux City, Empire State Show at Rochester, 
New York and at Glens Falls. 
At these shows we had mostly seedlings along with some of the newer 
varieties. Our seedlings received many favorable comments both at the 
show and from interested people that have taken the time and trouble to 
write us, which we surely appreciate. 
The Sioux City show came when our seedlings were about at their best 
and most of the one box of blooms that were shown there were seedlings 
so when our exhibit received the gold medal for the most meritorious ex¬ 
hibit in the show we were much pleased. At the Empire State Show our 
seedlings were given seven awards and HAROLD LOGAN, TASMAN and 
FELICITAS won first in their color classes. At Boston we had only a non¬ 
competitive display that featured some of the new varieties of interest and 
a few seedlings, among them SURFSIDE which showed its ability to stand 
up in the show room, where the heat and humidity were about the worst 
I ever saw at a show, and our 1938 introduction, WAMPUM, was much 
admired. 
On April 28, 1937, a Washington customer wrote:—“My order of glads has been re¬ 
ceived in excellent condition. Am very well pleased with the extras. Can truthfully say 
no other grower has ever been as generous as you, with extras on orders I have placed. 
A customer from Scotland wrote:—“I received my bulbs from you today and they 
are the finest lot of glads I ever received from anyone and the value you gave me was 
more than I expected and all this gives me great confidence in you.” 
