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FLYING CLOUD FARMS 
SURFSIDE (Winsor) 
Picardy x Burwood Gem. This variety is the 
most valuable white gladiolus we have ever 
grown; the reports from all sections of this coun¬ 
try, as well as from foreign countries, prove it 
is adapted for all climates. Surfside has the vig¬ 
orous growth of Picardy, the spikes are very tall; 
the- report of the Maryland Gladiolus Society Test 
Garden showed it to be the tallest of anything 
given either an Award of Merit or Commendation 
vote in 1938. Field grown spikes from large 
bulbs average eighteen to twenty buds with seven 
or more 5 V 2 " blooms open. The beautifully ruffled 
white blooms have a slight pencil line in the throat 
and are of great substance. Bulblets are plentiful 
and germinate easily. It blooms readily in the 
field from bulblets and we cut many saleable spikes 
from them late in the season. Surfside is a mid¬ 
season variety, blooming here in about eighty 
days when planted after May 1 0. A great variety 
for the exhibitor as well as the commercial grower. 
The bulbs are smooth and clean, a quality missing 
in many of the better whites. It is not what we 
call “frail” as are most whites; by that we mean 
the half open buds and blooms do not readily 
show handling marks caused by bent or crushed 
petals. 
Surfside has received an Award of Merit in the 
trial garden of the Maryland Gladiolus Society 
and the British Gladiolus Society Test Garden also 
gave it an Award of Merit. The New England 
Gladiolus Society seedling committee has also given 
it an Award of Merit. 
Price—Large 80c; Medium 50c; Small 25c; Bits. 10-80c. No discount. 
