o ur Excl usive 
Introductions 
for 1940 
BLAZE (E. H. Lins 1940) 
In 1938 when we tried out this red 
Picardy seedling No. 3433 LR, it was 
the thrill of the season in the reds. Ex¬ 
cept for color, it seems a Picardy and a 
red Picardy just seemed too good to be 
true. The color is a pure brilliant bright 
red self with a very brilliant sheen. In 
1939 the Maryland Gladiolus Society 
Trial Grounds awarded it a Vote of 
Commendation. It opens four to five 
4 V 2 - to 5-inch florets, with four to five 
additional buds in color, on a slender 
straight spike with a long flower head 
of 18 to 20 buds. 
Legion Trial Gardens, Spring Green, 
Wisconsin, reports 46" to 54" spikes, 22" 
flower head; 18 buds, 4 open, 3 in color; 
414" florets. Mr. Lloyd Downing, Minne¬ 
sota, reports 45" in height, 18 to 20 
buds; 5 to 7 florets open, from No. 3 and 
No. 4 bulbs. No. 3 bulbs in our trial beds 
produced 47" plants, 21" flower head and 
5" florets. No. 1 bulbs produced 52" 
plant, 22" flower head and 5" florets. A 
decorative and commercial variety but 
if petted some, would probably give a 
good account of itself on the show table. 
It has all of Picardy’s faults; some 
stubby spikes, some poor placement, 
particular lower florets, and has a 
tendency to produce more than one spike 
from large bulbs, probably worse than 
Picardy in that respect. Some do not 
consider this a fault. Probably heavier 
propagator than Picardy and produced 
No. 4 bulbs from bulblets planted July 
10 for us last season. No wholesale dis¬ 
counts this season. 
Large bulbs $1.00 each; 10 for $7.50. 
Medium bulbs 60c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Small bulbs 30c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Bulblets 10c each; 100 for $7.50. 
DIXIE BELLE (E. H. Lins 1940) 
Small decorative type of brilliant 
orange color; throat lighter, peppered 
reddish orange, somewhat on the order 
of a gloxinia. Exquisite sheen, having 
appearance of tiny particles of gold dust 
ground in with the orange pigment, that 
appear to shimmer in the sun. Throat 
marking not only blends with rest of 
flower, but seems to enhance its exqui¬ 
site beauty. 3 to SV 2 feet spikes with 
4 to 5 heavily ruffled florets open with 
several partly open and in color. Legion 
Trial Gardens reports 7 open and 3 in 
color with spike of 18 buds. 
As seedling EHL No. 1, Dix;ie Belle 
was awarded a Vote of Commendation 
by New England Gladiolus Society for 
1939. We understand it failed tp get a 
Vote of Commendation from Maryland 
Gladiolus Society Trial Garden because 
its color faded a little. In our test beds, 
with rain each night and 95 degree sun 
all day, Dixie Belle came through per¬ 
fectly when most everything else burned 
up or faced florets all around the spike. 
A beautiful flower like this should not 
be left out in the sun and wind. It has 
everything to make it perfect for home 
decoration and should prove valuable 
for fine floral work. 
Large bulbs 50c each; 10 for $4.00. 
Medium bulbs 30c each; 10 for $2.00. 
Small bulbs 15c each; 10 for $1.20. 
Bulblets 10 for 50c; 100 for $4.00. 
SOUTHLAND (Brauer 1940) 
Rich deep salmon-pink with deeper 
throat; typical Pfitzer’s Triumph strain 
in size, form, and substance, opening six 
to eight 5 V 2 " florets in perfect double¬ 
row placement on tall strong spikes; al¬ 
ways straight. Strong . grower, heavy 
propagator and bulblets germinate well 
but make only small bulbs the first year. 
Two-year bulbs are as fine as we have 
ever grown from any variety; not usual¬ 
ly the case in seedlings from Pfitzer’s 
Triumph. 
Exhibited at Maryland Show last 
year in competition with an unusually 
fine seedling of Mr. H. V. Wright, it 
came out second, but was much admired, 
particularly by Mr. Evans, introducer of 
Peggy Lou and other champions. Mr. 
Wright told us his seedling seldom pro¬ 
duced spikes of this calibre but we can 
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