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WENONAH (Kinyon, 1940, Exhibition. 
Salmon Pink, 80 days.) 
Mrs. Kinyon's 1940 introduction won great 
acclaim at the Michigan Gladiolus Show as 
a seedling, winning the American Home 
Achievement Award, the Michigan Horticul¬ 
ture Society Medal, the Michigan Gladiolus 
Society Certificate and was scored highest 
seedling out of eighty entries. Field tests 
prove WENONAH to be always straight, 
spike at correct cutting height and facing 
and spacing of blooms perfect. The propa¬ 
gation and germination of bulblets is excel¬ 
lent. 
The useful bright orange-salmon color is dis¬ 
played by 10 to 14, four and a half-inch 
blooms open at a time. The great lasting 
ability of the florets make it a true Exhibi¬ 
tion variety and one that will be widely 
used for commercial and home decorative 
work. The introduction price of WENONAH 
was set low enough so you could have it in 
your garden. 
OTHERS 
In 1939 Mrs. Kinyon's seedling, 
EMBLEM OF PURITY, won the 
Michigan Seedling Award and the American 
Home Achievement Award. This is a ruffled 
pure white of decorative size, bloom having 
12 to 14 open at a time; her WHITE SPIRE 
(white), IOSCO (yellow buff), REFLECTION 
Octvender), are all truly great Gladiolus. 
Gladiolus, "Mildred Louise," named for his 
daughter. 
Upon the death of M. W., as he was so well 
known, his son George took up the business 
and has carried on. 
Since the start of the business it has been 
moved from the 20-acre farm to a 220-acre 
farm which has better bulb soil and a 
greater chance for rotation of crops. 
We wish that some time you will find your 
way to our fields and see our plantings. 
