STEWART 
INTRODUCTIONS 
FOR 1940 
The public has been waiting a long time for a blue gladiolus which is healthy 
and which possesses good growing habits. Many originations have been forth¬ 
coming but it seems that every blue gladiolus available today is not quite up to 
par in vigor with gladiolus of the more popular colors, such as red or pink. 
At last we have found one of our blue seedlings which possesses all these 
line qualities. A blue which is as robust as any gladiolus you can name, regardless 
of color. We have chosen to name our introduction: 
Blue Heaven 
Blue Heaven is medium to light blue. It carries a double row of good sized 
florets, holding eight to ten open at one time, even in extreme heat. The foliage 
is healthy, the bulbs are round, plump, and clean, and the bulblets germinate 
readily. Here is a blue gladiolus which can be grown by all flower lovers, not 
just by the connoisseur. It will respond to average care and culture and will 
produce just as healthy and beautiful a bloom as any other gladiolus in your 
garden. 
BLUE HEAVEN PRICES—Any size Bulb $10.00 each; Bulblets $1.00 each. 
Jack Frost 
Here we offer a pure white sport of Phyllis McQuiston. This variety, 
Stewart’s White, has all the excellent characteristics which one would expect, 
it being a sport of Phyllis McQuiston. 
As a cut flower white it is unequalled. It opens six or eight large florets at 
one time on a tall, strong, always erect spike of twenty or more buds. The stock 
is clean and healthy and the bulblets germinate readily. Blooms open well from 
shipment, and for these reasons we predict that it will be one of the leading 
white commercials in a very short time. Even now it has been accepted locally 
by the florists as one of the finest cut flower whites they have ever used. 
JACK FROST PRICES—Any size Bulb $10.00 each; Bulblets $1.00 each. 
Del Rio 
Here we offer a variety which has attracted much attention from the visitors 
to our seedling gardens, probably because of the A-1 placement of its double row 
of large flowers. It opens easily six or more at one time on an always tall, strong 
spike of twenty or more buds. The flowers are a smooth cream, slightly ruffled, 
blending to a deeper, rich cream throat. Its growing habits are excellent and 
the bulblets germinate readily. Our only regret is that the stock is not yet plenti¬ 
ful enough for us to use it as a commercial. Surely when it is better known, 
and the stock increase is sufficient, it will be one of our leading commercial 
cut flowers in the cream colored class. 
DEL RIO PRICES—Any size bulb $10.00 each ; Bulblets $1.00 each. 
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