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LAST PUBLISHED SYMPOSIUM RATINGS 
(With seca perinission of the Canadian Gladiolus Society and the New England Gladiolus Society, copyright 
owners. 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society Symposium, with participation limited to about ninety 
ranking growers and amateurs, classifies about 600 leading varieties “A’’ for excellent, ‘“B 
good, “C”’ fair, ““D” discard. 
The New England Gladiolus Society Symposium for 1939 was a series of popularity 
contests each devoted to a single color classification. The Symposium below is based on the 
percentage of total votes cast. Commonly, popular vote symposiums are about two years 
behind the expert type in arriving to about the same conclusions. 
The new faces in these lists are in italics. You may notice we have been closely 
anticipating the symposiums in our offerings for many years past. Undoubtedly our customers 
know this. And we are also offering now quite a number of varieties you will find appearing 
in the next symposiums two years hence. The % of ‘‘A’’ votes is based on a minimum of 19 
voters reporting on the particular variety. 
Canadian G. S. 1940 New England G. S. 1939 
Rank Variety 7% of ‘*A’’ Votes Rank Variety 
[oer VE rr ce Seek Ae sae 100.00 1 Picardy 
2 Aladdin ...... ee ite - _ 95.74 2 Minuet 
Sin CONGUE: ste oe! nee . 95.45 3 Maid of Orleans 
Bde VLC tears eee ce en enn oe same ae See 15 4 Commander Koeh! 
Sh Picardy sey sacks keane et ae er OO 5 Vagabond Prince 
Om WVMarcarel Dean ee sen _ 86.95 6 Pelegrina 
WEDLOCK (OPC aera a ees POS One 7 Mother Machree 
Bae Pa DON Cebit Cent. 2 nareretnrs, MESO 8 Shirley Temple 
eel OF GA TCLRLT ape LG anaes See ey AA OOS 9 Charles Dickens 
HORNS CHSC 10108) Meme nhs oS INO on eet ne _ 82.61 10 Bagdad 
Mis redenDur ore rs 5b titre eee ea _...... 81.81 11 Golden Goddess 
1D Fer CACO HLS Semmens Hie aie 8 canner J. (Cg an LOS Sie 2 Re Wielealies 
13. Maid of Orleans... Ngee cine 2h) 800013 Star oe beanleuen 
14 Southport. a8 eae ie te ee oh) teen 4a De DOl alt 
pe mC OMCL/ Ula) mat Ra eks ek! 2 i enw 1 Ocho 0 “152” Bebossearen 
iGpaCommanier koeh! tei sree ee Sede eee 77.81 16 Beacon 
ie te OSINING.- we Aah pe ee. S097 eee Kiri oenacoe 
18 Hindenburg’s Memory _ Oe 76.60 ae See laceeo par 
VOILE UCT OL Crain ae ere OS hs a ieee ce a _ 74.19 19 Golden Chimes 
AMOS UY SIGE oe a woes re. OEE PS Re er) 2 Ae 13,00 ure ie De bee ame eens 
21. Arabella Ne i Eee a Ld ROTA soe Pe CORE ode 
22 Star of Bethlehem See 72.93 22 Blue Admiral 
DS ara 7 DELS Sees OT ches eal ee a nee NTL 1 2 On NOSET A pier teem 
DA ZUM a oe A ND ae Cement wee, «Ae Oe BORO 
25 Rima... pole A alee ae eae nee ek Sees oy) (3 eS MN rere oe 
y Geary lola te, cae es 71.42 26 Mary Elizabeth 
27. Snow Princess... ait ae Le one) 0/8 3-romeay sae at eit 
28 Bit o’ Heaven... ee 210,51" B2Se Dre cer 
29 Amulet Oe hs AACE cas —... 69.23, 29 Phyllis McQuiston 
30 Charles Dickens _ 68.75 30 Bill Sowden 
See TipC Ope se us Aer a ea 68.75 31 Betty Nuthall 
32 Blue'’Beauty= oars. Hz. 08 Alero 2a Marmota 
SSS COLTON ine sea eee ee ate a ete OS,4 2 comme OTS 
345. Viste Bontian = 2. eee es 2, OS 420 GA te Margaretemuce 
35, slsolasbelidee. sae 2) jf ee ue di 07.10 oS See Brichtsige 
36 Matterhorn... see Tits atecene = 6 OO. OO dro O SINC chitn pie 
37 Rosemarie Pfitzer —_. 1) 906,060,043 7s Morogce 
38 Golden Chimes. mee cs ...... 66.66 38 New Era 
39 Joh. S. Bach se . 65.38 39 Jalna 
40 Zauberfiote. oe 762.07 ) 40 ye Sabaen 
41 Harvest Moon......... eS 61.29 41 Barcarole 
42 Red Lory 61.25 42 Keng Lear 
43 Allegro. 59.64 43 Rima 
44 Peggy Lou 59.09 44 Zuni 
45 Gertrude Swenson 57.65 45 Wasaga 
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