Among the Newer Varieties of Gladiolus 
Each one of us has different likes and dislikes and it is only these individual tastes that 
spur the hybridizer on to find another ‘‘Picardy,’’ ‘“‘Minuet,’’ or ‘‘Mother Machree.’’ To this 
day, these are three of our best and most popular varieties. However, new varieties have 
come into the market; some hold the spotlight for a number of years while others, fully as 
good, meet more stern competition because of their color and popularity. 
MINUET seems to be a milestone which no other lavender can measure up to but which 
has been challenged with the origination of Young’s COLONIAL MAID and CENTURY LAVEN- 
DER from ‘‘down under.’ ISOLA BELLA is truly a fine lavender which, although several years 
old, was a winner in many shows this past season. Shading from lavender back up the rainbow 
to the “‘blues,’”’ we do not find very many ‘‘world beaters’; the ‘‘blues’’ would better be called 
novelties. BLUET is a beautiful glad with its deep violet blue petals offset with a handsome star- 
like white throat; a lovely contrast with that popular JOSEPH HAYDEN—pale blue violet 
ground and velvety purple blotch. ALLEGRO and BLUE WONDER have been most popular and 
duly so since they are strong growing, good, medium-colored blues. MAX REGER has become 
a popular commercial in many sections where the ever popular Libelle will not grow. 
| hope | am not too prejudiced when | say | feel that SURFSIDE is the best, all-round, 
white glad on the market today. MYRNA, a bit more creamy than Surfside, did well, as did 
the more mellow SNOW PRINCESS. MATTERHORN was as fine this season as | have ever 
seen; the tall spikes of heavy textured, rich white florets were truly handsome,—a fine exhibi- 
tion glad! VREDENBURG, NANA, and KRYTBERG have also found a place among the white 
glads. In the class calling for ‘‘white with conspicuous marking,” we find two beautiful glads, 
—ROBERT SHIPPEE and MARGARET BEATON. The first has a pale rose spot in the throat 
while the latter has a more showy light red and cream throat. Gorgeous GRETA GARBO is a 
welcome addition to the class we used to call ‘“‘blush.”’ LADDIE—pale pink with rose blotch— 
is another pretty glad that has proven most popular. 
Picardy sports and seedlings, as you know, have become increasingly popular. GUN- 
POWDER is a creamy pink Picardy sport which attracted much attention in our field and which 
| think is a nice glad. BINGO will come in for its share of the honors with flesh color ground; 
it flecks (in our field) with deeper pink. KING WILLIAM and FLORA FARMER deserve the 
publicity which they have had; they are two fine glads! Pommert’s MARGUERITE and Errey’s 
MARGARET JOAN—a wonderful glad—will, | feel, enjoy greater popularity when their prices 
come down a bit more. For the past two seasons, Margaret Joan has been one of the best glads 
| have seen. Maybe you haven’t heard much of this one but wait until you see it; for two 
years | thought it was the best named glad in the garden,—now it ranks second to our new 
introduction—-BANCROFT WINSOR. This variety has been grown in our fields under num- 
ber 32-290B until we have a fine stock of this wonderful glad,—at last, an orange which, in 
our climate, does not burn. The delicate light orange ground color made more sparkling by a 
reddish spot in the throat. This variety won much acclaim at the Boston Show this season. 
GINGER ROGERS, PERSIAN ORANGE, and Ellis’ CORAL GLOW are fine and welcome 
additions to the orange division. Persian Orange is very showy with white lines in the throat, 
while Coral Glow is the brightest orange glad | have ever seen. Ginger Rogers is a light orange 
with garnet lines in the throat; a mass of color with many florets open at one time. 
ROSA VAN LIMA seems to be one of the best contributions we have had in the pink 
division in many years. SOUTHPORT still stands high among the good pink glads. Our own 
CAPEHEART has gained in popularity again this season; it blooms ahead of Picardy and is a 
pretty shade of pink. MARGOT BRUNNINGS is a beautiful, ‘‘porcelain’’ textured, pink glad 
that blooms early midseason and was very popular with the local florists. ZAUBERFLOTE,— 
light pink ground with its striking ox-blood red throat—has been more popular as a cut flower 
than one would expect for such a showy flower. HHOPEDALE still ranks as a fine light pink 
and is by far the best cut flower in the light pink group. 
