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Red glads have been more popular than ever this season. FLAGSHIP, ERREY’S SCARLET, 
DUCHESS OF KENT and RED BANK have proven strong growers and popular varieties as i 
have seen them; they seem to represent the main glad-growing countries,—Canada, Australia, 
Holland and the United States. 1! saw MASTER MYRON for the first time this season and | 
like it very much. BLACK OPAL still leads the field in the ‘‘black’’ reds. Several other very 
dark reds, as: BRUNETTE, REWI FALLU and BLACK MAGIC still must cede the honors in this 
class to Black Opal. 
| think YELLOW PERIL is the best recent introduction in this color class. It has more 
real good qualities than any other yellow | have seen and the color is satisfactorily deep. GOLD 
DUST is a fine deep yellow as is ROYAL GOLD. MARY DAMARIS and LAUSANNE are fine 
_ lighter yellows; the latter was most outstanding in our fields this season. 
Smokies and odd color glads still seem to be in big demand. SARASATE and NORWUT- 
TUCK are very interesting glads; the former is an improvement on Our Selection and Norwut- 
tuck has more Mother Machree colors and attracted much favorable comment in our fields. 
MARIA STUART is a dark, rusty, rose colored glad with brighter coloring in the throat,—one 
of my favorite smokies. My other smoky favorite is MIDNIGHT SUN—too lovely for words to 
describe fairly. 
Last, but not least, | must mention the purple and cerise glads which have gained in popu- 
larity the last few years. PURPLE BEAUTY is one of the best purple glads we have. ORNAT 
and MRS. MARK’S MEMORY are what | call reddish violet with slightly darker throats; the 
former seems to be a bit lighter at the back of the throat than does Mrs. Mark’s Memory. 
GARDEN OF THE NATIONS is a more true cerise color with silvered edges and seems to have 
come in for its share of the honors. 
These aforementioned varieties were judged by me as | saw them in our fields, grown on 
light sandy loam with overhead irrigation when there was insufficient rainfall. This has been 
one of the finest growing seasons | have ever known. | haven’t seen all the new gilads that 
have come on the market this season but of those | have seen, | want to say that | think the 
United States’ hybridizers are showing marked improvement and now offer a challenge to 
hybridizers in the other glad-growing countries. 

Successful Gladiolus Culture 
The present day varieties of gladiolus can be very EASILY GROWN to perfection in every 
section of United States or Canada as well as in most all the foreign countries. We hope these 
notes may be of help to our customers in having their gardens filled with better glads this year. 
OPEN YOUR PACKAGE of bulbs as soon as received and allow the air to get at them. If 
there are only a few in each bag, open the top and stand the bag up in a box. If there are 
many bulbs in a bag it is advisable to pour them out, each variety in a separate shallow box. 
Now they can be stored in a cool dry cellar, preferably where the temperature is about 40° 
fahrenheit and it is well to let some fresh air in occasionally. Rats or mice will not damage 
gladiolus bulbs very much, except for carrying a variety from one container to another: and 
mixing them up, as they are slightly poisonous to all rodents. 
You can make YOUR FIRST PLANTING about the time farmers put in their first potatoes 
and this will vary according to location. Your last planting should be at least 120 days before 
your usual first frost but that is hardly long enough if you expect to dig good mature bulbs of 
the midseason varieties. !n our locality it would seem best to make about three plantings, three 
or four weeks apart, to insure a long season of bloom; we suggest in southeastern New England 
—April 10-15, May 10 or thereabouts, and June 1-10. 
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“Bulbs received o. k. Thanks for overcount and extras, Have always had fine success growing 
bulbs from your fine stock.”—J. Douglass, Barnesville, Ohio. 
