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Mereury 
Seedling No. 1-3930 
Picardy X 
Commander Kochl 
showing and naming all the fine gra- 
dations of color, then it would perhaps 
be possible to convey the tone or 
shade of red of this variety. Pure 
mellow bright red would be an ap- 
proximate description. Suffice it to 
say that it has impressed experienced 
gladiolus men, who are acquainted 
with practically all existing varieties, 
some of these have pronounced it a 
distinct color break. Mercury has good 
substance and the texture of the 
flower is one of its outstanding points. 
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| We’ve had fine spikes of Mercury 
this summer from bulbs planted the 
, latter part of May and given fairly 
good culture. We do not claim Mer- 
cury is the perfect glad. We’ve had 
{ some crook for us in extreme heat but 
those blooming the latter part of 
; August and September were all tall 
straight spikes with placement mostly 
correct. 
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At the National show in Minneapolis 
1940, Mercury under seedling Number 
1-3550 was awarded the SECTIONAL 
CHAMPION ribbon for seedlings, also 
won the AMERICAN HOME ACHIEVE- 
MENT MEDAL and was finally select- 
ed as the GRAND CHAMPION SPIKE 
of the show. At the Minnesota State 
Fair it was judged RESERVE CHAM- 
PION seedling. The champion seed- 
ling was also a seedling of ours. 
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If we had an official color chart, 
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The available supply of Mercury is 
not large but since it has created such 
interest I decided to release a limited 
number of large bulbs this year. 
Large Bulbs $10.00 Each 
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