
AMERICAN COMMANDER | 
This picture will give you an idea of what to expect from small bulbs: of 
American Commander. It is an unusually vigorous variety, and you will find that all 
sizes of bulbs produce very fine spikes. In fact one well known grower has for the 
past two seasons been shipping three foot spikes of American Commander to the 
market, grown from BULBLETS. This same grower invested a sizeable amount two 
years ago for the express purpose of commercial culture. After two seasons trial he 
feels that he has made a 
very good investment, and 
has as yet sold no bulbs, only 
cut-flowers. He told us that 
his shipments of this variety 
yielded a much larger price 
per dozen than anything else 
that he shipped, and he 
grows most of the good ones. 
This fact, together with the 
fact that American Com- 
mander is a uniform pro- 
ducer of good tall spikes that 
ship and open well when cut 
tight, makes it a variety that 
you will be glad to grow in 
quantity. Now the price is 
reasonable enough so that 
you can afford to secure en- 
ough stock to give you a 
good start in a most profit- 
able variety. 
To those of you who have 
not had the opportunity to 
see American Commander 
growing or in the showroom, 
we will describe its features. 
Color: a rich red, self color, 
no markings or flakeing. A 
color that seems to take well 
everywhere. Not a dark red, 
nor is it an orangy or sal- 
mony red. Growth: taller than any variety we have grown. It really stand out 
in the field. Uniformity and vigor are some of its desirable features. Visitors seeing 
it in our field this summer were amazed to find that there was really a variety that 
showed this tendency so strongly. Foliage: broad, dark green and healthy. Stem: 
stout and straight, uniformly so. Flower head: long and well proportioned. From the 
larger sized bulbs, usually carrying twenty buds with six to ten open in good condi- 
tion. Floret: plain petaled, size being often above six inches. Propogation: good. 
Produccs bulblets better than the average red. Bulblets are of moderate size, but 
germinate well and produce bulbs of good size and shape. Bulbs keep well. Blooming 
date: midseason, about 80 days. 

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