GREETINGS 
We wish to thank our many customers and friends for their fine orders this last year 
and may the coming year be as good or better. It came near being the best, from the 
many very fine letters we have had this past season we believe it was a successful year 
with our customers. If we have not already written private letters, we want to especially 
extend our thanks and gratefulness to the many who wrote us commending our own 
introductions. 
Our sympathy goes out to the growers in the war-stricken countries. We feel very 
fortunate in not having had the conflict at our back door in 1940. May 1941 be as 
fortunate for us. 
We could fill a number of pages with testimonials, but time and space will not permit. 
‘The past summer we grew many new varieties for the first time, and will say we were 
very much more impressed with them as a whole, than in any previous year. When I first 
began hybridizing a friend who professed to know said, ‘““You are wasting your time; 
the field has been fully covered.” Well, this was quite a hard knock for a new beginner. 
However, I would not give up. Now the longer the work goes on the more we feel we 
have just begun. Give the GLAD world 10 years more and we believe it will work 
wonders. 
Just a few words about the new varieties that attracted our special attention last 
summer. To buy and grow all the new varieties that are coming out would be too much 
work, to say nothing of the cost. Although we only grow a small percentage of them, 
together with our own seedlings, we manage to keep very busy in blooming time. 
We note a number of fine looking pictures and new varieties listed in the late cata- 
logues. Quite a temptation to buy them all, but we must restrict our buying to only a 
part of them. Of course we would like to get the tops of the few we do get, but how 
much we miss it we never know until we see them all in blocm. Last year we bloomed 
more than usual and will say had more outstanding flowers than in any previous year. 
Hope this coming summer is still better in that respect. 
Helen of Troy and Sensation were the two most outstanding ones we grew. Helen 
of Troy is a very unusual pink with darker throat. Truly wonderful. Sensation is 
properly named. We hope to see more of them both this year. Roman Gold and Bingo 
by Mr. Canine were very outstanding. We think Reman Gold the best we have seen in 
its class. Ardent by Mr. Mitsch isa lovely red which we think will be very popular. Also 
his new yellow, Alchemist, is a very delicate shade and pure in color without any throat 
mark. The Palmer varieties we tried were all good. Glamis gave us one of the finest 
blooms we had all summer. A salmon with cream throat. Vassar is truly wonderful in 
color if it would grow taller. Hope to see it stretch out more this coming summer. 
Carillon was fine with us and we predict it will be a real commercial. A lovely ruffled 
pink with cream throat; a fine propagator. Master Myron grows a very fine long spike 
with large flowers. Fine red, we think. Intrepid by Milton Jack is a very fine variety in 
its class. Of the older varieties which gave good accounts of themselves are Aladdin, 
Peggy Lou, Coral Glow, Rima, Zuni, Greta Garbo and Algonquin. Also King Lear 
must be mentioned as the best purple we have seen. 
People who have never grown glads do not know what an interesting hobby or 
business it is. 
‘Try some of the newer varieties and I am sure you will be well paid for your trouble. 
Buying a new variety that comes well recommended is a sound investment, not altogether 
a luxury. 
MReAND MRS. Ss, PRUITT. 
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