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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 

Sir Geo. Murray (E. Both)—So. Austr. 
G. S., 38 (also grand champion). 
Snow Cruiser (Evans)—Ohio, 
grand champion). 
Spitfire (Evans)—Ind., 
Stella Antisdale TNs "39 (also 
grand champion). 
Thriller (Evans)—Mich., ’41 (also grand 
champion). 
Tunia’s Marvel (E. Both)—So. 
Ge5 7040: 
Tunia’ s Pte (E. Both)—So. Austra- 
hatGusx 
Whero Cateye Normandy, ’33; Wau- 
PANUISEN GG Zoe Oo. 
’41 (also 
Austr. 
GLADIOLUS SEED 
Demand for our hybridized seed increases. 
This season we set only such crosses as ap- 
pealed to us for our own experimentation. We 
cropped more seed but have less crosses to 
offer. We bloomed some marvelous seedlings 
securing champion seedling at W. Va. and 
Mahoning and both champion seedling and 
grand champion bloom of the show at the 
highly competitive shows of Ohio state and 
Michigan state. Beyond question, growing 
seed offers unparalleled excitement to the glad 
fan. Our quality list of seed crosses will be 
found on page 14. 
AT THE 1941 SHOWS 
It is difficult to appraise the attitude of 
the reader respecting reception of data re- 
lating our personal winnings at shows, or 
even that of our customers. 
From year to year we have been shortening 
this discussion. Partly because interest 
centers chiefly upon what variety won rather 
than upon who won. 
We doubt if any person or gladiolus con- 
cern in America has won half as many first 
awards and special prizes in major glad shows 
in the last 10 years or more as it has been our 
good fortune to obtain. 
Because of the advantage we have with our 
stocks of the newest varieties, heretofore 
used in competition with so many of our 
own customers, we now minimize our entries 
in the commercial color spike classes and 
devote ourselves mostly to Recent Introduc- 
tions and Seedling Divisions. 
Before our blooming season nad hardly 
started we took a handful of bloom to the 
Mahoning Soc. 1941 show. Here our seed- 
ling Hurricane was champion seedling. We 
won as well with Joh. Bach, Myrna, Excell, 
Exquisite, Harmau and Stella Antisdale. Our 
unusually early spike of New Zealand Splen- 
dor was grand champion. 
A few days later we visited the W. Va. 
show at Wheeling. Here we won again with 
Harmau and Stella Antisdale. Likewise with 
K & M Triumph, Candy Heart and Midnight 
Red, among others. Our very large, blotched 
yellow seedling, 73395, was champion seed- 
ling. 
At Wellsville (Ohio) glad show, most par- 
ticularly, our two seedling pals Spitfire and 
Hurricane both won for us as did our entry 
of Jeanie, an outstanding beauty if there 
ever was one. 
At the Midwest show in Chicago we won 
in the 3 spike classes with Crystal, Tunia’s 
Triumph, Jeanie, Vista Bonita and our seed- 
ling Hurricane, Jules Amott, Elanora and 
Chamouny also collected blue ribbons for us. 
Other winners of which we took particular 
note were Stella Antisdale and Diane, entered 
by J. R. Hopkins. The spike of Diane car- 
ried 9 open, immense florets in full double 
row formation, a perfect spike with over 
twice the bulk of bloom and almost twice the 
height of the New Era grand champion. Stella 
Antisdale always comes in double row forma- 
tion and this particular entry turned out to 
be very bad luck for a good spike of Ethel 
Cave Cole. Margaret Beaton won in four 
sections. 
At the Michigan state society show, Kala- 
mazoo, a peak of good bloom in eur “fancy” 
field brought us 30 firsts, 8 seconds and 8 
thirds. Our smooth and soft reddish salmon 
seedling, No. 83612, since named ‘‘Thriller,”’ 
with light creamy blotch, with eight wide 
open, big round florets ‘on very stretchy 
flowerhead was Champion Seedling and 
Grand Champion Bloom of the Show. It also 
won the President's Cup and the Mich. 
Certif. of Commendation, scoring 8514 points, 
highest score award of the show. This seed- 
ling is not Spitfire as was erroneously reported 
in several publications. 
Our seedling Spitfire, No. 83553, here won 
its second American Home Achievement 
Medal for the year. 
The giant R. B. won for us in the recent in- 
troductions section, also for largest floret, 
also for best Canadian introduction against 
numerous entries, winning the Canadian 
Gladiolus Society Medal. We won with 4 of 
the 6 patented glads. 
As usual, we won the Mich. society Silver 
Medal for most points in the Recent Intro- 
ductions section. Here seven outstanding 
spike winners were considered from which to 
select the R. I. section champion. All seven 
were ours. Algonquin was finally chosen from 
among equally fine spikes of Crystal, Greta 
Garbo, Stella Antisdale, Hurricane, Red 
Lightning and Coutts’ Orchid. This section 
champion won the Stancer Challenge Cup. 
Nevertheless, our Coutts’ Orchid entries 
undoubtedly attracted more attention than 
any other named variety in the show and 
won for us also in the 3 spike section, becom- 
ing first section champion and later runner- 
up for grand champion, enough honor for 
any glad. 
Making close connections, we drove home 
on the second day of the Mich. show, col- 
lected more spikes and drove that night to 
