GUIDEBOOK FOR 1943 Page 3 
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LAST PUBLISHED SYMPOSIUM RATINGS 
(With special permission of the Canadian Gladiolus Society, copyright owner.) 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society Symposium, with participation limited to about ninety 
ranking growers and amateurs, classifies about 600 leading varieties ‘‘A” for excellent, ‘“B” 
Poors jetairy 1)” discard. 
You may notice we have been closely anticipating the symposiums in our offerings for 
many years past. Undoubtedly our customers know this. And we are also offering now quite 
a number of varieties you will find appearing in the next symposiums. The % of ‘“A”’ votes is 
based on a minimum of 21 voters reporting on the particular variety. 
We prefer not to publicize faults or in any way to discredit varieties we do not list. There- 
fore, with perhaps better experience than the average voter in the symposium, we just did 
not list six or eight of the best 25 in the previous symposium and now find our judgment 
justified by their complete disappearance from the first 61 in the current symposium. The 
new faces in this list are in italics. 
Small Decorative Varieties are not included in the following list. 
CANADIAN G. S. 1942 
Rank Variety % of AVotes Rank Variety % of A Votes 
RECA TC Virco oa sec 94.39 SL DIME LOCAL. =e eee eee 63.33 
AL rare cE A ea nr 93.02 Sore Commander och s ass ae ail 
PME IA CCN gets wet 89.25 O47 Dit Ov bea Vere eee tee 61.90 
4 Margaret Beaton............. 86.60 SOmRLah LILO Per Grr ate eee 61.54 
BUT LU0TE ee Pk ae 86.36 OW LUD eh oe eet to. =) baa 61.45 
Ripe lieien Ofs4 roy. 8k. 81.25 37 Chief Mulinomah.__......... Sw Py 
MEV et si pe es eh 81.00 DOs OurTiSIde tu. ae ae vies 58.33 
MEAS ON UID, auch ot 80.49 Soe Hairy Once es oe : 57.14 
De PEL GOr00 80.26 40S DCA mellian tes eos. oo eee 56.58 
PUM COICTATING ee le 79.03 + 1 SenSations ae ete eee 56.52 
11 Elizabeth the Queen.............. 77.14 a7eChaties, ickense snes 56.44 
Pomme Oya ts Gold ioe 8 cited) 76.39 A Sear Oelmer ss Benet. hae ee 56.41 
POMS EV CTL Y ate Een 74.36 44 Hindenburg’s Mem... 56.18 
WeSC AC OU geet on Sets (PRE ASL Solith porthes =a eee 55.78 
15)» Vagabond Prince... F2A2 SORE SRV AE OL a2 2 oe Sega 55.56 
RREEISIACK A) PAL cack. 2 oda 70.71 47 Golden Chimes......2...2- 54.55 
MRT RTU TS es 70.37 AOR CSE NE Neste > mia, ees Bos 
Poe OW TLL INCESSas se eS. 70.24 AD IEWiNeS-0f - SON gD AN Sees 53.70 
UES GG Ys ae ct ne 68.92 Her ear ital as oe eee 53.61 
Piven istas Dbonitar nce ee 68.57 Slomiirs. GrG. Lrreyeu: een 52.63 
HD SS Sr LENE 9/12, ea ne 68.57 Bla ALOE mae eer ee ce omen ae 52.50 
FIL WY eek et Pl «See ee 67.86 sis Yeliad fa) oyna wes Qot ened. tw ny Yooh 51.92 
Pte Se AEN BUa) a OY 9 Pe «ee 67.33 “Asn Hihel Cave Cale 5 sien SieizZ 
DeeRAS ATLL Ope t oe oe a! 66.67 Soe ips LOD eee 51.04 
VALE COPE petite 8 66.67 56 Star of Bethlehem............. 50.96 
SU ae) BCID Ti geen ee A hs ss 66.67 5) a cdS AINE Ve ae ee 50.88 
hn CE TY AVY C1 it, Se 66.67 SS Naltlanora Re oo a ert 50.00 
28 _ Rosemarie Pfitzer........._. : 64.42 5 OMS CONG Meas eee Desiewe ssh oe 50.00 
PALER OG rdk Pal & A035 g nes ea 64.10 O02 ER tm buctoo eee tae are 50.00 
SUS COPOH eee er. ie 64.00 Ole lndien_ Chief ae ae, 50.00 
Sells sea larkise Memon. 63.64 
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