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MISS NEW ZEALAND 93 ***—t+ttt Exh. 
First offered in U. S. by Dr. Barber and by 
us in 1934 at $30. per bulb. All catalogers 
scrambling for stocks to list ever since. 
Color difficult to describe or classify. A 
deep pink suffused rose with some ground 
color of dark apricot salmon. A distinc- 
tive throat of color of a ripe peach. We 
have grown long spikes with 10 open 
florets, as many more in bud, the three 
lower florets a full 8 inches diameter, the 
other seven tapering off to 7 inches. Ex- 
cellent substance, straight spikes, power- 
ful grower, acclimates easily and a good 
propagator even from large bulbs. Aban- 
doning long list of awards for a fresh start. 
See Champion Bloom records ahead. 
Only Picardy and F..J. McCoy have 
records as good. L .08 (100, 6.00) M .05 
(100, 3.00) Blts (100, .25) 
SPITFIRE (Evans) 80 *+7tff This grand 
glad starts out as a named variety with 
plenty of competitive show experience. 
Color is clear, irridescent, rosy toned sal- 
mon, whitethroat marked with several small 
cherry lines. 5 inch florets, wide open, 
slightly ruffled. Opens 8-10 easily. Power- 
ful plant, strong stem, no crooking, bloom 
very long lasting. Propagation medium, 
otherwise wonderful cut flower qualities. 
In ’38 it won as 3 spike Exh. seedling, 
then Champion Seedling and Ind. Soc. 
Silver Medal at Ind. In ’39 at Ohio it 
received one of the very few Awards of 
Merit it has yet given. In ’41 it won for 
us as follows: a first at Wellsville, the 
American Home Achievement Medal for 
most meritorious undisseminated gladiolus. 
at W. Va. and repeated for similar medal 
at the Mich. state show. Thus, Spitfire 
followed in the footsteps of its ‘‘brother’’ 
seedling Hurricane, which won the award 
at Mich. the vear before. Myrna alone 
won more special awards in the ’42 shows. 
At the 2nd Ohio ( R. I. and Sdlg) show, 
Cleveland, 42, Spitfire won a 1st in color 
class, longest flowerhead in show, 
Section Champion, Grand Champion of 
the show and reaffirmation of Award of 
Merit, at 88 points, a new high score for 
Ohio. Each L $1.50 M $1.00 Blts .20. 
THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
25 buds. The spike towers 68 inches in 
the field. Florets are plain petaled, wide 
open, 5 inch dia., 10 open. Strong plant, 
tall, darkgreen foliage. Placement averages 
good. At its show debut 3 cut spikes 
towering 60 inches high, just as here 
described, were exhibited at Wellsville, 
39, judged Champion Seedling, winner of 
American Home Achievement Medal and 
was reserve champion bloom of the 
show. Other than the mechanical hazards 
to any glad growing over 5 ft. tall, we 
have discovered no alloy in Treasury Gold. 
4 Firsts and 4 special awards recorded ’40. 
9 Firsts and 2 special awards in ’41. 
L .30 M .20 S .10 Bits (100, $3.00). 
SCARLET—36 Series 
ALGONQUIN (Palmer) 79 *—tft{ Exh. 
Com. Brilliant, light scarlet with some 
markings. Color net equal to Palmer's 
Regent but larger florets and much 
longer flowerheads, up to 30 inches. 8-9 
open usually semi stepladder fashion. 
A. M., B. G. S., ’39. Stands near the top 
in the most recent symposiums. Firsts at 
Ames, Calgary, Hamilton, SW Va., W. 
Va., sectional champ for us at Mich., and 
it was grand champion at both Sioux City 
and Grants Pass, all 41. Now reasonably 
priced. L .10 (100, $8.00) M .07 (100, 
$6.00) Blts (100, .50). 
HARMAU (Both) 72 **+ tf Exh. Com. 
A highly desirable new color, difficult to 
describe or classify. An orange red with 
distinctly rosy overtone, throat deeper. 
Enough ruffling to enhance the beauty of 
the well placed, giant, wide open florets. 
Five times winner of the award ‘‘Cham- 
pion Commercial Type Variety’’ in 
Australia. This alone should apprise you 
of its worth. However, we give further 
detail. Foliage and stem deep green. Tall, 
strong and wiry stem holding firmly 6-9 
giant florets open on 18-20 bud, stretchy 
type spike. A massed display of this 
variety is an unforgetable sight. In fact, 
the ‘Champion Bowl” arrangement, S. A. 
G. S., ’40 had an overall width of full 9 
feet. Tremendous propagator. Very early. 
Blooms freely from bulblets and makes 
massive spikes from small bulbs. First 
Class: Certif..“S; “A, G@ S441 Ataies 
“From a Spitfire x Merry Widow seed bought from you 
ast year have an outstanding plant 5% feet high, very wide 
blade foliage, 2% in. 28 in. flowerhead, 16 buds, 10th bloom 
6% in. dia. a soft rose with cream throat. Looks like an all- 
purpose winner.”’ 10-342. D. H. W., McDonald, Pa. 
present low price it is very probably the 
best commercial investment to be had 
today, all colors considered. L .25 M .20 
TREASURY GOLD (Wilson-Evans) 95 * 
—fttt Exh. Com. (Registered). Ridge- 
way: Capucine Orange with a slight 
tendency toward Chamois (buff orange). 
Fischer Chart; somewhere between 04 and 
YO4, probably nearest 04. This makes a 
truly giant spike, as stretchy as Peggy 
Lou, with flowerheads about 34 inches, 
S .10 Bits (100, $1.50). 
“Tt’s about Harmau. You sent me a small corm (I ordered 
a_cormel). Planted July Ist in heavy soil. Had to neglect 
plot account war work. Large majority of my bulbs failed 
to arrive to bloom but this precocious variety delivered such 
an exh. spike I got out your Catalog and read your notes on 
Harmau while I had the spike in my hand—and its perfor- 
mance supported your claims for it 100%. Dug 4 days ago 
it produced 27 com’l size cormels anda great mass of smaller 
ones. Otherwise only the prims produced sizeable cormels 
this yr.’’ 11-15-40. §. E., Notre Dame de Grace, Mon- 
treal, Que. 
