GUIDEBOOK FOR 1944 Page 3 

ANALYSIS OF LAST PUBLISHED SYMPOSIUM RATINGS 
We wish to express our thanks and appreciation to Charles Engelder, Secretary of the 
Empire State Gladiolus Society, for the vast amount of tabulations performed in analyzing 
the latest symposiums and making this report. 
The Canadian Gladiolus Society Symposium, with participation limited to about ninety 
ranking growers and amateurs, classifies about 600 leading varieties ‘‘A” for excellent, ‘‘B’’ 
good, ‘'C’”’ fair, ‘“D”’ 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 ona minimum of 21 voters reporting on the particular variety. 
The New England Gladiolus Society Symposium for 1943 was compiled from a ques- 
tionnaire sent out toabout half of the members, with only about one tenth of the membership 
reporting. The questions were not well stated and the color buff was inadvertently omitted. 
Members allocated themselves as amateurs, commercial growers, novices and judges. The 
vote recorded the popular general favorites and specific color favorites and the tabulations 
are based on the total vote of all voting groups. 
We prefer not to publicize faults or in any way 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. 
CANADIAN G. S. 1942 N. E. G. S. 1943 
Rank Variety % ofA Votes Rank Variety No. of Votes 
CALC eee 94.39 LY Picard yeeme eee eee 2he 
DMN Opti ce Bees i a ae | 5 93.02 2° oMintietasa seers gees. 129 
Gere AGN Pe A LA 89.25 3. V aredrerDea loners ee 129 
4 -Margaret Beaton............... 86.60 A Myr sabe ee ee 123 
Cy LES So TNT i eee a 86.36 De .Varabond  erinee 2 sige Ly 
Deemed ClencO tel TO), 81.25 Ove leonquiieee ee eee 110 
7? NS CVTGTY S02 5 a a 81.00 TOO Rarig Wea eee eee 99 
Gem COC Ui a ak de 80.49 & “Shirley Temple2222 24> 95 
OBR ele GUT DO ete 22s os. sce 80.26 OF "Black Opa lee eres 89 
ROMEO GWOT Tie ete te 79.03 10- gBedconsrtee 2 eee 89 
11 . Elizabeth the Queen.............- jae tl - Rosa Van Lima. 85 
Dm Oy AGO meebsiae) <2 76.39 12, “Maid of- Orleans e225. 81 
et Weigh lh. soci aan See a 74.36 3 Rew. Halle er 81 
Ae beaconera 2 etl: Fs %oL00 14 Blue Beauty.-.--.-.-.... Peel: 77 
155 Vagabond Princes... (Paw 15 cc A ladda en eee eee 76 
Lom iek © pabiatges 0s. 0c. 1041 162 > MothereViachrec <n oe 5S 
MOUNT Tes, 2 ene eo 70.37 lj Barcaroles sea ee 50 
1 OEe On OWRUPINCESSi esc... o 70.24 13. Coront eee ee AEN 48 
ESE Chai iced ae Ss 68.92 19 Elizabeth the Queen____.......... 46 
Ome Vistas bonitasiene aoc. fc 68.57 200 Rima Go eae ae ae 44 
DAE SETAC Liye ee 68.57 20 Pegg vs OU alee se eee 42 
DOE SUS SEA de an Oe 67.86 22. Sir Galaliad ey 41 
23eeMiaid of: Orleans....25.2.2. §7553 232 S$Z unin ea See es Se 40 
JauR TLS ya bay; Bol a 66.67 24 = Commander: Koehi= se. 40 
DIS TELA), Sie eke 66.67 PAPUA TM CD) Ne Roe TT are 40 
AC? ASAP ERTS 0 et, Re eee aie ae 66.67 26; #Kine@cA rt hie eee 37 
Diane ale Gt CN 52 ol te, es. 66.67 218 Greta Garb0e i ee ai 
28 Rosemarie Pfitzer.............. 64.42 28 Hindenburg’s Memory ........ 36 
BOneCundy slieart wr ST 64.10 20. BiueswAdmitale.seee ee 36 
BOMNC ODN Wee moe e este 64.00 303; Bagdad’) saa eee aa 35 
31 Mrs. Mark’s Mem............. 63.64 31 “Rockeiise se hy Si oe 35 
oO ecb Gatity. 262 2hs.2. fo 63.33 32 - Wings of Song: 4 eee 35 
33. Commander KoehL......_.- 63.21 SOU PIECES See ee 34 
d4uebit oeheavenss cw. 61.90 3A) Golden: Chimes... nak eee 34 
domnarand Operas... 61.54 35. Helengay Tix ee 33 
ste ATL 0 WS See 61.45 36) Pelegrina2..2 a. 33 
37 Chief Multnomadh.............--- 59.57 SU QU [SIC Gee ete 32 
SET GUT a a5 Ce Pele coe 58.33 38> Sen SOU Ores eee ane etch 32 
SO Hasey Once esac ei-. f 57.14 39° Bit o Heaven ios ee 28 
AG me aairiell tis eeteh he... 22 56.58 40 American Commander......... pF | 
A TMP SETISAT ION oo eos cecceec-_-- 5O.a2 41 Golden Goddess..-............... 26 
42.) Gharies:Dickens...........---- 56.44 420 Jabma. nee 26 
