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MISTY DAWN (Rich) 98 ***+t7t Exh. 
Color soft, smoky gray salmon with light 
bluish flakes at edges. Spectacular, large 
orange red_ blotch. Immense, round 
petalled florets 6-7 inches, 6-9 open, 
16-18 buds, 22-28 inch flowerheads, height 
about 5 ft. Spike is generally straight, 
placement good. Substance fairly good 
for so large a floret. Rapid propagator. 
“Honorable Mention,” E. S. G. S., 739. 
“Award of Commendation,’ E.'S. G. S. 
and our ist, single spike seedling. Ohio, 
'40. Won at 2nd Ohio show, Mr. Hopkins’ 
giant spike with 9 open won at Wisc. and 
at E. S. G. S. it won 3 firsts-and the 
Empire society Award of Merit, all ’41. 
Shown with 1114 open florets for ‘‘most 
open,’ Empire, 742. L .30 M .20 Blts 
(1007, $1:50) 2 
PASTEL (Both). 95 *—tt Dec. This is the 
perfect pastel blend smoky. Rosy, vel- 
vety gray, with petals edged steel blue. 
Color is soft, smooth, without glitter. 
41%-5-inch florets, round petalled, wide 
open. Good propagator. L $1.00 M .75 
S .50. Bits .10 
TUNIA’A MAHOMET (Both) 75 *** — fff 
Exh. Com. Here we have a depth of col- 
or not heretofore reached in smokies. Very 
deep, velvety smoky plum rose with or- 
ange scarlet in throat. The depth of col- 
or is so great that the orange scarlet throat 
mark could hardly be called prominent or 
conspicuous marking. We are so intri- 
ued by the color value of this smoky that 
we say without hesitation that it is the 
most beautiful smoky we have ever seen 
‘by a mile.’””, Down in Hobart, Tasmania, 
where glads are very popular and a large 
society has long conducted annual exhibi- 
tions, in 1941 declared Tunia’s Mahomet 
the COLOR CHAMPION of the show, 
thus making Tunia’s Mahomet the first 
COLOR CHAMPION to be selected. This 
would seem to be enough to start out a 
variety upon a prosperous career but the 
description is hardly begun for this stun- 
ning variety easily produces 8-inch florets, 
will open 8 as well, with the upper open 
florets as large as the bottom one. Makes 
tall, self supporting flowerheads from 30- 
42 inches long, a perfect exhibition type 
with florets in full double row, a perfect 
outline on a tremendous spike. Its habits 
are consistent and reliable and we believe 
that its very early blooming date and ex- 
cellent propagating ability and its proven 
ability to not only make saleable spikes 
from small sizes but to make astounding 
spikes with 14 buds, 6 open, 74 inch florets 
from bulblet grown in the open will 
shortly make it one of the most popular 
varieties in existence. (See page 10, ’42 
catalog for detail on bulblet blooms). First 
Class Certif., S.A. G.'S., ’40. Award of 
Merit, Ohio, ’42. See illustration. Each 
L $3.50 M $2.50 S $1.50 Blts .25 (6 for 
$1.00). 
THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 


BASKET OF PFITZER VARIETIES 
ANY OTHER COLOR—90 
R. B. (Upton) 90 ***—ttt Exh. Huge rusty 
golden brown, or henna, on an’ old rose 
base. Strong grower, fast propagator. 
Giant florets from M and S bulbs as well. 
R. B. made sensational progress in 2 
years. Largest floret at E. N. Y.and Conn. 
in 40. In ’41 it secured 14 firsts including 
SW Va., Midwest, Ind., largest floret 
atuN, .E GAS SEN sey sand storms ac 
Mich. We also won with it at 2nd Ohio 
show, in R. I. sec. at Mich. and S. E. 
Mich. and won 2 Canadian Glad soc., 
Medals for us for best Canadian origina- 
tion at Ohio and Mich., all ’41. See ’43 
Winner Tabulation. L .20 M .12 S .07 
Blts (100, $1.50). 
VAGABOND PRINCE 97 *—+}+t Exh. Irri- 
descent, garnet brown, lighter in upper 
throat, small flame scarlet blotch below. 
8-10 open. The color combination is very 
attractive, as well as unusual. If you like 
striking, novelty color combinations, we 
suggest you waste no time acquiring this 
one. L .08 (100, $5.00). 
