
Fort Ti is really something - 63 in. florets - 6 open = 
really big - Avalon a true beauty and good performing spike, 
Greta Garbo fine this season but not always does well. May be 
variable. Have to try to find out. New Era came with 42 florets 
on one big fine spike and am buying - two years after dis- 
carding. Stella Antisdale had wonderfully clean and lovely 
colors this year and was very good. Margo one of very lovli- 
est with pink so light it is almost blushe Rose Marie Pfitzer 
6AN be a tremendous spike = and I will keep trying until I 
get some more, Doris Jean is Mrs. Kinyon's and all hers are 
goode Peggy Lou came back with som good ones. Mandaleen and 
Brides Delight have fine color. Candy Heart wonderful perform 
er = and always model spikes but center throat color I don't 
like too well while Monk thinks it grande 
DEEP PINK 
BEST 
*Marion Pearl 85 Excell 82 Beautiful Dream 80 
*Show Queen . 83 £*Sensation 82 *Sweet Alibi 80 
*Margaret Marie 82 Mermaid 82 *Jeannie 80 
*Titen 82 California 82 Big Top 80 
*Phoebe 82 *Phyllis Mc- Vista Bonita 80 
Quiston 80 
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Valor Coral Reef Rose of Picardy 
A grend class and with very beautiful flowers. None in best 
list could be left out. Any are capable of having a grand chem 
pion bloom, Monk questions Vista Bonita but to me it is excit- 
ing to grow and enough variable so that you may get one surpris- 
ing lovely. Valor was named "Radiance" last year - fine spike. 
Coral Reef grand true coral self color and fine spike in medim 
size classe 
LIGHT RED 
BEST 
Neils M Jensen 81 *Regent 81 Fleming Meteor 81 
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an *Honeysuckle Rose Del Ray 
Flagship Globetrotter Ardent 
Pfitzer's Neils M Jensen is top of the heap - big and fine. 
Globetrotter is seme but smaller and more like a commeroial 
version of same flower. Others good spikes - nice placement - 
good colore Regent should really be in Red class, in my books 
ae 
BEST 
wKing Click 83 *Weroury 81 Colcha 80 
*Red Fox 83 Red Eagle 80 #Kenwood 80 
*Algonquin — 82 Red Charm(Butt)80 Centennial 80 
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oplig Signal Ohio Ohio Non Parrell Rocket 
Red Eagle is by Frank Thomas of Recine - author of Sue Ell- 
en, Colcha is George Scheer's seedling Champion at Wisconsin in 
1941-big and good. Centemial and Butt's Red Charm (be sure 
you get the right one) are very fine redse Rocket was very 
hard to beate George Wilson's two will probably be among best 
next yeare 
BLACK RED 
BEST 
*Black Diamond 79 Black Magic 79 
OTHER YEAR 
aa i ght Red Black Opal Matoaka 
*Oeganda *Rewi Fallu Arabella 
ota awe and nc fine ones head the pack but still a tend=- 
ency to short flower heads in all of them end am convinced 
these teke a lot of water from spike to bloom with special 
water when third leaf appesrse Usually two are better steideh Le 
year but usually a different two. Colors of all except rate 
two seem somewhat dull and uninspired. Easy to tire of. 
eye 
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I like your catalog - very nicely gotten up and darn well 
written. Others evidently think so todo. 
George Scheer, Sheboygan, Wise 

Two of our best middestern originators of new 
varietiesof gladiolus. On left is Lloyd Zimmer- 
a well known and famous Indiana hybridiser. Lloyd 
is the father of many well known successes and 
is a grand host to all who visit his black muck 
gardens near Bremen, Indiana. On right is E.H.Lins, 
of Cologne, Minnesota. who not only is the author 
of Rio Rita and many other well liked glads but also 
has the rare ability of veing an excellent judge as 
to when a seedling is worthy of introduction or not. 
LIGHT ROSE 
BEST 
*Candy Splash 84 Big Boy 82 Charmaine 80 
*Rima 83 *Eloise 81 *Isilloa Bella 80 
Ballad 82  *So Big 81 *frances Irwin 80 
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xwe lton Festival Queen Janet Purcelle 
Big Boy is a big one - florets one over one — 6 inches - 
deeper center - a trifle coarse in color but fine. Ballad grami 
ruffled rose with cream center - 4% inch florets - good spike 
med. size class. Maxwelton usually not good enough but gives 
promise of coming real good and will try again to see if it cm, 
Others as rated and all goode 
DEEP ROSE 
BEST ee 
*Crinkles 81 Coutt's Orchid 80 Rose of Mich- 80 
*Bur gundy 81 Oregon Rose 80 igen 
Red Lory 80 *Timbuctoo 80 Silvery Teton 980 
Red Lory has fine color with deep red rose center, Coutt's 
Orchid is marvelous with edging of light rose. Oregon Rose and 
Rose of Michigan very goode Heaton was not kidding when he said 
Silvery Teton was a true beauty. 
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amouny ed Giant 
*Rose Delight *Melrose 
*Indiana Princess 
Cordelia *Barly Melody 
Rosy Morn = Riley 
Rose Splendor 
LAVENDER 
BEST 
WBadger Beauty 81 ‘Gertrude Swenson 80 Hoosier Lady 80 
Elizabeth *Minuet 80 Ellwood 80 
the Queen 80 *Reflection 80 Komiri 80 
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Jane Withers | Mozart Berty Snow Lavender Ruffles 
Elizabeth not so good as last year, What about next year? 
Don't knows Was grand in 1942. Ellwood a very good nicely plac 
ed 5 inch floret lavender. Komiri has creamish center and a 
wonderful spike. You should see it. Monk does not favor Jane 
Withers but she did a swell blooming job for me» Old Berty 
Snow is always good and holds its own fine. Lavender Ruffles 
is very fine but did not have a good year in my garden - don't 
know why for it is very dependablee 
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