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PURPLE 
BEST 
*Elenora 83 Purple Supreme 82 Purple Beauty 980 
*Mrs. Mark's Memory 83 *Beverley 80 *King Lear 80 
GROW ANOTHER YEAR 
orinella erbstfreude Simcoe *Kulshan 
Koran Hoot Mon Rudolph Serkin *Tiefland 
Parnaséus *Tyrian Princess Max Reger Wittlesbach 
Purple Supreme is all George says it is - a bigger and bet= 
ter beauty. Others all good and worth growing. Parnassus nice=- 
ly marked but don't know how many will open. Hoot Mon a marvel-= 
lous lighter purple - grand for color but primulinus and flor- 
ets about 4 inches. Wittlesbach fine deep purple but may be 
short in flower_head = not positive yet. : 
LIGHT BLUE 
BEST 
*Blue Wonder 80 *Blue Beauty 81 
GROW ANOTHER YEAR 
Graffi Livia Chotek Cyclamen Edward Grieg 
Carol Jean Winell Magic 
Allegro Raysheen Milford Pfitzer's Erfolk 
Grafin better and lighter blotch than Joseph Hayden and 
better growers Carol Jean is promising - Allegro fine in 43 = 
good light blue spikes. Magic is blue with white center - 
others all promising but while light blues getting a trifle 
better there is till plenty of room for newer and better onese 
DEEP BLUE 
BEST 
*Oberbayern 80 
GROW ANOTHER YEAR 
*Biuet _ +*Blue Admiral Tawkai Blue Sport Harold Logan 
*Jeannie “ames Leonardo da Vinci Readington 
Only one worth rating and none with 5 inch florets. all 
medium -class. All four not listed are good ones and willlist 
when stocks gets larger. Still room for a deep blue that will 
open 7 and with 5 inch floretse 
SMOKIES 
BEST 
Grey Dawn 83 *Bagdad 80 Show Boat 80 
*High Finance 82 Flying Fortress 80 Xerxes 80 
*Old South 82 *R,Be 80 Siwash : 80 
Mother Machree 81 Marmora 80 Vagabond Prince 80 
GROW ANOTHER YEAR 
Ruth Van Quaker Beauty *Bombay 
*Buckeye Rose Tunia's Mahomet Zuni 
Grey Dawn was marvelous dove grey with some white streaks 
shot thru it in a way that made it a great beauty end it took 
the lead among smokies. Flying Fortress was bluish big smokey 
and am buying more - a@ grand flower, Marmera, an older one - 
holds its own and is a lovely smokey. Show Boat a dandy smokey 
and a big one. Xerxes went smaller florets - only about 4 in- 
but has fine yellow smokey pointed florets and nice colore 
Jack Pot 
Siwash is grand novelty - light warm tan color with reddish 
center and pointed beautifully shaped floretse Ruth Van has 
two deep contrasting colors and maybe should be in A,0.C. 
Buckeye Rose can beat R.B. but color of each does not stay 
interesting enough thru the yearse Quaker Beauty is better 
then I thought and with its fine growing and avers model 
spikes, it is okey. Tunia's Mahomet and Jack ‘ot were very 
fine deep ones but want to grow more of them before I final= 
ly rate. Bonfbay is not in Wilson's list this year but it is 
very goode 
AeOCe 
BEST 
Zacatey 83 *Vee Cream 81 
Sir Galahad 82 Beacon 81 
GROW ANOTHER YEAR 
*Pinnochio Frohsimn 
Monk thinks Zacatey is not much but it is fine big = 9-1] 
open buff with strawberry marks = and great variableness in 

these marks. Each spike is different and I liked it much and 
won with it. Monk also thinks a good Vee Cream can beat a 
good Sir Galahad but I doubt if Vee Cream goes over 4 3/4 in. 
while Sir Galahad can go 6 inches without efforte Beacon goes 
here and is kept out of scarlet class as it does not belong 
there, Frohsinn is wonderful 3g inch floret - 9-10 open = 
sometimes more - medium decorative with deep rose red center 
against lighter red petals and very beautiful. It does not 
stay open as long as it should which makes it tough for showse 
I have a lot of them but some mix up so did not dare liste 

MONK'S COLUM 
This is a more or less personal columne Many of the recipi- 
ents of the list will not know me and through the medium of 
this column, we can get better acquaintede 
Both Hop and I are business men, having been badly bitten 
by the Gladiolus Bug = in other words raising gladiolus is 
our hobby from which we seek an outlet from the stress and 
strain of war work. We both raise large numbers of named vare= 
ieties, and many of the new ones, and many of them are recent 
originationse I have been dabbling in hybridizing for the past 
7 years and have bloomed about 20,000 seedlings - many that 
look very interesting and beautiful but none of which will be 
ballyhooed or even listed in this list unless they have proven 
to be a definite contribution in the field. It is not our in= 
tention to ballyhoo anything, Neither of us like this type of 
selling. Since this is really a hobby and not a business, we 
aim to keep our record clear if at all possible. It is fairly 
safe to assume that we will make some mistekes but they will 
be honest mistakes and we will apologize and make retribution 
if necessarye 
We both think that there should be thousands more people 
raising glads than there are. One of our missions in life is 
to try to interest people in raising glads, in fact we have 
been doing this for the last three years. This has been our 
major interest in the Midwest Gladiolus Societies, Many 
people apparently are of the opinion that it is difficult to 
raise exhibition bloom. It is simple. Hopkins raises fine 
blooms in the doggonest looking clay I have ever seen, I reais 
at least average blooms in sandy loam, I think that if I 
coddled them, I could raise unusually fine bloom, There is no 
mystery about raising exhibition blooms. All you have to do 
is have some ground to plant them in, but they have to have 
full sunshine, no competition with shrubs, other plants, weeds 
etc. Then follow the directions given elsewhere in this liste 
Then join your State Society and attend the shows. You will 
start meeting real folks and having the time of your life. 
Unfortunately very few of the most beautiful glads are 
sold commercially so you have to raise them yourself unless 
you are fortunate and have a local grower who raises varieties 
such as, Myrna, Crinkles, Corona, Leading Lady, Candy Splash, 
Black Diamond, Marion Pearl, King Lear, Pinnochio, Nadia, 
Koerner's miniatures and many others. a 
Hope conditions are such that we may meet at the shows. 
Best wishes for a good Glad seasone 
- Monk May 

