Recent winnings: 
First at Wisconsin ‘43; Special Seedling Award Wisconsin State 
Fair ‘42; First at Boston ‘43. 
Prices—Bulbs each, Large $1.25; Medium $1.00; Small $.75. 
Bulblets each $.15; ten for $1.25: one hundred for $10.00. 
SHOW QUEEN (Krueger ‘43). A giant salmon for the show exhibitor. 
Show Queen is truly a great show and basket gladiolus because 
of its large floret size, 6", its bloom bulk. 8 open. Its beauty of color 
and form, balance of spike formation, tip finish, and floret attach- 
ment. It is capable of championship spikes. Show Queen is a mid- 
late variety. 
If planted for bloom in September its tendency of producing 
some crooked spikes is minimized and the fan may enjoy the true 
beauty of this rapid propagating gladiolus. 
Price—Bulbs each, Large $.25:; Medium $.15: Small $.10. 
Bulblets—ten for $.25; one hundred for $2.00. 
VARIATION (Krueger ‘42). A pure light pink for local commercial 
use. 
An early tall growing pink with a lavender cast that opens 7 to 
9 florets of 4” size on a 24” flowerhead correctly describes Variation. 
It produces no crooks, blooms from all sizes of bulb. It is very beau- 
tiful in floral arrangements. Variation is not a good shipper although 
it opens nicely from bud cut. Bulbs of it, while healthy and strong 
look rough because of a thin husk. It blooms in early-mid-season. 
It is an excellent variety for the local florist trade. 
Because of limited planting space, but few bulblets of Variation 
were planted this year. This stock has already been sold, hence 
no more small sizes are available this year. 
Recent winnings: 
‘43 First and division champion 3 spike medium sized new in- 
troduction, Midwest. 
Prices—Bulbs each, Large $.15: Medium $.10. 
Bulblets—ten for $.15:; one hundred for $1.00. 
COMMENTS 
Reliance Gardens is proud to present its list of gladiolus, leaders 
in their respective color classes, some of which show real commer- 
cial promise, and proud of the quality of the stock it has to offer. 
The stock is grown from young stock and not used for cut flower 
production, stored below 50 degrees F., and state inspected in the 
field and in storage. 
Relatively good sized stocks of some of the newer varieties that 
look to be the future cut flower producers are at hand which allows 
quantity quotation to the trade. An inquiry should reveal whether 
or not you can save money by obtaining your stock from Reliance 
Gardens. 
