GUIDEBOOK FOR 1945 Page 3 

COLOR CLASS TABULATION OF 1944 WINNERS 
This tabulation of 1944 winners, coupled with like tabulations in our Guidebooks of 
recent years and those to follow, presents the best bird’s eye view possible of the development 
and ebb of popularity of varieties. The listing includes every variety winning 3 or more first 
prize or special awards in 20 major gladiolus shows in central U. S. and Canada, namely: 
Canadian national, Quebec Soc. host; Empire (N. Y.) at Cortland, Elmira, Mohawk and Lima; 
AA Viale hiri State at Wellsville, Ohio: Ohio State shows at Akron and Cleveland; Chagrin 
Falls, Ohio: Sate avich.-indseat ’ Wabash: Ill. state at Momence and regionals at Champaign, 
Springfield, LeRoy, Chicago and Ottawa; Wis. at Milwaukee and Winnipeg. 
Last February representatives of about 20 states (N. E. G. S. host) met at Pittsburgh 
to attempt restandardization of gladiolus classification which was rapidly disintegrating due 
to various and sundry efforts to improve upon the size classification first adopted by the Ohio 
society eleven years ago and shortly followed by the then existing National Commercial 
Growers Association, the American Gladiolus Society and most of the U. S., Australian and 
Canadian societies with minor variations. At that time the A. G. S. and N. E. G. S. policies 
were formed largely by commercial growers attentive to the needs of the gladiolus industry 
as a whole and the 3 size classification was adopted as simple and understandable. Now 
almost all societies in U.S. are amateur controlled and as long as this situation exists there 
may be continuing experimentation with resultant confusion in the industry. 
At the moment we have a 5 size classification adopted by this group and reversing the 
direction of standard numbering series to ‘500 Giant, 400 Large, 300 Medium, 200 Small 
and 100 Miniature’. The Ohio society (yours truly delegate) did not vote in favor of the 
change from 3 to 5 sizes. Why the delegates didn’t take a fling at reversing the size of bulbs 
to number 6 for the largest size bulbs, etc., for good measure we wouldn't know. But we do 
know from 17 years of selling experience that our customers will not buy from us varieties 
under 3 inches so the added effort of tabulating the new 100 and 200 series will not be here 
undertaken. And we feel that long after our time people will still be calling glads “large, 
medium, and small”, 
We have undertaken here to correct some apparent size and color errors but we cannot 
guarantee that the corrections will be “‘officially’’ adopted. 
Varieties are listed within their classification in the order of OUR preference, reflecting 
OUR opinion of their relative worth. The first number after variety.name indicates the 
number of ist prize awards. The second number indicates the number of special awards, 
section, division and grand champs and Awards of Merit. Those varieties showing no 
awards in this area in 1944 and those with less than 3 awards, it.is necessary to include in 
order to reflect our opinion of their relative worth. As these are further propagated and 
become more widely disseminated we expect them to win their share of the awards. 
GIANT _ LARGE MEDIUM 
500 Series (over 5% inches) 400 Series (44%—5}% incl.) 300 Series (3144—4% incl.) 
500 White— . 400 White— 300 White— 
Snow Cruiser 1-0 Myrna 15-1 Lord Selkirk 1-2 
Crystal 2-0 Matterhorn Pearl Harbor 4-0 
Tunolia Igloo Alpine 
Snow Princess 4-0 : Arctic Snow 
Benison 1-2 
501 White + 401 White + 301 White + 
Margaret Barrett 1-0 Margaret Beaton 20-1 Robert Shippee 1-0 
Coronado Silentium 4-0 
Truly White Caribou 2-0 
Candy Splash 2-0 
506 Cream 406 Cream 306 Cream 
June Bride Lady Jane 7-1 Mary Elizabeth 3-1 
Corona 17-7 Wanda 6-4 Green Light 2-0 
Shirley Temple 4-1 
White Gold 9-0 
Empire State 1-0 
510 Light Yellow 
Sir Galahad 8-0 
Chagrin 1-0 
Golden Galleon 
Discovery 
Silver Wings 
Leading Lady 18-6 
Carry On 1-0 
Ivy Robertson 6-1 
Jersey Cream 
Moonstone 3-1 
Bingo. 3-0 
410 Light Yellow 
Royal Gold 4-0 
Golden Chimes 5-0 
Elizabeth Maier 3-1 
Jim Holland 
Golden Yellow 1-0 
Moneeta 3-1 
310 Light Yellow 
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Harvest Moon 7-2 
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