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TOP AND 2nd RATING VARIETIES IN ADOPTED COLOR CLASSES OF 
CANADIAN G. S. 1944 | Searlet, Light Red... Algonquin 
White and Creamy W........ Myrna Beacon 
Lady Jane Red, Crimson, Dp. Red_..... Red Charm 
Blush Whiter ae eel Com. Koehl 
Geek Maroon, Black SS a car CaN Mp 
Light Y p08 hE | rabeila 
ight Yellow. 2s. aes Gane Lt. Mauve, Lav., etc...........Eliz. the Queen 
: Minuet 
Deep Yellow... ooh acess tk ont Med., Dp. Mauve, etc.......Gertrude Swenson 
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Mrancento (Dlr eee ts ory eat Helen of Troy Burpee ee en Rea: 
_ Lantana ~ Mrs.Mark’s Mem. 
Light Salmon, Lt. Rose.....Greta Garbo UicohteVioletn 325. a2 bine Beauty 
5 Picardy . Pfitzer’s Success 
AiO ened aloes en laddin Med., Deep. Violet................ Blue Admiral 
Blaze (Mar) Robert Burns 
Rose Sal., Sal. Rose............Glamis Sin OK VeVGLC Maree trate ce Vagab’d Prince 
Vista Bonita Zuni 
Medium, Deep Rose ........... Burma Lt. Colors—Dp. Blotch......Moneeta 
W. R. Reader Margaret Beaton 
NOTES: Restriction on import into Canada (now ended) has retarded the appraisal of many 
varieties. However, the following had ‘‘A”’ average rating but not enough voters to score— 
Athlone, Badger Beauty, Beauvallon, Benison, Black Magic, Bobby Dazzler, Commando, 
ts tbs Pitt, High Command, Highlight, Jeanie, Laburnum, Leading Lady, Legend, Malta, 
Margo, Marion Pearl, Marseillaise, Pandora, Purple Supreme, Rosy Morn (Riley), Spitfire 
and Susannah. 
WISCONSIN SOCIETY 1944 POPULAR SYMPOSIUM: By condensed color groups 
White, Leading Lady and Snow Princess. Cream or Buff, White Gold and Corona. Salmon 
Pink, Picardy and Glamis. Pinks, tie Rosa Van Lima, Pink Radiance and Ethel Cave Cole. 
Yellow, Golden State and tie Vangold and Crinkle Cream. Lavender, Elizabeth the Queen 
and Badger Beauty. Red, Red Charm and Algonquin. Purple, King Lear and Purple 
Supreme. Violet, Blue Beauty and Blue Admiral. Smoky, Mother Machree and High 
Finance. Any other color, Vagabond Prince and R. B. The poll for “best gladiolus, any 
color’, brought forth Bengasi, Corona, Leading Lady, Burma and Coutt’s Orchid. 
GRAND CHAMPION BLOOMS Grand Champions in major shows about 
; the world inside the last eight years follow: 
The Grand Champion Bloom of the Show Aber Wash 40. . 
is, ipso facto, a sweepstakes award to the CERRY EC eh: '38- Yakima and Winni- 
best spike in the Exhibition, wherever found. peg, 39; 2nd Calgary show, 40; East Bay, 
41; Md., 42; Sask. and E. N. Y., 43; LeRoy, 
Some (not many) hybridizers and catalog- Il. and Yakima Valley, ’44. 
ers are very loose in their use of the words Algonquin—Sioux City and Grants Pass, 
“Winners,” ‘‘Champions,” etc. For yourown 41. 
protection, scruntinize these assertions closely American Commander W. Va., 40. 
and see if the winning is identified to time p Bagdad—Quebec, G. S., 35; Yakima, 38; 
and place. An honest introducer of new var- ine Meee 138. Wellsville. O.. '39: 
ieties will be reasonably sure to specify rather Uratat. i cabs yy : 
than generalize or use language intended to Beaty Clinics (Gaayn 43 
deceive. Bengasi— Momence, IIl., AA, 
Big Top—tTri State, Wellsville, O., 44. 
In recent years many of the larger shows Bingo— Waterloo, 42; IIl., 43. 
have provision for sectional and division Blue Wonder—Tasmania, ’41. 
champions. Topping these, most sizeable Caibou—Quebec, ‘42 and 43. 
shows now provide for the single spike Grand Caroline W. Gannett —Empire, 42. 
Champion Bloom of the Show. A few of Sieh beh oc dey Bay, 40; 2nd day, Akron, 
e Ohio, ’44. 
them, where enough hybridizers exhibit to Colossus—Metro., 129. 
warrant, provision is made for Champion Commander Koehl—Regina, 38; Hamil- 
Seedling Bloom. ton Dist., ’40. 
