GUIDEBOOK FOR 1945 Page 13 
GROW SOME GLADIOLUS SEED 
All glad fans should try some gladiolus seed. Most advanced amateurs already do attempt 
some hybridizing with their newest varieties or most favored colors. Gladiolus seed broadcast 
or planted thickly in close rows, covered about 34 inch, kept on moist side and with at least 
partial shade, commonly produces bulbs 14 to 34 inches diameter the first crop. Most of these 
bloom the second year and selections may be made on color values, the bulb selected and its 
bulblets thereafter grown under number pending full performance from a large bulb. 
All modern varieties were so produced, either from field collected or hand hybridized seed. 
Our seed offerings are genuinely hand hybridized. Literally hundreds watched us hybridizing 
our glads at the peak of our blooming season. Most of the pollen used was taken from protected 
florets opened indoors. Both Dr. Masek, past president of the Ohio Society and Lee Patton, 
its present executive chairman, helped. 
No two seeds, even from the same cross and pod, produce flowers just alike, though they are 
likely to favor parent characteristics. 
With about the most exclusive collection of ‘‘world beaters’ to be found in the U. S.; we 
have excellent opportunity to produce intriguing crosses, which in turn should rather con- 
sistently produce some seedlings above the average run of good standard varieties in each color 
class. They do for us. Witness that in 1941, in addition to quite a few blue ribbons, our seed- 
lings won champion seedling award at W. Va., Ohio and Mich., two American Home 
Achievement Medals (W. Va. and Mich.) and two grand champion blooms of the show (Ohio 
state and Mich. state). The seed has equal chance to produce some good ones for you as what 
we plant is the unsold seed. 
The only trouble is that we are as likely as not to part with some outstanding sorts worthy 
of introduction as a named variety. That may be your luck. If you grow such from our seed 
we should like first opportunity to introduce them for you. 
it might be advisable to let you know that it is the custom in the gladiolus industry that 
the person who grows and segregates the seedling bulb is given the credit of being the ‘‘origi- 
nator’’ of the variety if it is named and introduced—not necessarily the person who made the 
actual cross. If a lot of new “‘originators’’ do not appear in four to five years as the net 
result of our offering these select crosses we will be greatly surprised. 
Permitting seed to set decimates bulblet production. © Likely we sacrifice bulblets on rare 
new sorts to an extent that seed sales at these prices cannot remotely compensate us for this 
loss. Perhaps contribution to variety improvement will be our only compensation. 
Try your luck and skill in selection of parents. Depending on stocks available we will try 
to be very liberal. 
How to order. Order in units of 5 (minimum), 10, 15 or 20 (maximum) seeds of a given 
cross. The seed bearing parent is the first variety mentioned. Canadian and other foreign 
customers do not have to secure a permit to import seeds. Crosses are identified by number 
for your and our convenience. Order by number (as “‘5 seeds No. 492__$.15”). 
GROUP A. SEEDS 3c EACH, NET GROUP C. SEEDS 5c EACH, NET 
492 63820 (cream) x Snow Cruiser ey Boot x meee Seen att 10) 
obby Dazzler x June Bride 
ER ert be 513 Bobby Dazzler x Sir Galahad 
494 Bobby Dazzler x Sunrise 514 Destiny x Tuts Both (limit 10) 
495 Dazzler x Bobby Dazzler 515 Elanora x Leading Lady (limit 10) 
496 Elanora x Elanora oe Golden ee rere rete 
517 Helen of Troy x 486B (Knieriin 
BO AIAG OS NE 518 Helen of Troy x Red Charm 
498 Lady Jane x Gypsy Lass 519 Mrs. E. Both x Tuts Both 
499 Snow Cruiser x Corona ; 520 Red Charm x Golden Queen 
500 Stella Antisdale x Elanora a Be Be x ae of eee 
. 5 e arm x Leading Lady 
pus use pried eleven ancs 523 Tunia’s Mahomet x Leading Lady 
502 Vulcan x Elanora 524 Tunia’s Mahomet x Red Charm 
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GROUP B. SEEDS 4c EACH, NET Peron arash a CSE 
503 Bobby Dazzler x Red Charm GROUP D. SEEDS 6c EACH, NET 
504 Coutts’ Orchid x Red Charm 526 Bobby D. x Leading Lady (limit 10) 
505 Dazzler.x Algonquin (limit 10) 527 . Convoy x Snow Cruiser (limit 10) 
528 Elanora x Vulcan (limit 5) 
506 H.R. Hancock x Helen of Troy BOOM cae Battie Mie E Both 
507 Lady Jane x 486B (Knierim) 486 Red Charm x Snow Cruiser 
508 Red Charm x Coutts’ Orchid (limit 10) 530 Snow Cruiser x Convoy 
489 Snow Cruiser x Bobby Dazzler ey Snes St x pees ate ee) 
now Cruiser x Tunia’s Mahome 
509 Stella ynbiseale x Red uate 532 Tunia’s Mahomet x Snow Cruiser 
356 Tunia’s Mah. x Coutts’ Orchid 533. Tuts Both x Leading Lady (limit 10) 
510 Tunia’s Marvel x Marlene Both 534 Tuts Both x Snow Cruiser (limit 10) 
