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BASKET OF PFITZER VARIETIES 
PURPLE—70 Series 
CONVOY (Palmer) 85 ***—7f Tall, straight 
. wiry spikes carrying giant, round blooms 
of clear bright purple. Lightly waved 
and ruffed. Petals are wide and roll back. 
Outstanding. 
L .60 M .40. 
ELANORA (Errey) 85 * — {Tif Exh. A 
rich, maroon purple, self color. Form and 
size of Red Lory, of which it is a seedling. 
Has good substance, tall, open 10-12 flo- 
ets easily. Already making headway in 
the shows. Award of Merit, Burnley Test 
Gardens, ’38. Our first at Midwest, ’41. 
Last season we had upwards of a thousand 
bloom open 10 or more right out in the 
field (we do not sell bloom) (if bloom 
values continue to spiral we may weaken). 
3 of these blooms taken directly to the 
Chagrin Falls show, '44 became Section 
Champion. 
L .35 M .25 Bits 100, $3.00), 
HERBSTFREUDE (Holland) 90 *—+t Exh. 
Com. Clean, light purple deep violet 
throat mark. Large florets, smooth petals, 
wiry stems. Never flakes off its color. 
L .30 M .20 S .10 Bits (100, $2.00). 
GUIDEBOOK FOR 1945 

MRS. MARK’S MEMORY ( K & M) 88 
***__++ Exh. Largest purple glad to date. 
We have had blooms well over 8 inches on 
strong, tall spikes. Has a small dark 
carmine throat mark. A sensational Exh. 
variety. Judging by its powerful per- 
formance in our fields the last few years, 
we think it has proven itself a good com- 
mercial, as well. Firsts at Midwest and 
C. G. S.—Winnipeg, ’43. Five firsts in 
’44 in shows reported, also won for most 
open bloom in Wis. 
L 50 M .35 S .20 Blts (100, $5.00). 
VULCAN (Stevens) 82 ** — f{t{ Exh. Like- 
ly to prove a good commercial as well. 
Large, bright purple. Tall, strong spikes 
with many open in the field. Growers 
and amateurs who saw it'here all liked it. 
Three spike winner for us at Cleveland 
(Ohio), ’44. 
DoS0¢ME30- 
DEEP VIOLET—78 Series 
OBERBAYERN (Pfitzer) +7f{ Dec. Com. 
Very interesting novelty. The throat 
marking is extra large, so that one 
might almost call it a cream glad with 
extra wide edging of dark blue. Color is 
dark aniline blue with much cream in the 
throat. In fact the two lip petals are 
almost entirely cream and the other petals 
carry a narrow cream stripe. The florets 
are about 31% inches dia., very round and 
wide open. About 5-6 open, well placed 
on plant and thin, wiry stalks all in good 
proportion. Fairly good propagator but 
stocks as yet very limited. 
Each L $3.00 M $2.00. 
SMOK Y— 80 Series 
FLYING FORTRESS (Wilson-Evans) 93 
(days) ***°-+- {i} Exhe) The -veryefirse 
spike we saw, at Mahoning Soc. show, ’40, 
satisfied us that it qualified for inclusion 
in our list when introduced. Later study 
corroborated. An extremely large, round 
floret, 8 and more open, extra well supplied 
with buds. Color a lavender toned smoky 
of satisfactory color value. Won a 
first at Ohio, exh. section champ seedling 
at Wellsville, winner of American Home 
Achievement Medal at S. E. Mich. and 
champion seedling at Pa., all ’42. Award 
of Merit, Ohio, '43, scoring 92, the high- 
est Ohio score to date. Most open (13) 
at Cleveland (Ohio), ’44. 
Each L $2.50 M $1.50 S $1.00 Blts .12. 
“For once in my life I had flowers as beautiful as. the 
catalog promised and that is something.” 10-5-’42. E. A. T. 
Otterville, Mo. 
“I received my ‘Jackpot’ of bulbs in good condition. From 
a noe list of suggested extras you must have given me just 
all of them ‘for free’ and some high priced ones to boot.’ 
5-3-°42. L.J.H. Cleveland ,O. 


