Stoplight (1942) 
STOPLIGHT is entirely out of the trial or experimental stage. 
Enthusiastic testimonials from commercial growers and gladiolus experts prove, 
Neate: a doubt, that STOPLIGHT is one of the best commercial reds on the market 
oday. 
Those growers who tried it in 1944, after seeing it bloom, hastened to book as 
much of it as they could get. 
STOPLIGHT is a perfect florists’ red and has all the qualities required of a good 
commercial. It is a 100% cutter, makes perfect spikes from all sized bulbs. (We 
cut 4 ft. soikes from bulblets.) 
Plants are strong and tall and stand un in field without support. Never crooks, 
always perfectly placed. Perfect attachment. Open ruffled bloom of heavy sub- 
stance. Heat resistant. Heavy propagator of bulblets that grow easily. 
As a show flower STOPLIGHT can win in its class in any show, where repre- 
sentative spikes are shown and you don’t have to grow 50 bulbs to get 3 good spikes. 
Due to its all around good qualities, the demand for STOPLIGHT will be by the 
millions, not thousands. Growers who get in on this now will never regret investing 
in STOPLIGHT bulblets to the limit. 
Large Medium Small Bulblets 
Va rn eS See See $ .10 10 for $ .25 
LOS Sry 0.8: 2.00 1.60 .80 100 for 1.50 
LOO. cate einer 16.00 12.60 6.40 1000 for 12.00 
Existing stocks are not yet large. Orders filled in order of booking as long as 
stock set aside for release holds out. 
Excerpts from a letter dated May 16, 1944, from Leinhart’s Floral Garden, Whole- 
sale Growers of Fancy Cut Flowers, Oviedo, Florida: ‘“‘Some 90 days or more ago, I 
received my order of 200 Stoplight bulbs from you. At the present time I’m cutting 
them, and it being out of season for glads in central Florida, must say they are as 
fine as I have ever seen at any time of the year. They are better than 4 ft. with 
nice flower heads and beautiful foliage. The Kenwood you sent me are just as fine. 
Have tried a lot of reds but none have done what Stoplight has. Sorry that I don’t 
have a color film to take a color picture of these glads so you could see them, as it 
would do any one good. Have sold the bloom for $2.00 and $3.00 a dozen. Quote 
me on 5,000 Stoplight and Kenwood for fall delivery.” 
Under date of Sept. 12, 1944, they wrote: “From the 200 Stoplight bulbs, we 
harvested 370 bulbs and 6 qts. bulblets.” 
The Pheiffer Nursery, Winona, Minn., under date of Aug. 19, 1944, wrote: ‘We 
purchased 50 Stoplight bulbs from you this spring. They are now in bloom and we 
like it very much. It is an outstanding red with an excellent spike. We wish to 
increase our stock and are willing to place our order now.” 
Mr. Ewald Schlag, Baltimore, Maryland, Commercial grower, wrote Oct. 20, 1944: 
“The new glad STOPLIGHT I got from you last spring is, in my opinion, the most 
promising red commercial in every respect. It is truly ‘STOPLIGHT’”’. 
Topeka, Kansas, 11-9-44 
“TI saw your add in Florists’ Review regarding Stoplight. I got your trial set this 
spring and will say you have really got something. The bulblets produced large bulbs 
mostly jumbo and the 10 No. 1 produced 19 large bulbs and I have nearly two ats. of 
bulblets, mostly good large ones. It is one of the best propagtors I have had yet, in 
fact I have a pretty good start but would like more. 
~ ‘The florists here, whom I supply all summer, all raved about the Stoplight. I 
have been supplying them with .......... and they have taken all I could grow up to 
25,000 the season but will have to divide up with Stoplight now. 
Joe Warner, 
Grower of fine 
Peonies and Gladiolus 
