We have tried out many yellows, but as an all-around performer the first place 
Still falls to Mother Kadel, It has a cleanness of color that not many yellows have. 
It’s a good propagator and bulb maker, along with being the best yellow shipper we 
have grown. If Oregon Gold were only a little earlier it would be outstanding, as it 
has size, ruggedness, and many other good qualities. It is quite likely I will substitute 
Early Gold (Butt) for Van Gold. Both are very deep in color and very early, but Early 
Gold will out-do Van Gold by 10 days and makes a much heavier spike and about as 
large a floret. It’s my first year growing it, but I am convinced already. Stock is 
scarce.’ 
Where one can obtain stock, Valeria is probably the best red on the market for 
shipping. Florida growers want this in immense quantities, but the bulblets do not 
germinate well, and stock will always be hard to get. Stoplight is my next choice, 
with Red Charm, Hawkeye Red, and King Click all bidding for a box seat. Which 
ever one you buy, you are sure to get a good one. If you have a market for a real 
dark red, Mohawk is fine, with Midnight Red being very early and a real nice cutter. 
New Varieties of Promise 
With one and not more than two years’ trial, we have ear-marked the following 
varieties for the purpose of increasing our plantings. Every one has outstanding qual- 
ities that should make them valuable as cut fiower varieties. All may have one or 
more faults, but what variety hasn’t. However, we will continue to increase these 
until further faults show up. 
Ogarita certainly stood out for size, vigor and general good appearances. After 
making some careful checks on Pink Picardy (Earl-Graff), believe I much prefer it 
to Picardy itself. Color is much deeper, and in our trial garden didn’t see one crooked 
spike. However, it didn’t seem to have quite the stretch as that of Picardy. I like 
Cover Girl very much, with its very deep rich pink and stretchy flower heads. I have 
grown Marguerite for three years, but have withheld comment due to its short stem, 
but flower heads are exceptionally long. It seems from reports that this variety per- 
forms better in other sections, especially Florida, where the demand is getting strong. 
_It’s apparently a good shipper. 
Some of you are always looking for early ones. Well, Anna Mae is just that and 
a snow-white, too. Silver Wings will be in the running as a first place all - around 
white in the future. Nothing new to mention in the red class except Red Penny, 
which is also a first early. It has the right color and other good qualities, and should 
be a very valuable one for you early growers. Spotlight is outstanding as a new 
yeliow. 

I have been looking for some good rose color commercials and find Chamouny a 
beautiful color, but Rose O’Day is a more consistent spiker. Both are ‘good propa- 
gators and no doubt will be valuable. Rosy Red bloomed real early and looks like 
something good. Marimba is certainly nice, and if you can use this buff color buy it 
by all means. The orange class has been extremely poor when it comes to a good 
cutter, and I feel we have been fortunate in being privileged to co-introduce Gratitude 
which is definitely an improved Barcarole in color. There is really no need of men- 
~ tioning the blues in this column, but will say that both Porcelain Blue and Blue Ice 
have some qualities of marked improvement over the old standards. Porcelain’s very 
large, wide open florets, with a light throat, are outstanding. Blue Ice is also very 
large and the most beautiful ruffled light blue I have seen. 
Please remember that every variety in existence has plenty of faults and there 
are none perfect. I have tried to be sincere and frank in my statements regardless 
of whether I have stock available or not, and if I haven’t the bulbs to supply your 
order no doubt someone else will have. 
