GUIDEBOOK FOR 1946 . Page 3 

COLOR CLASS TABULATION OF 1945 WINNERS 
This tabulation of 1945 winners, coupled with like tabulations in our Guidebooks of 
recent years and those to follow, presents the best bird’s eye view possible of the development 
and ebb of popularity of varieties. The listing includes every variety winning 3 or more first 
prize or special awards in 13 major gladiolus shows, mostly in central U. S. and Canada, 
namely: Canadian national, Quebec Society host, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Conn. state, Ill. state, 
Ind. state, Ohio state (2 shows), S. E. Mich., Tri State (Wellsville, Ohio), West Va. state, 
Winnipeg (2 shows) and Wis. state. 
February, 1944, representatives of about 20 states (N. E. G. S. host) met at Pittsburgh 
to attempt restandardization of gladiolus classification which was rapidly disintegrating due 
to various and sundry efforts to improve upon the size classification first adopted by the Ohio 
society eleven years ago and shortly followed by the then existing National Commercial] 
Growers Association, the American Gladiolus Society and most of the U. S., Australian and 
Canadian societies with minor variations. At that time the A. G. S. and N. E. G. S. policies 
were formed largely by commercial growers attentive to the needs of the gladiolus industry 
as a whole and the 3 size classification was adopted as simple and understandable. 
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At the moment we have a 5 size classification adopted by this group and reversing the 
direction of standard numbering series to ‘500 Giant, 400 Large, 300 Medium, 200 Small 
and 100 Miniature’. The Ohio society (yours truly delegate) did not vote in favor of the 
change from 3 to 5 sizes. Why the delegates didn’t take a fling at reversing the size of bulbs 
to number 6 for the largest size bulbs, etc., for good measure we wouldn’t know. Rut we do 
know from 18 years of selling experience that our customers will not buy from us varieties 
under, 3 inches so the added effort of tabulating the new 100 and 200 series will not be here 
undertaken. And we feel that long after our time people will still be calling glads ‘“‘large, 
medium, and small”’. 
At a further similar conference meeting at Detroit in 1945, the new North American 
Gladiolus Council was organized with 18 state societies participating. This Council is issuing 
an interesting Quarterly Bulletin (see ‘Society Page’’, page 34) and a selected list of about 
2200 gladiolus varieties classified for show prize schedule purposes. 
We have undertaken here to correct some apparent size and color errors but we cannot 
guarantee that the corrections will be “officially” adopted. 
Varieties are listed within their classification in the order of OUR preference, reflecting 
OUR opinion of their relative worth. The first number after variety name indicates the 
number of 1st prize awards. The second number indicates the number of special awards, 
section, division and grand champs and Awards of Merit. Those varieties showing no 
awards in this area in 1945 and those with less than 3 awards, it is necessary to include in 
order to reflect our opinion of their relative worth. As these are further propagated and 
become more widely disseminated we expect them to win their share of the awards. 

GIANT LARGE MEDIUM 
500 Series (over 514 inches) 400 Series (444—5}% incl.) 300 Series (3144—414 incl.) 
500 White— 400 White 300 White 
Snow Cruiser 2-0 Myrna 25-7 Lord Selkirk 1-0 
Crystal 4-0 Igloo Alpine 
Silver Wings 5-1 Matterhorn White Eagle 3-2 
Snow Princess 3-0 Pearl Harbor 4-0 
501 White + 401 White + 301 White + 
Margaret Barrett Margaret Beaton 16-1 Robert Shippee 1-0 
Mt. Index 5-0 Caribou 2-0 Bob White 1-0 
Coronado Silentium 3-0 White Orchid 1-0 
506 Cream 406 Cream 306 Cream 
Leading Lady 13-7 Lady Jane 10-1 Mary Elizabeth 3-0 
June Bride 1-0 Wanda 3-0 Green Light 
Shirley Temple 4-0 Carry On 1-0 
White Gold 9-3 
Empire State 
Bingo 3-0 
510 Light Yellow 
Sir Galahad 12-0 
Chagrin 
Golden Galleon 
Discovery 1-0 
Ivy Robertson 3-1 
410 Light Yellow 
Royal Gold 2-0 
Golden Chimes 2-0 
Crinklecream 3-0 
Martha Dean 1-0 | 
310 Light Yellow 
Elizabeth Maier 6-1 
Cut Up 
Harvest Moon 
Yellow Paradise 2-1 
