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WHITE—00 Series 
IGLOO (Butt) 85**—ti- Smooth petalled, 
purest white, faint cream marking in 
throat. Appears to avoid color flecking 
in bad weather. Straight, tall, hard 
spikes with about 2 ft. flowerheads, 6 or 
more open, 5 inch florets in good place- 
ment. Appears to be the best white from 
Canada. Each L $1.50 M $1.00 S .60. 
MYRNA (Pruitt) 76 **—t{{ Commercial. 
Ivory white. Ruffled. About halt way 
between Maid of Orleans and Mary 
Elizabeth, its parents, but larger florets 
and 7-10 open. We had one spike open 
11 in the field. Positively wonderful cut 
flower habits. British A. M., ’39. Getting 
its share of grand championships. 
Due to diffusion of diseased stocks bought 
by many eastern growers to increase their 
. stocks, considerable poor ee a cureaey 
; ; : offered by many, much to the damage o 
_ Showing growth of our imported the Beanie &: this grand glad. Much 
Bublets, 1945. ; of the good stock and most of the grand 
champions can be traced back to our 
stock. Blooms at its best when planted 
early. 
L .12 Bits (100, .60). 
SNOW CRUISER (Evans) 78 *** — tft 
Exh. Com. An immense, super giant, with 
round smooth florets an inch or more larg- 
er than those of Crystal. Pure white 
without any marking, with a slight blend- 
ing towards pale cream deep in the throat. 
A spike entered in the seedling section, 
Ohio, ’41, notwithstanding only 41% florets 
had opened at time of judging, neverthe- 
less was such a giant in bulk of open bloom, 
such immaculate, pure color, that it won 
(1) best white exh, seedling, (2) section | 
champ. exh. seedling. (3) N. E. G. S. 
Rosette for best exh. sdlg., (4) Champion 
Seedling all types (5) Evans Champion 
Sdlg. Trophy, (6) Grand Champion of the 
Show, (7) O. S. G. S. Grand Champion 
Trophy. Snow Cruiser was chosen from 
among the finest group of section cham- 
pions we have ever seen collected for 
selection of a grand champion. Most had 
many more open, one spike of Grand Opera 
had 7 open, all over 7 inches dia., but the 
four giant florets of Snow Cruiser were not 
to be denied. 
We now have concrete evidence, many 
times confirmed, that Snow Cruiser im- 
parts giant size to its seed progeny and 
the resultant color when used as a pollen 
parent strongly favors that of the seed 
parent. The string of giant reds secured 
by Wells Knierim from Red -Charm x 
Snow Cruiser, one of them Grand Cham- 



° ~pion bloom at the Chagrin Falls (Ohio 
One of hundreds of blooms direct from show, 44 from a % inch Sulb was As Be 
bulblet field above. From a large bulb, of many evidences. If you are looking 
this pure white variety (for release 1947) | for an enlarged Margaret Fulton or Golden 
makes petals 4 inches wide, florets 10 Goddess or Pelegrina or such, possibly thi 
inches in diameter. | points the way. 
