ORIENTAL PEARL 
The Wonder Glad 
It has been a long time 
since such a marvellous new 
gladiolus appeared on the hori- 
zon to captivate the fancy of 
all glad-dom. Ithas everything 
to be desired in a good flower; 
size, color, substance, foliage; 
easy growing habits and all the 
important requisites that go in- 
to the making of a top-notch 
commercial and exhibition glad- 
However, nomatter how much 
we talk about all of these fine 
qualities, we cannot incorpor- 
ate, nor can we describe fully, 
the thrilling beauty which this 
flower possesses. Only your 
first glimpse of this handsome 
flower will tell you the full 
story of its incomparable beauty. 
Oriental Pearl is a rich, 
lustrous, pearly cream, which 
deepens with the thickness of 
the petals as they enter the 
throat. The flowers are slight- 
ly ruffled andunfold wide open, 
over 7 inches across, and then 
gently recurve as they mature, 
to give ita most decorative ef- 
fect. I know I can say without 
exaggeration that this glad has 
attracted everyone to come with- 
in sight, just like a magnet. 
Likewise, everyone has decided 
that it must be in their garden. 
In Milwaukee, during the 
past summer, it has been a sen- 
sation on the wholesale market 
and our most exclusive retail 
florists have fallen in love 
With wo Its size and great 
bulk of flower head makes it a 
most valuable florist's flower 
for large arrangements, when 
standards and other large de- 
signs are required. ite wi 1 1 
command the top price over any 
glad now sold commercially be- 
cause of its size and beauty. 
AsS Ll writes thismea, card 
received fromE. A. Line, Spring 
Green, Wis. where it is growing 
in his American Legion Trial 
Gardens says "Oriental Pearl is 
now in bloom, every spike way 
over my head." Ed is close to 
the six foot mark. From Clarence 
Fortnam.."Oriental Pearl are all 
over six feet tall." 
GOOD FOR HYBRIDIZING 
Oriental Pearlis a Picardy 
seedling, the other parent not 
certain. Mr. Carlson, its ori- 
ginator, has been using it for 
hybridizing and already has 
achieved excellent results with 
it, especially with yellows. I 
visited his gardens this past 
Summer and have seen some of the 
things Oriental Pearl has already 
produced. Its great size and 
good growing habits are reflect- 
ed in nearly every one of its 
children. Future greats in 
glads will surely come from 
this flower. 
HEALTHY, HEAVY FOLIAGE 
When you see the plants 
growing, from the time they 
first break ground until they 
are ready to spike, you just 
know that it is going to be 
something unusual and good. The 
plants are strong and husky and 
so very large with most attract- 
ively colored foliage. Heavy 
as the spikes are, they never 
tip and never crook. The last 
spikes to bloom are just as 
good as the first ones. In my 
large planting I did not find a 
single diseased plant. 
BULBLET PRODUCTION 
Oriental Pearl produces 
bulblets generously and they 
germinate quickly. My plantings 
of the screenings, or smallest 
undeveloped bulblets, were through 
the ground just as early as the 
larger ones, and all germinated 
100%, 
ellent florist's flower. 
Large $10. each 
Medium $7.50 each 
Smal] $5.00 each 


ATTACHMENT 
Oriental Pearl has except- 
ionally fine attachment for a 
large flower. In handling hun- 
dreds of blooms, taking them to 
market and to the’ shows, I have 
never lost a floret. Blooming 
Spikes were shipped to Florida 
and California by air express 
where they arrived in good con- 
dition and continued to bloom 
out to the tips. 
NUMBER OPEN 
Oriental Pearl is my ideal 
for number open, especially for 
commercial purposes. Cut with 
the first flower open it will 
open four to five within the 
first 24 hours. From there it 
will open up to seven or eight 
and will bloom out to the tip. 
GLADIOLUS SPECIALISTS LIKE IT 
From our midwest gladiolus 
experts Ihave had such express- 
ions as: "I have fallen in 
love with Oriental Pearl" Dr. 
Francis, Xe Girma ttre "Oriental 
Pearl is Marvellous--good en- 
ough for me to feature in my 
catalogue."..Harold Janes. 
"Count me inon Oriental Pearl".. 
Walter Krueger, from whom I re- 
ceived my first order. 
SHOW RECORDS 
I don't know of another 
glad which piled up such an inm- 
pressive show record so quickly. 
It has been beaten by a single 
unusual spike, but wherever I 
have had three spikes on the 
show table nothing has been able 
to conquer it. My show spikes 
this year were all grown in the 
field, in heavy plantings for 
bulb production. They received 
no special pampering, water nor 
fertilizing. In another season 
when they have wider dissemina- 
tion and receive the attention 
of some of our show experts I 
just wonder what great record 
it will establish: 
Oriental Pearl will "get 
you" sooner or later, most likely 
sooner, just as soon as you see 
your first spike in bloom. Now 
is the time to grow it so that 
you won't be saying "I missed 
the boat!" Prices are low for 
a new introduction with such a 
great record and promising fut- 
ure. I had ample stock to put 
it on the market last spring, 
but decided to propagate it for 
another season to permit intro- 
ducing it at a nominal price. 
My prices have been set at this 
Same scale for the season of 
1946-47. 
PRICES 
Large......$5.00 each 
Medium...«..$4.00 each 
Small...+++$3.00 each 
Bulblets sold only in units 
of one large andten bulb- 
lets at $10. 
Commercial growers: Write 
for prices onlarger units. 

GREAT FUTURE FOR THE FLOWER BUSINESS 
Milwaukee was recently 
the mecca for many famous per- 
sonages in the flower business. 
Everyone was most optimistic 
about the future of flowers 
with predictions that their 
sales would increase ten fold 
in the years ahead. There 1s 
no better time than now to 
build for the future. Gladi- 
olus have made great strides 
in the past decade. Our mod- 
ern glads offer agreat selec-— 
tion of colors, styles, sizes, 
ruffling and have proved them- 
selves capable of meeting all 
the demands for flower uses, 
from colorful designs for per- 
sonal adornment to the largest 
arrangements in baskets. It 
will pay you to keep abreast 
of the times with a wise se- 
lection of the new originations 
as they come into the market. 
RETAIL PRICE LIST 
LARGE MEDIUM SMALL 
Alagonquin—Prize Winning Red. 
Amulet—Fine Ruffled Buff... 
Anna Mae—Early Chalk White 
Autumn Gold—Harvest Orange. 
Badger Beauty—Fine Lavender... 
*Blue Beauty—Best Blue... 
Brown Orchid—Best Corsage Flower. 
Burma—Ruffled Rose Red = 
Chamouny—Two-Toned Dark Rose 
*Corona—Cream, Pink Edged. 
Connecticut Yankee—Choice Pink 
Criterion—Excellent Com. Pink............ 
Dr. Whitley—Apricot Yellow — 
Discovery—Ruffled Cream with Blotch 
Dream Castle—Ruffled Coral Pink 
*Elizabeth the Queen—Ruffled Lavender 
*Ethel Cave Cole—Commercial Pink 
Fair Angel—Ruffled Cream—White 
Fuchsia Belle—New Red-Purple 
Glamis—Large Needle-Point Pink 
*Gardenia—Commercial Cream 
High Finance—Large, Fine Smoky 
Harmau—Early Rose—Red .. 
lrak—Gray Blue.t.... 
*King Bee—Flecked Orange Red. 
King Lear, Tall Ruffled Purple 
*Leading Lady—One of our best Glads 

*Lady Jane—Choice Florists’ Cream... 
Llona—Coming Commercial White....... 
Lavender Prince—New Deep Lavender 
*Marsellaise—Late Fine Red... 
*Marimba—Excellent Tall Buff. 
Mohawk—Darkest Red... a 
Miss Wisconsin—Deep Rose Pink 
Mrs. Morks Memory—Largest Purple 
Miss Vermont—Light Rose—Lavender 
Oqarits=Reretsalmon==Carde 
Oregon Gold—Ruffled Yellow 
Pacifica—A Commercial Cream 
*Pink Radiance—A-| Commercial 
Polar Ice—Tall Lily White 
Parasia tansvaleurcle 
Pink Paragon=VeryiGoodliCommercial 
Red Eagle-—Large Deep Red Ex. 3 
*Silentium—Commercial White Blotched 
Stop Light—Ex. Commercial Red 
Spot Light—Popu. Yel. with Red Blotch 
*Snow Princess—Leading White 
Silver Wings—Artistic Ruffled White 
*Valeria—Ex. Com. Scarlet 3 
Vee Cream—Ruffled Blotched Cream... 
*Vista Bonita—Large Geranium Pink. 
*Van Gold—Early Deep Yellow 
Variation—Florists' Pink see 
White Eagle—White and Cream 
*White Gold—Popular Cream 
Winston—Ruffled Cream 

Excellent Small Decoratives 
Brown Orchid 
Betty Co-ed—Old Favorite E 
Orange Butterfly—Many Open... 
Tweedle Dum—Maroon and Gold 
Orange Seedling (Fine) 
Dolores—Pink and Cream 
Pink Ribbon a 

*In commercial quantities. Write for prices. 
BULBLETS 
Per 
100 
100 
= 100 
3 for 15 200 
AS 10 100 
12 for .75 se 200 
AS 10 100 
75 50 100 
2 for .25 10 for .50 100 
10 15 for 1.00 200 
oe 10 
.20 10 100 
30 .20 100 
25 .20 100 
50 35 100 
25 10 100 
10 - 200 
ALT | 100 
c 10 
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a 200 
AS . 100 
10 A 100 
15 for 1.00 ae 100 
10 for 1.00 2 100 
15.for 1.00 = 100 
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BULBLETS PER QUART 
Blue Beauty, $8.00; Chamouny, $18.00; Corona, $8.00; Ethel Cave Cole, $10.00; Gardenia, $5.00; 
King Bee, $10.00; Leading Lady, $100.00; Lady Jane, $15.00; Marimba, $25.00; Pacifica, $8.00; Pink 
Radiance, $25.00; Silentium, $10.00; Snow Princess, $4.00; Valeria, $5.00; Vista Bonita, $5.00; Veo 
Cream, $12.00; White Gold, $30.00. 
Comments: | have selected and grown these varieties because of their proved or promising com- 
mercial qualities. Choice florists' colors are.Anna Mae, Autumn Gold, Badger Beauty, Blue Beauty, 
Chamouny, Criterion, Eliz. the Queen, Ethel, Glamis, King Bee, Leading Lady, Lady Jane, Liona, 
Marsellaiso, Marimba, Miss Wisconsin, Pink Radiance, Polar Ice, P. Paragon, Silentium, Stop Light, 
Snow Princess, Silver Wings, Valeria, Vista Bonita, Van Gold, Variation, W. Gold. Choice because of 
ruffling are Amulet, Burma, Dream Castle, Fair Angel, Oregon Gold, Silver Wings, White Eagle, 
Winston, Vee Cream. Large, strong growing varieties: Burma, Corona, Conn. Yankee, Criterion, 
Ethel, High Finance, Marimba, Mrs. Mork's Memory, Ogarita, Red Eagle, Silver Wings, White Gold. 
Many open: Chamouny, Marimba, Ogarita, Variation, White Eagle, Orange Butterfly, 

LET ME HELP YOU! 
For many years I have had 
very close connections with the 
Milwaukee flower market. My 
work as Secretary and advertis- 
ing counsel for the Milwaukee 
florists; Secretary of the Mil- 
Waukee Florists Club; corres- 
pondent for the Florists Review; 
and sales director for some of 
our largest growers and retail 
shops, has given me knowledge 
of the flower business from many 
angles. I have always taken 
the new varieties of gladiolus 
COLOR MARVEL 
growing, with medium 

d, ruffled florets in 
t unusual tone of 
and yellow. Color 
»l will make an ex- 
early and its rich 
harmonize well with 
arly summer flowers. 
who grow thelr 

jlad 
this flo 
hould propa 
for their 
client 

to our best Milwaukee retailers 
to have them appraised for re- 
tail uses. 
As there are many who con- 
template the growing of gladiolus 
for commercial markets, I feel 
that I can give valuable assist- 
ance in making the right kind 
of start. If you want my ad- 
vice and help you are free to 
drop me a note and I will do 
whatever I can to assist you in 
making a correct beginning. 












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