Spriug 1946 

QUEEN 
CHARLOTTE 
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A clear soft YELLOW with no other markings. Grows to a height of 54 to 56 
inches. Ten to twelve 4” to 5-inch florets open on a 24 to 26-bud spike with 
6 to 8 buds showing color. Will be grown in New 1946 Trial Grounds now being 
established. A release for Fall of 1946 and Spring of 1947. 



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A Few Comments As We Observed in 1945 
To start off with our spring weather was everything but 
what a Gladiolus grower would pray for. Wet and cold to a 
degree that became very discouraging before planting was 
over. However, after summer finally came along it turned 
out to be about as hot and dry as one would care to have. 
With the white varieties ANNAMAE was as usual right 
on top for its earliness and clear, clean pure white. While 
LEADING LADY and SILVER WINGS cannot exactly be 
classed as white, they of course took the visitors’ breath away 
and left them all in a quandary as to which of the two varie- 
ties was the better glad, but invariably they would pick the 
SILVER WINGS as their favorite of the two. BENISON 
showed all its loveliness when 8 to 10 wide open florets stood 
glistening in the sun, radiating that lavender tint which sets 
this beautiful glad off so outstandingly. 
SILENTIUM was undoubtedly the most outstanding cutter 
in the patch. Every spike a bloom worth having, well placed 
florets up to 5-6 open on a stiff, whippy stem. While not as 
large as MARGARET BEATON it is a much more dependable 
flower for the cut flower trade. And while many list LADY 
JANE as a white, we slip it in here, as with us it is more of a 
cream than white. The yellow blotch in the throat can really 
set the whole spike off into the yellow class, but wherever it 
finally ends up, it will be an up and coming cut flower variety 
for some time. Opening eight nice florets on a good straight 
spike surely makes this one of the must haves in your garden. 
Later Majeski’s CASABLANCA with its many open, made 
up into a fine vase for the house, gave one about all he would 
want to complete a good season for the whites. 
In the yellow varieties, a color class which is short of 
any exceptional amount of good varieties, EARLY GOLD 
bloomed far ahead of any other variety in our planting. Not 
large and not outstanding, outside of its earliness. VAN GOLD 
is truly a gold for color. Nice and straight with 6 to 8 five-inch 
blooms of the deepest yellow. It makes nice bulbs. OREGON 
GOLD, to wind up the season, makes a better glad for the 
home garden than the cut flower trade in our estimation, as 
it is such a heavy producer of side spikes. Side spikes having 
16 and 18 buds. Is a heavy producer of bulblets, have counted 
as high as 498 bulblets from one bulb. (Didn’t have much to 
do, did I?) Of course I could go on and rave over QUEEN 
CHARLOTTE some more, but think the cut describes it well 
enough. 
Of the pink varieties, we think that TRUELOVE just about 
takes the ribbons for the early bloomers, a clear ruffled shell 
pink of exquisite beauty which certainly should go places in 
the glad world. FAY, a new Canadian introduction for 1945, 
did not do much for us this past season, although we hope it 
does better, as we have seen some wonderful spikes of this 
variety exhibited by Mr. Jack. LADY BOO without a doubt 
will be a hard glad to secure stock of for some time. So much 
in demand that the introducer cannot get any stock ahead. A 
very tall, straight grower with perfectly placed shell pink 
florets without marking. By all means buy this when and 
where you can get it. SINCERITY from Butt of Ontario, 
while not new to the glad world, was new to us here in the 
West, and made a wonderful cut flower. It opens about 6 good 
deep pink florets on a straight spike. Was well received by 
the florists. JEANIE of course was right in there when it 
came to the cut flower varieties, and winding up the season 
with SUMMER GAL, a truly wonderful new large geranium 
pink, which is bound to go places. 
COUTT’S ORCHID was very good this past season and 
made a decided place for itself with the local cut flower mar- 
ket. Immense florets of light orchid rose with a cream throat. 
In the lavender varieties BADGER BEAUTY was very good 
with its strong, healthy foliage, and clean, clear-cut color of 
lavender with a creamy white throat. HOOSIER LADY, while 
not large, certainly can be made up into a very desirable 
show flower. MINSTREL goes without saying to be about as 
large as any lavender we have had the pleasure of. growing. 
From small bulbs it grew to average height with 5 to 6 lav- 
ender pink florets open. Truly beautiful. HUNTRESS, Milton 
Jack’s new introduction for °45, grew well and although the 
florets flecked in the field, a good clear color was obtained 
by cutting and blooming inside. A very heavy producer of 
bulblets which grew to large size bulbs very easily. This 
should make a good addition to the lavender class on account 
of its earliness. 
