STRESSING COMMERCIAL VARIETIES 
In the many years of our experience growing Glads we have kept in mind that a 
variety with commercial qualities is far more profitable to grow than thosc 
limited to garden and show purposes. For the past three years we have given a 
page in our catalogue, commenting on varieties best suited for the cut flower 
purpose. This list of varieties may change from year to year and new ones appear. 
It has been our policy to grow a variety, two and in most cases three years before 
naming it in this list, as one year’s trial just does not tell the story. 
It is not our policy to mention just a lot of new varieties in this article, but to 
give those who are interested in cut flowers commercially the low down on what 
varieties are proving to be good here for us. Naturally there are many of the now 
older varieties still worthy of mention and some may be for a long time to come. 
A new commercial variety is not born every day. 
Picardy 
Pink Radiance 
Pink Picardy 
Lady Luck 
Corona 
Ethel Cave Cole 
King William 
Rosa Van Lima 
Carillon 
Magnolia 
Variation 
Connecticut 
Yankee 
Anna Mae 
Snow Princess 
Silentium 
Margaret Beaton 
Surfside 
Casablanca 
Leading Lady 
Silver Wings 
White Butterfly 
. Lady Jane 
Intermezzo 
Wanda 
White Gold 
Pinks are probably used by Florists more than any other color. While PICARDY 
is still King of all Glads in a strictly commercial way, we ourselves still rate 
PINK RADIANCE superior in many ways. We have grown it in very large 
quantities and it consistently proves to be a wonderful spiker and a very good 
shipper. PINK PICARDY has a deeper better color than regular Picardy but 
it seems to lack vigor. Another Picardy Sport that has looked good for two years 
now is LADY LUCK, a pink pastel shade. CORONA is now going over big, 
really much to our surprise. ETHEL CAVE COLE is a 100% grower in every 
respect but wish it had a few more buds. It also is top heavy, lacking enough 
stiffness in the stem when wide open, and apt to go down in the wind. KING 
WILLIAM is one of our favorites while ROSA VAN LIMA is still an old reli- 
able. CARILLON; while not an outstanding Glad is very early and is valuable 
for that reason. MAGNOLIA has shown up well now and should make a good 
home cutter. VARIATION has been a real surprise. It’s a very consistent spiker 
with a nice ribbon of medium size pure pink flowers. Can’t say about its ship- 
ping quality, but it’s a good florist flower. IfCONNECTICUT YANKEE would 
only propagate faster, it would be one of the best, as it consistently makes 
beautiful heavy spikes. It’s possibly a little light in color for long distance 
shipping. 
There is always a heavy demand for real early varieties. ANNA MAE is the 
answer and is really white. SNOW PRINCESS, a few days later than Anna Mae 
is now considered one of the best cut flower white. SILENTIUM is a 100% 
cutter from large bulbs and one you will enjoy cutting. MARGARET BEATON 
is probably a better shipper and a heavier, coarser grower. It is difficult to cut 
the open flowers. Of all the whites I believe SURFSIDE is the most valuable. 
It just never fails to produce heavy spikes that will suit the most critical florist. 
CASABLANCA is another tall wiry stemmed white that is worthy of considera- 
tion. When more plentiful and cheaper LEADING LADY will move up to the 
No. | place as a white, it will no doubt be the leading shipper. SILVER WINGS 
has not proved to be better than Leading Lady but is whiter. We got a great 
deal of satisfaction when one of our wholesalers kept calling for WHITE BUT- 
TERFLY, one of the small type. There is no reason why these small varieties 
cannot be real valuable. 
There are a great many creams appearing on the market, but LADY JANE 
is our first choice with INTERMEZZO a close second. While WANDA is no 
doubt a good shipper we are letting her pass out of the picture this year. WHITE 
GOLD is valuable as a first early and a.beautiful bulb maker, but outside of 
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