that not outstanding for us. VEECREAM is a consistent home florist flower. 
A little on the soft side, but very dependable. 
Considering the shade, plant, spike, reproduction, health, and shipping quali- 
ties, I consider VALERIA the best commercial red on the market. Some have 
trouble germinating the bulblets but for us they grow as well as Picardy. You 
can’t go wrong on RED CHARM or STOPLIGHT. The latter has one fault of 
splitting badly from large bulbs. We still get a lot of good out of old ROCKET. 
HAWKEYE RED looks good after two years growing. If it continues to be 
healthy we will grow it in large quantity. RED PENNY is real early and valu- 
able for that reason. KING CLICK was not so good this season. Of the real new 
ones BIRCH RED while a little too dark for a florist flower, was a knock-out this 
season. 
We can’t praise ELIZABETH THE QUEEN high enough. In our opinion 
after four years growing and harvesting hundreds of thousands of bulbs this 
Glad definitely surpasses any lavender ever introduced. LAVENDER PRINCE 
is real good in a deep shade and BADGER BEAUTY in a lighter color. The 
latter under some conditions has a yellowing of the tips of the foliage. It’s not 
a disease but believe it some element lacking in the soil or else weather condi- 
tions. Bulbs are always good. Mother Kadel is subject to the same yellow tips. 
It’s hard to beat MISS WISCONSIN as a rose commercial, but it’s shy on bulb- 
lets. CHAMOUNY has real color but gets too large a percentage of short spikes. 
We are doing some selecting on this one. ROSE O’DAY doesn’t have as good a 
color but better in all other respects. Pay your money, take your choice. 
I believe PURPLE SUPREME to be one of the most perfect spikers—all 
varieties we grow considered. In reality it has just one fault and that is, we 
understand the color breaks for some, but for us it is not serious. I still vote for 
it. MRS. MARKS MEMORY is certainly nice. It has size, color, height, and good 
growing qualities. Florets not always well placed. 
MOTHER KADEL still has the best and cleanest color of any yellow. Wish 
it was as large as CRINKLE CREAM which looks real good. EARLY GOLD is 
valuable as a real early, while OREGON GOLD is much the opposite. The 
latter being so late that one should have large or at least medium size bulbs to 
get it to bloom. We believe that SPOTLIGHT will come into the lime light be- 
side Leading Lady, Elizabeth the Queen, and Valeria as a top notch commercial. 
Veecream 
Valeria 
Red Charm 
Stoplight 
Rocket 
Hawkeye Red 
Red Penny 
King Click 
Birch Red 
Elizabeth the Queen 
Lavender Prince 
Badger Beauty 
Miss Wisconsin 
Chamouny 
Rose O’Day 
Purple Supreme 
Mrs. Marks Memory 
Mother Kadel 
Crinkle Cream 
Early Gold 
Oregon Gold 
Spotlight 
TOP NOTCH NEW VARIETIES 
Remember remarks in these paragraphs are the candid opinion of the writer. 
We do not accept bouquets nor do we hand out any. ‘There are four trial ground 
systems in North America but they are not receiving the full cooperation of all 
originators. Information contained herein should come from such systems but 
instead every wide awake up-to-date commerical grower is conducting his own 
trials. In my opinion, every hybridizer should at the present time be growing 
one hundred or more of the newest varieties each year, in order to check with 
his own seedlings. That costs money, it costs us money too, and we are not doing 
any hybridizing either. he 
I am still keeping well in mind the commercial qualities of the varieties to fol- 
low, and all have outstanding points. However, some may be tossed out another 
year, and some may prove better garden and show flowers than commercials, 
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