A FEW. 
ine’ Spring of 1946);d1d not, so 
to speak,give us a very good Get 
Away.lt was the first of May be- 
Pere we wereable’ ) to move onto 
eur new. location and. the: 7th: of 
May before a bulb was put into 
the ground.However,due to a won- 
derful growing season, .we were 
able to get a few varieties in 
bioom for the Shows 
Naturally, ANNAMAE was one of 
the first -that bloomed with RED 
CHARM blooming about the same 
time, Following close to these- 
HUNTRESS,GLIMMER“N, VAN GOLD and 
HARLY GOLD. While we cannot say 
that EARLY GOLD is a world veat- 
er,it's earliness as Yellow make 
it a worthwhile glad to grow a- 
mong the early varieties. 
In the Créam colors, LEADING 
LADY and SILVER WINGS were very 
outstanding, SILVER WINGS natur- 
ally was picked by the many vis 
itors to the garden as being the 
onerand only of the two. 
CASABLANCA as usual with so 
many open attracted it's share 
of attention. We also found this 
variety to be an excellent ship- 
per ,We supplied the Great North- 
ernywN eve wim “practically, all 
the gladiolus they used on their 
system from St.Paul West and had 
@ chance to see just how so many 
of. these varieties performed on 
teaeir errival ‘hers, after Tirest 
beane shipped to St. Paul, 
In the Pinks, TRUELOVE was by 
far our choice.of the early ones 
exquisite is the Word.FAY outdid 
Luseli toils past-year, and it..ne 
doubt will become a leader in 
the cut flower varieties, LADY 
Boor!!! Last year we told you to 
buy Stock of this variety when 
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and where you could get it.1946 
performances was tops again. We 
still say-"Grow LADY BOOUSUMMER 
GAL, that comparatively new Ger 
Ssnium Pink will be very ,.much. in 
demand as soon as larger stocks 
are available. 
COUTT'S ORCHID was very much 
im demand. this past season on 
the cut flower market. While we 
cannot gay that: this variety 
has the best placement in the 
world,the color and throat mark 
ings make it a very desirable 
pladitor the tloris. trade, 
HUNTRESS, as we said before, 
was one of the earliest to open 
for us, THis variety will be in 
demand for some time, no doubt, 
and those who have this variety 
in any quentity, are beginning 
to hold back for-increase, We 
still think BADGER BEAUTY is an 
addition to the Layender chass, 
RED CHARM as usual,was most 
outstanding as a cut flower and 
produced -fine, salable flowers 
from the smaller size bulbs.Our 
own GLIMMEREN was a constant 
bloomer throughout the season, 
at times giving one the belief 
the rows wers on fin¢. Heaton's 
HAWKHYEH RED, while not as early 
this year as it’ seemed to be in 
the peat,” was very goods .and 
bulblets gave off good bloom in 
the late fall. DEST LNY growing 
alongside of BIG BOY, held it's 
awn for height. I. believe this 
yariety will become very popu- 
lar with the exhibitors when it 
is more widely known. RADIANCE 
was new to our planting last 
season and will, no doubdt,be a 
popular addition to whe early 
blooming varieties, HLANORA,with 
its up to le open, and BUBNA 
