VARIETY Large Med. Sml. Bbdits. 
TAKINA:Tall immense Rosy-Purple.Is va a0 Sey gen sie rs 
alweys straight. Very popular. 10 1.00 00 200 --- 
TRUELOVE:EBarly ruffled Shell Pink. Bach 1,50 1,00 ~ 60 ae 
6 to 8 five inch blooms. GOOD. (No Discount) 
VALERIA:Good Scarlet cut flower. re you 142) e700 --- 
Bblts hard to germinate. 10 1,00 . 60 “3+ set = 
VAN GOLD: Popular Deep Yellow.Early. Hach 75 200 van LO 15 
Good hot weather glad, 
WAX MODEL:Clear White with a hair- Hach 5.00 4,00 3.00 --- 
line of Lavender in throat.Straight 
Opens 6 five inch florets. (No Discount) 
ALL WASHINGTON CUSTOMERS ADD 3% TAX 
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Aa Be N Uk IE 
(Funk) 
Perhaps this would be a good place to clear “up the reason we 
are able to offer starter collections of ABNAKTI: 
in the Alate 30's, Mr w-Punk, the oriieire torvor sihis fine Orange 
glad, wanted us to grow this variety for him and see if we could build 
up some stock. of At,he not having been too Successiul, along this lamer 
We grew ABNAKI and showed it at a Washington State Gladiolus Show. 
A grower from Portland made us an offer to give Mr. Funk for the pur- 
chase of the entire stock,which Mr. Funk accepted, At the time we had 
about 7 or 8 bulbs and a good sized handful of bulblets. 
We made an agreement that we would not let any of this stock 
out of our possession until two years after the Seedling had been nam- 
ed and put into commerce.Since then the Portland grower sold the Seed- 
line to Elmer Gove of Burlington,Vt., who named it ABNAKI, and put if 
on the market in 1945. Inasmuch as ABNAKI is a fast propagator and 
bulblets germinate easily,making exceptionally good growth,we now have 
a very large stock of this variety. 
ABNAKI is an early bloomer. Always grows straight and is a 100% 
cutter.Out of approximately 2,000 spikes cut in 1945 we only lost: five 
spikes.When cut with one or two open it will open eight. ABNAKI stands 
the heat and does not burn in the sun.If your market will stand a good 
Orange--this is the one to grow, It is a fine shipper. We shipped to 
Boston,Ann Arbor,ifich.and Wausau,Wis. last season. ABNAKI won the D.C. 
Everett Trophy for the Best Air Shipment, and there were plenty other 
air shipments from the East Coast,so I have been told by Archie Spatz, 
President of the Wisconsin Society, 
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