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to find that the originator’s report of 
good attachment on so big a glad is true. 
Round, flat wide open florets. Placement 
has been perfect on every bulb and bulb- 
let that we have bloomed. Our blooms 
from bulblets reached 714 inches, 7 open. 
See illustration. Supply very limited. 
Bulbs, any size, each $10.00 Bulblets each 
$2.00, obtainable with large bulb pur- 
chases. Limit 3 per large bulb. 
MT. KOSCIUSKO (Both) 77 *** — tt 
Class 500. Purest white, no markings. 
Giant plants and bloom are unstoppable. 
81% to 10 inch diameter depending’ on care 
given. Sixfoot tall even when poorly grown. 
Wide, round florets with petals 4 inches 
across. Florets face up a bit and attach- 
ment is as good as should be expected of 
such a giant but it is not equal to that of 
Mrs. M. J. White. See illustration of 
bulblet grown spike, Page 12. Fast propa- 
gator. Each L $3.50 M $2.25 S $1.50 Bits 
.30 (5 for $1.00). 
SNOW CRUISER (Evans) 78 *** — fft 
Exh. Com. An immense, super giant, with 
round smooth florets an inch or more larg- 
er than those of Crystal. Pure white 
without any marking, with a slight blend- 
ing towards pale cream deep in the throat. 
A spike entered in the seedling section, 
Ohio, 41, notwithstanding only 4% florets 
had opened at time of judging, neverthe- 
less was such a giant in bulk of open bloom, 
such, immaculate, pure color, that it won 
(1) best white exh, seedling, (2) section 
champ. exh. seedling. (3) N. E.G. S. 
Rosette for best exh. sdlg., (4) Champion 
Seedling all types, (5) Evans Champion 
‘Sdlg. Trophy, (6) Grand Champion of the 
Shew, (7) O. S. G. S. Grand Champion 
Trophy. Snow Cruiser was chosen from 
among the finest group of section cham- 
pions we have ever seen collected for 
selection of a grand champion. Most had 
many more open, one spike of Grand Opera 
had 7 open, all over 7 inches dia., but the 
four giant florets of Snow Cruiser were not 
to be denied. 
We now have concrete evidence, many 
times confirmed, that Snow Cruiser im- 
parts giant size to its seed progeny and 
the resultant color when used as a pollen 
parent strongly favors that of the seed 
parent. The string of giant reds secured 
by Wells Knierim from Red Charm x 
Snow Cruiser, one of them Grand Cham- 
pion bloom at the Chagrin Falls (Ohio) 
show, 44 from a 54 inch bulb was the best 
of many evidences. If you are looking 
for an enlarged Margaret Fulton or Golden 
Goddess or Pelegrina or such, possibly this 
points the way. 
Considering its immense size, the attach- 
ment of all florets with occasional excep- 
tion of bottom floret only, is all that ould 
be desired. 
THE GLADIOLUS:FANCIER'S 

One of the firsts received in ’45-was a 
tremendous spike with 11 open florets, at 
the Chagrin Falls, Ohio show. That’s a 
bit better than the 4144 open which made 
it an Ohio grand champion. a 
Each L $4.00 M $3.00 S $1.50 Bits .30 
(5 for $1.00). 
“Snow Cruiser—what a glad. I had only bulblets but one 
bloomed like a million dollars, the spike had 13 buds, held 5 
open at a time, the first bloom was 534 inches dia. and the clean- 
est and finest white I ever saw in any glad. It was really out- 
standing and I had a lot of comments on it.”” 9-12-’43. 
J. EtH., York;.Pa: 
“A bulblet of Snow Cruiser gave me the largest growth I 
ever saw from a bulblet—nearly 5 feet tall with 14 buds 
(taller than the bloom from the 2 bulbs I had). It sure is a 
giant and beautiful.”’ 12-1-44 G. T. B., Shelbyville, Ill. 
SNOW PRINCESS (Pfitzer) 80 * — Tf Dec. 
Com. Milky White, shading to light 
cream in throat. Makes a tall, straight 
spike with six or more large blooms of 
heavy texture open. A healthy, vigor- 
ous grower and a good propagator. It is 
ae ecie Maid of Orleans in our list. 
STRATHNAVER (Peattie) 84 *** — f7f{ff 
Class 5.00 This is the: most sensational 
dead white gladiolus we have ever seen. 
Can easily be grown without expert care 
66 inches tall, 7 inch florets, 9-11 wide 
open, pure, hard, glistening white from 
No. 3 medium bulbs. Powerful, self sup- 
porting spikes. This is not only the best 
white we have seen, by a wide margin, 
but we are also inclined to believe it is 
the world’s most outstanding gladiolus of 
any color, bar none. If it takes you 
several years to understand what we are 
trying to tell you here, that’s something 
we cannot help. 
Grand champion in South Australia just 
before the war. In 1945 best white in 2 
Tasmanian shows and several New Zea- 
land. In ’46 here a spike meeting above 
dimensions, grown from a medium bulb 
was-first and ‘‘Best Recent Introduction” 
and reserve champion of the show at Mich. 
State. 
The variety is only a medium propagator. 
The price is fair and considering the fact 
that dozens of glads in good supply and 
likely of little future promise are priced 
as high and higher, we believe this is the 
outstanding $5.00 value in the whole 
gladiolus industry. 
Any size bulb, each $5.00. Bulblets each 
$2.00 obtainable with large bulb pur- 
chases. Limit 3 per large bulb. | 
Supply is limited. To explain what that 
means: We have enough bulbs to supply 
one bulb to one in every fifteen regular — 
customers. 
See illustration, next page. 
