
GUIDEBOOK FOR 1947 
_  TUNIA’S DELIGHT (Both) 80 *** — tft 
Class 522. The most beautiful, refined 
glad that we have discovered in many 
' years. Clear, liquid orange of huge size 
with a perfect blue margin around the 
edge of every petal. Eight of these 
marvellous, huge florets open at one time. 
A large part of our bulblets bloomed,, 
making about an equal quantity of large, 
medium and small bulbs. Supply limited. 
. Any size bulb, each $5.00. Bulblets each 
> 75, obtainable with bulb purchase of any 
size bulb. Limit 3 bulblets per bulb. 
' TUTS BOTH (Both) 80 ** + ttt Exh. Com. 
Deep pastel orange. Between o3 and 
04 on Fischer Color Chart. Not enough 
red to be called red orange. Has a small 
blue tongue, a color rarely found in glads 
. in combination with orange. Huge, wide 
open florets held rigidly on tall and strong 
spikes which are truly magnificient Heavy 
propagator. Our Ist in R. I. orange class, 
| Ohio, 42. Won Award of Merit and was 
judged Color Ghampion, Cleveland (Ohio) 
| also R. I. sec. champion, Chagrin Falls, 
= .. ©., 44. In a class by itself. Reserve 
Champion, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, ’45. 
Another Award of Merit at the 2nd Ohio 
show and R. I. Section champion in both 
1 spike and 3 spike divisions Chagrin 
Falls, Ohio, ’46. 
Each L $1.25 M .75 S .50 Bits .10 (100, 
$5.00). 
LIGHT SALMON—30 Series 
GERALDINE (Pruitt) 68 * — fff Class 430. 
Very early light, creamy salmon pink. 
Not quite the brilliancy of Marlene Both, 
nor the size and height but it is beautiful, 
makes double row placement on medium 
length spikes, with ideal cut flower habits. 
Opens 8 in the field with ease. Good pro- 
pagator. Suppty limited. 
Each L .75 M .50 Bits .10 (100, $5.00). 
MARLENE BOTH (Both) 70 **—tft Dec. 
A glorious, delicate, light salmon pink with 
perfectlyblended deep, creamy buff throat. 
A beautiful, ruffled giant, with outstanding 
decorative qualities. Long stretchy 
flowerheads. One of the very first to 
bloom. Started out with 4 firsts in ’44, 
one of them ours. Best Recent Intro- 
duction and ‘Most Beautiful Bloom in 
Show,” W. Va., ’45. Given time, this 
glad is ‘‘going places.” 
At the Tri-State show, Wellsville, Ohio, 
746, won the R. H. S. Queensland medal 
for best Australian origination. 
Good propagation enables us to cut the 
price in half. 
Each L $1.00 M .75 S .50 Bits .10 (100, 
$5.00). 
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MRS. E. BOTH (Both) 92 *** + fftf Exh. 
The most sensational super exhibition 
glad ever sent out from Australia, where 
it received the first First Class Certificate 
ever issued by the S. A. G. S., ’40, with a 
score of 95, the highest score ever awarded 
any glad in Australia. A perfect color 
blend of liquid clear, light orange pink 
with harmonizing, clear, deep cream 
throat. Florets round petaled, wide open, 
up to 7% inches dia., rigidly held in a 
34-42 inch flowerhead. 9-12 open, 24-26 
buds, making the largest bulk of bloom 
yet produced on one spike. Only Tunia’s 
Marvel and Tunia’s Mahomet have thus 
far produced spikes within comparable 
range. Responds to forcing, bud to bloom 
stage. 
Each L $5.00 M $3.50 Bits .75. . 
DEEP SALMON—=32 Series 
BOLDFACE (Evans) 82 ** + fftff Class 
533. Color is very deep salmon pink with 
an almost black red brush on clean white 
throat, very spectacularly blotched. Ohio 
Society members who have been watching 
this seedling at the Evans farm since it 
was Seedling Sectional Champion at their 
show in 1944 have been calling it ‘Evans’ 
Intensified Spitfire Seedling.” Ruffled 
florets 5% inches, larger than Spitfire. 
Opens up to 8 in field, 9-11 when cut, 
20-21 buds. Plant growth is vigorous and 
foliage stands 30-36 inches high, spike 514 
feet, no crooking—double row placement 
good without exception, attachment of 
florets very tight. Color is in good har- 
mony and very attractive. Propagation 
is good. No faults whatever have been 
discovered in this variety and it is by far 
the best of the Evans introductions to 
date. 
Ohio State Gladiolus Show, Cleveland, 
Ohio, 1946, seedling No. 13C now named 
‘Boldface,’ entered by Wells Knierim, 
Chagrin Falls, Ohio, scored 84 points, 
Award of Merit. (Judges stated these 
blooms lost 5 or 6 points on score because 
spikes were not yet fully opened.) Win- 
ner American Home Achievement. medal 
award. 
By arrangement seedlings and récent in 
troductions exhibited at the Chagrin Falls, 
Ohio Show are scored by Ohio State Glad- 
iolus Society Judges for possible O. S. G.S. 
Award of Merit. At the Chagrin Falls 
Show, 1946, ‘‘Boldface” again secured the 
O. S. G. S. Award of Merit. At the East 
Liverpool Ohio Show, 1946, “Boldface,” 
shown in the ‘3 spike Open Section’? won 
1st, Sectional Champion, Division Cham- 
pion, for Champion 3 spike bloom of the 
Show. See illustration on front cover. 
Any size bulb $10.00 each. Up to 5 bulb- 
lets at $1.00 each can be had with the 
purchase of each bulb. ; 
