
GUIDE BOOK FOR 1947 
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PASTEL (Both) 95 *—ftt Dec. This is the 
perfect pastel blend smoky. Rosy, vel- 
vety gray, with petals edged steel blue. 
Color is soft, smooth, without glitter. 
414-5-inch florets, round petalled, wide 
open. Good propagator. Our 3 spikes 
won Section Champion at Chagrin Falls, 
Ohio, 44. In the excitement over the 
larger Tunia’s Mahomet, this grand vari- 
ety should not be overlooked. 
L.50 M .35 S .20 Blts (100, $3.00). 
“Pastel is a lustrous rose gray with blue edge, rolled back 
open florets, exhibition type, medium height, color fades 
slightly toward tip—a marvellous color that women ‘‘rave’’ 
over. Rapid propagator.’? Group Test Report, Canada. 
| TUNIA’S ELITE (Both) 80 *** + tit 
Class 590. Giant blooms of  bronzy 
orange, edged smoky orange, throat 
blotch of fiery orange red. Florets are 
round and wide open, a bit ruffled. Makes 
spikes approximately as Tunia’s Mahomet. 
Substance is good and florets are held 
rigidly on tall, strong stems. 
Any size bulb, each $3.00. Bits .30 (5 
for $1.00). 
TUNIA’S MAHOMET (Both) 75 *** — tft 
Exh. Com. Here we have a depth of col- 
or not heretofore reached in smokies. Very 
deep, velvety smoky plum rose with or- 
ange scarlet in throat. The depth of col- 
or is so great that the orange scarlet throat 
mark could hardly be called prominent or 
conspicuous marking. We are so intri- 
gued by the color value of this smoky that 
we say without hesitation that it is the 
most beautiful smoky we have ever seen 
“by a mile.” Down in Hobart, Tasmania, 
where glads are very popular and a large 
society has long conducted annual exhibi- 
tions, in 1941 declared Tunia’s Mahomet 
the COLOR CHAMPION of the show, 
thus making Tunia’s Mahomet the first 
COLOR CHAMPION to be selected. This 
would seem to be enough to start out a 
variety upon a prosperous career but the 
description is hardly begun for this stun- 
ning variety easily produces 8-inch florets, 
will open 8 as well, with the upper open 
florets as large as the bottom one. Makes 
tall, self supporting flowerheads from 30- 
42 inches long, a perfect exhibition type 
with florets in full double row, a perfect 
outline on a tremendous spike. Its habits 
are consistent and reliable and we believe 
that its very early blooming date and ex- 
cellent propagating ability and its proven 
ability to not only make saleable spikes 
from small sizes but to make astounding 
spikes with 14 buds, 6 open, 74 inch florets 
from bulblet grown in the open will 
shortly make it one of the most popular 
varieties in existence. (See page 10, "42 
catalog for detail on bulblet blooms). First 
Class Certif., S. A. G. S.,’40. Award of 
Merit, Ohio, "42. 
Collected 6 firsts in shows reported, '44. 
Given a little more time, this variet 
going to produce a sensational Hee 
record. In ’45, among the 13 shows re- 
Paes, won firsts at Ill., Ind., S. E. Mich., 
Zar Chagrin Falls, Ohio and 2 at the big 
Ohio show at Cleveland. Color Cham- 
pion again at Tasmania, 45. 
Grand Champion, Palmerston North, 
N. Z., 45. Prices sharply reduced. 
Each L $1.25 M .75 S .50 Bits .10 (100, 
$8.00) (1,000, $50.00). 
ANY OTHER COLOR—90 
R. B. (Upton) 90 ***—ftt Exh. Huge rusty 
golden brown, or henna, on an old rose 
base. Strong grower, fast propagator. 
Giant florets from M and S bulbs aswell. 
R. B. made sensational progress in 2 
years. Largest floret at E. N. Y. and Conn. 
in ’40. In ’41 it secured 14 firsts including 
SW Va., Midwest, Ind., largest floret 
at) IN eae. OR IN. AY. Sand-for usrat 
Mich. We also won with it at 2nd Ohio 
show, in R. I. sec. at Mich. and S. E. 
Mich. and won 2 Canadian Glad soc. 
Medals for us for best Canadian origina- 
tion at Ohio and Mich., all ’41. 10 awards 
reported ’43 and 9 in ’44 tabulation, in- 
cluding largest floret, Conn. In shows 
not reported we note largest floret, full 8 
inches at No. Mont. show and Grand 
Champion, Calgary, ’44. Seven awards 
in ’45 tabulation, 9 in ’46. 
L .15 M .10 Blts (100, .50). 
PINOCCHIO (Evans) 75+t+t Med. Dec. 
Com. A true Novelty gladiolus. Color isa 
novelty blending of pink, yellow, green, 
orange and red without emphatic pre- 
ponderance of any one of these colors. 
At a distance the yellow, orange and red 
give it a prevailing orange tone and thus 
it was classified as orange. Perhaps “any 
other color’’ might be correct. Florets 
are of heavy texture, 314-4 inches, are 
round, wide open, intensely ruffled and 
fluted. Placement airy on stretchy spike 
50 inches high. Flowerhead 24 inches on 
wiry stem well above the foliage which isa 
bit short. Good propagator, large bulb- 
lets, most of which bloom. On its first 
appearance in the shows it won Ist, 3 
spike Dec. seedling, Section Champ. Dec. 
seedling and A.M. (84% points) at Ohio, 
’°39. Our ists Ohio and Mich., ’40. 1sts 
noted at Ind. and Utah and our firsts at 
S. E. Mich., Wisc. and 2 at Ohio, ’41. 
8 Firsts recorded in ’42 Winner Tabula- 
tion. Fifteen firsts and six special awards 
in 43 Tabulation. Exhibitors have over- 
looked its chances to win for ‘‘most ruffled”’. 
L .20 M .15 Blts (100, $1.00), 
