Queen still hag no peer in any color. Abigail was introduced as the 
successor to Minuet, first year’s performance was most satisfactory. 
The finest new lavender seedling I saw this season was Lewis White’s 
new rose lavender, Lady Marion. A photograph of this appears on P. 
144 of the 1946 N.E.G.S. Annual. I hope to have the privilege of intro- 
ducing this for Mr. White next season. Purple Supreme heads the com- 
mercial purples while Lancaster is always a contender for top honors on 
the show table. The none too popular smokies have three excellent 
representatives in Flying Fortress, Oklahoma and Tunia’s Mahomet. 
I cannot conclude these comments without reference to the hybrid- 
izing efforts of growers in Australia and New Zealand. Our friends 
from “Down Under” have not been asleep during the long period of war 
and some of their productions are finding their way to the States. A 
preview of several said to be outstanding include Mrs. R. G. Errey, an 
improved Black Opal from Errey Bros.: Tunia’s Masterpiece from Tunia 
Service, said to be fully equal to Elizabeth The Queen in size and color- 
ing; Strathnaver, immaculate snow white from Jack Peattie; Golden 
Beauty, a golden yellow from Coates, and Rialgar, a pastel apricot, aiso 
from Errey. Stocks of these are already in period of testing and it is 
my hope that I will be able to offer some of them next season. Once 
again I wish to thank all my last season’s customers for making 1946 
my best sales season to date, also for their many letters of apprecia- 
tion. My best wishes go to each and every one for their success in the 
1947 glad garden. — 





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Oriental Pearl 
