Modern Ribbons of Color 

1947 Introductions 
GOLDEN ARROW (Pruitt, Bastian) 
A true hight yellow with 18 buds, 8 florets open, 6 showing color. Grows 
60 inches in the field, always straight. Formal type; the 5% inch florets 
are well placed and firmly attached to stem. The buds, as they start to 
show color, are true yellow, and do not have the green cast as is common 
with most yellow Glads. Extremely healthy and vigorous, the foliage is 
very dark green. This is the yellow the commercial grower has been 
hoping for. Germination and propagation are excellent. Opens fine when 
cut tight and hot weather does not bother this Glad. Blooms in 85 days. 
Champion Three-Spike Seedling at the 1946 Springfield, Illinois, Show. 
No. 1, $3.00 each. No. 2, $2.50 each. No. 3, $2.00 each. 
Bulblets, 10 for $4.00. 
Grower’s Unit—3 No. 1, 3 No. 2, 3 No. 3, and 20 bulblets, $25.00. 
HIAWATHA (Beardmore, Graff) 
Hiawatha is a large pure self scarlet. A flash of beautiful color on a won- 
derful formal spike that grew 60 inches in the field for me. Lightly ruffled 
5%-inch florets with good substance placed right, on a spike of 22 buds 
with 8 wide open florets. This looks like one of the winners in future 
scarlet competition. A glad that is hard to fault and it is a very good 
propagator. The price is high but it is worth it. Price has been set by 
the stock available. 
Price each, any size, $10.00. No bulblets. 
NEON (Young, Ruehr) 
This Glad is a tuffy. Will try to bloom in a desert. A medium pink cut 
flower, formal type Gladiolus. A 100 per cent cutter of very good 50-inch 
right proportioned spikes with very good placing and heavy textured wide 
open florets. The florets measure 4% inches with 8 to 10 open and 7 show- 
ing color on a 20-bud spike. Not a giant but just right for the floral 
trade. “Best Seedling” at Farmer City, Illinois, and Springfield, Illinois, 
in 1946. See cut on page 11. 
Large, $3.00 each. Medium, $2.00 each. Small, $1.00. Bulblets 10 for $3.00. 
Grower’s Unit—3 Large, 3 Medium, 3 Small, and 20 bulblets, $20.00. 
PAYMASTER (D.S. Pruitt, Young) 
This is a real royal purple Gladiolus with one narrow clear cream spear 
on each lip petal. An upright strong growing purple Gladiolus with 5% 
inch plain wide open florets on a 60-inch spike with 18 buds, 6 florets 
open and 8 showing color. Flower head 28 inches, height in field 60 inches. 
A very good color. It has life, and it also is a fine upright straight 
grower, Bulblet production and germination are excellent. 
Large $3.00 each, Medium $2.00 each. Small $1.00. Bulblets, 10 for $3.00. 
Grower’s Unit—3 Large, 3 Medium, 3 Small, and 20 Bulblets, $20.00. 
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