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for Peggy. Sybil was oddly marked but short. Highlander may make a cutter. Dream 
Girl went with the wind! The $10.00 plant broke off during a storm and was no more! 
Christine was a lovely color of glistening white, but lacked height and failed to compare 
to Pommert’s new seedling, S 41. Couldn’t see the color appeal in Color Marvel, though 
my sister, Edna, liked it. Needs to be seen in a mass. Wilson’s Victory Queen gave a 
nice spike in color and form. Midwest Victory was somewhat plain but looks like a 
cutter if propagation is satisfactory. Algoma is certainly dramatically blotched. Cherry 
Jam also has an interesting blotch. Ivy Rebertson produces too much stem for the 
rather small flowers. Oklahoma looks much like the old Mother Machree but started 
blooming about 10 inches from the ground. Fay was promising as an early commercial. 
Red Rascal looked good, but we’re waiting for it to come again. Martha Deane did better 
than we expected of her, a tall clear yellow, rather plain in form. We will likely 
list ruffled Casablanca next year. It did much better than a year ago. Pandora seems 
reliable. Last summer and also a year ago, we were willing to nod our heads for 
Huntress only to arrive at the patch next day to find the stems soft and broken over 
about two feet from the ground. Dawn Glow rated the best spike of the year in 1945 
but was a disappointment in °46. Intruder has been good but somehow hasn’t rung the 
bell for us yet. Bengasi still looks weak to me. Tarawa looked the best of Palmer’s 
1946 releases. Astrid will most likely succeed, but Ill be satisfied with Rose Delight for 
sometime to come. The spike of Astrid currently shown was grown and photographed by us. 
I believe Babs has a place as an early cut flower, color is a little muddy. It just isn’t in the 
running with Arethusa for beauty, which is but a few days later. We plan to list light sal- 
mon, General Mac Arthur next year. It is quite early. Carved snow-white ruffled Starlet 
is the best in the entire 200 series, a little honey! We are reserving our stock for 
propagation. 
I hope I haven’t sounded harsh. With but small and limited trials, the above state- 
ments aren’t final, they are but a glimpse of the picture as presented in our gardens 
last summer. Next year the panorama will be different! 
The best news in the gladiolus world today is D. D. T. Experiences among grow- 
ers and fans has been wholly satisfactory. Good-bye thrips! Dusting seems to be the 
best means of application. 
Late summer and early fall rains gave us an abundance of fine cut flowers and 
the finest, plumpest bulbs ever. Let us convince you! 
HAPPY GROWINGS! 
Carl Fischer. 
BECOME A MEMBER 
1. If you are seeking an evening of pleasant entertainment, put a dollar in an 
envelope and address it to Mrs. M. J. Walenta, Secretary of Maine Gladiolus Society, 
South China, Maine. Their 100-page annual is the surprise of the year and deserves 
to be widely distributed. 
2. The Minnesota Gladiolus Society offers three issues of the Minnesota Glad 
Fan and a year’s subscription to the Minnesota Horticulturist for $1.50. The Minnesota 
Horticulturist magazine offers nine issues per year plus a plant premium if dues are 
paid before March 15. (We usually order some kind of new fruit tree each year.) Send 
dues to Harold A. Christensen, Christine Lake, Como Station 3, St. Paul 8, Minn. 
3. The North American Gladiolus Council, an international organization, presents 
an excellent quarterly magazine that is chuck full of timely interests. Send your dollar 
bill to Thomas Manley, secretary, 525 Coleman Ave., Fairmont, Virginia. 
4. Of course the New England Society still is the leading society. Regular mem- 
bership entitles you to their 215-page annual and six bi-monihly magazines is $2.00. 
Write James Odell, Wellesly Hills 82, Mass. 
The societies treat such material as: 
Up-to-date information on dips and sprays. 
Diseases, fertilizers. 
Best new varieties. 
Trial ground reports. 
Symposiums. 
Hybridizing hints. 
Parentages. 
To encourage new members: 
Include your subscriptions with your bulb order, and we will send you the 
value of the subscription in bulbs. Make a list of preferences, and we will fill as 
we are able. 
DOR WM rR 
