SUNLIGHT GLAD GARDENS 
EAST ROCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE 
GLAD TIDINGS FROM SUNLIGHT GARDENS 
To all our old friends everywhere, and to the new ones we hope to make, we 
extend our most cordial greetings. j 
Growing gladiolus has been a hobby with us for a long, long time. For sev- 
eral years we have been intimately associated with Mr. C. N. Harvey, so inti- 
mately known and loved by hundreds of N. E. G. S. Members. His appraisal of 
the worth of new varieties, and the accumulated knowledge he obtains from grow- 
ers everywhere has been invaluable to us. This year he has consented to place 
some of his stock at our disposal, which should work out to the decided advantage 
of our customers. The descriptions of the varieties we offer here have been care- 
fully checked by him and meet with his unreserved approval. “C.N.,” in the gar- 
den or on the show bench, calls them as he sees them without fear or favor. We 
gratefully acknowledge the help he has been to us. 
Last season was one of the most enjoyable we have ever spent among our 
glads. The lack of adequate help made it imperative that we spend most of our 
time in the gardens and we had a better opportunity than ever before to check on 
the characteristics of every variety we grew. Getting off to a slow start because 
of excessive rainfall, we moved gradually into a perfect growing season. Not 
once during the summer did our land dry out to a depth of more than two inches. 
Warm nights, together with the adequate moisture, gave us some perfectly glori- 
ous spikes, and the mild fall weather enabled us to continue our cutting until 
October 15. Bulb growth was excellent. Many of our bulblets grew to number 
one size, and our regular plantings gave us plenty of jumbo sizes for those who 
wish to grow for exhibition. 
Frequent light showers, though, caused us to miss some of the choice crosses 
we had planned, so we will offer no seeds this year, for we have but few more than 
enough for our own plantings. Watch, though, for our offers of SUNLIGHT 
crosses next season. It is proving itself to be a fine parent. 
At the shows we exhibited SUNLIGHT only and were highly delighted with 
our winnings. At Boston we won first for best seedling of New England origina- 
tion, first in the color class (three spikes) and: were runner up in the basket class 
(25 spikes). 
At the Maine show we won the division championship and were Reserve Grand 
Champion. Nothing but three perfectly glorious spikes of Picardy could take our 
measure there. SUNLIGHT is proving itself to be a hard glad to beat, either as 
a commercial or on the show bench. 
