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popular new one. OREGON GOLD is good in spite of a stem that often 
fails to hold up the immense flowerhead, and CRINKLECREAM and 
GOLDEN STATE are two of my personal favorites; extra fine last 
summer. VANGOLD and EARLY GOLD arg good for early blooming. 
The former is a richer color altho I believe EARLY GOLD will open 
more at once and blooms several days earlier. The new GLEAM has 
exquisite color of a clear lemon yellow shade; not many open at 
once but the color and ruffling are very beautiful. Of the older buff 
colored glads ATHLONE, HELEN OF TROY, and SUSQUEHANNA 
were the best, but for fine color, ruffling, and good performance under 
all conditions our own SUN SPOT is hard to beat; it also did some 
nice winning at the few shows where it was seen last summer. 
ORANGE GOLD has the finest orange color I have ever seen; 
this new glad is aptly named. KESTREL is another tall strong grower, 
light salmon orange with yellow throat. GRATITUDE and TUTS 
BOTH were outstanding for color, fine new glads in the salmon- 
orange shades. Both appear to be fine growers and good propagators. 
JAY’S JOY, MARQUEETA, LANTANA, and LARIME; each different 
and distinct, I like them all. ORANGE PRINCE is a good-looking 
red-orange sport of Vagabond Prince; it seems just a few shades 
more orange than HAWKEYE RED which is also a V. P. sport. 
ORVAG, said to be of the same origin, failed to show any charac- 
teristics of Vagabond Prince. Possibly I didn’t get true stock of this 
orange with darker feather. 
I considered DIEPPE the best new variety of any color that I grew 
in 1945, and it was equally good the past summer. Brilliant color, 
fine ruffling, a fine grower and propagator. VALERIA seems still 
the best commercial light red for early blooms; RED CHERRY 
is almost as early and slightly deeper in color. ROYAL WINDSOR 
opens many florets in formal style; its pale red coloring is not our 
favorite however. Watch MOUNTAIN GEM; with us-this will replace 
ALGONQUIN for commercial use, altho the latter is still fine both 
for cutting and for exhibition. STOPLIGHT is a fine performer, 
CHEHALEM is earlier and equally good. In the medium red shades 
RED CHARM (Butt) is tops with us; a grand performer making 
wonderful large spikes. CRIMSON TIDE is a “must have” for the 
fancier and home gardener; local florists like it too altho it isn’t 
easy to work up a stock of it due to slow bulblet germination. Of the 
black reds I liked DANNY DANTON from Kaylor the best of the 
new ones I tried; seems to be an improved Leschi. MATOAKA is 
still one of the best here altho the newer BLACK PANTHER may be 
larger. PAUL ROBESON is very well spoken of. I was unable to 
judge it fairly last summer because the stock I received showed 
mosaic symptoms and had to be destroyed; will try it again with 
new stock. 
I have never been able to grow any variety in any color as large 
as a real good spike of FLYING FORTRESS. The color is good too, 
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