reports verify and we like them all — MARION PEARL, COVER GIRL, 
KING ALFRED, SUMMER GAL, PIONEER, BIG TOP, OGARITA, and. 
CAPSICUM. ? 4 
Among the reds, MID AMERICA seems the most impressive new one 
and an improvement over RED CHARM, if that’s possible. JOHAN VON 
KONYNENBURG is considered the best Holland red. GRACIE ALLEN, IN- 
TRUDER, MERCURY, OHIO NON PARIEL, KING CLICK, RED RASCAL, 
REVLON and TARAWA all are very good and each offers a different shade 
of red. NEW EUROPE offers fine growth and color but often has misplaced 
florets. In the deeper shades BIRCH RED is very outstanding. BLACK 
OPAL and MOHAWK are still hard to beat. DRAGONS BLOOD has fine 
color but rather weak stems. VALERIA is still the most widely grown 
commercial. 
Among the rose colored varieties TOPFLITE is still tops with me. 
VENIDA is an exceptional commercial prospect. MISS WISCONSON is a 
fine all purpose glad although a shy propagator. Still deeper BURMA is a 
general favorite and show winner. BUENA VISTA is the largest and tallest 
of the rose reds. Other good glads in the rose class are CHAMOUNY and 
FUSCHIA BELLE. GEN. D. MACARTHUR classed as a light rose is a val- 
uable early variety. 
The lavender section has been strengthened by the addition of the new 
SIBONEY and PEGGY both fine colors and commercial prospects. Most lav- 
enders are still compared to MINUET a variety introduced about 20 years 
ago and it’s questionable how much of an improvement the new ones are. 
LAVENDER PRINCE is much in demand by commercial growers. It is tall, 
healthy and a good propagator. ELIZABETH THE QUEEN is the top show 
winner. ABIGAIL opens many and is a good propagator but it tends to fleck 
as does HUNTRESS. | ; 
Among the new purples DOROTHY ARMSTRONG should make the 
limelight. PAUL RUBENS a new one from Holland looks promising. PUR- 
PLE SUPREME continues to be the leading all purpose purple. KING 
LEAR, PARNASSUS, and VULCAN continue fine in this group. 
ABU HASSEN and HIGH LIFE from Holland are both very fine and 
will go a long way to supplement BLUE BEAUTY and MAX REGER, the 
old-time favorites. | | 
_ In the smoky class it is difficult to call one variety better than another 
because this is certainly one class where tastes differ and each person’s 
_ preference is so far apart that I’ll only say I like the following in the order 
given—TUNIAS MOHAMET, VAGABOND PRINCE, MISTY DAWN, 
HIGH FINANCE, BUCKEYE BRONZE and BOLERO. : 
THE FOLLOWING LISTS REPRESENT OUR “FAVORITE TEN”: 

The Old Man’s 2 AT JTS 
Topflite ge! Victory Queen 
Leading Lady Sey Topflite 
Connecticut Yankee | & Mid America — 
Siboney — : Burma 
Janet Lee Greta Garbo 
Mid American © Siboney 
Miss Wisconson Leading Lady 
Phantom Beauty Spotlight. 
Sunspot Connecticut Yankee 
Spotlight Miss Wisconson | 
