“44% (Sdlg. 40642) (Beacon x J. S. Bach) Deep pink with a creamy yellow 
Cotillion throat. Not an unusual color but a very useful one, especially for the 
florist. What makes this variety especially useful is that it will open very easily 10 perfectly 
placed florets at once, often more. 
Tall grower, 55’’ with 25-26” flower heads and 18—20 buds. Slightly frilled florets about 
514” across. A few spikes will come crooked like Beacon. But one spike is a real bouquet 
and it will be difficult to top this for best spike in the show. Midseason. 
Bulbs any size $3.00 each. 
Redowa (Sdlg. 40283) (Admiral x Red Charm) Bright scarlet red with darker 
red throat mark enhancing its beauty. Tall grower, 55’’ with 27-28’ 
flower heads, 18—20 buds. Florets 5’ wide, very slightly frilled with 7-8 open at once, regu- 
larly placed and firmly attached. 
Bulblets of this variety grow extremely well and flower freely, developing lots of cutable 
spikes and they stay green until dug. An easy grower and most valuable for both exhibition 
and florists’ work. Midseason. (To me the color is an intense cherry red or a little darker, 
and very good.—E.G.) 
Bulbs any size $3.00 each. 
Blue Bo (Sdlg. 37173) (Josef Haydn x Blue Sdlg. [Joyful x Triumph]) Deep 
¥ blue violet with a deeper throat. A very fine and attractive color. It is 
not a tall grower averaging about 43”, although flower heads are of good length 23-24’, 
carrying 18—20 buds. Florets about 5’’ across with 6-7 open, well placed. 
Three spikes shown in the seedling section of the 1947 Quebec gladiolus show were 
very much admired. It is a new color and will be a welcome addition as it is a fine sturdy 
grower and makes disease free bulbs. 
With reasonably good culture you get spikes of good height and for every purpose, 
garden, exhibition and florists’ use this variety will be hard to beat. 
(Tho not tall this looks like one of the very best blues I have seen.—E. G.) 
Bulbs any size $3.00 each. 
FROM CHEMAR DAHLIA GARDENS 
Eureka (FAIRWEATHER—CHEMAR). This is another white sport of Picardy which 
eee ~=sonot only has all the good qualities of Picardy and its other white sports but 
in addition is whiter and has better attachment to the stem. What more can we say! The 
florists down around New York where this variety originated paid 25c to 50c a dozen 
premium over other varieties. I have not grown it myself but have seen it at the New York 
shows for several years where it has always attracted a great deal of attention. It has won 
many prizes and can hold its own on the exhibition table with any other white. But probably 
its greatest value is as a commercial. Wholesale florists have requested exclusive rights to 
the entire crop of blooms as many of the florists down Long Island way will not take any 
other white when they can get Eureka. 
As there is a good stock of this to start with we can sell it at wholesale as well as retail. 
We sell only Nos. 1, 2, 3, and bulblets. No. 1 at $3.50 each, No. 2 $3.00 each, No. 3 $2.50 
ch. 
Bulblets 40 cents each, $3.50 per 10, $30 per 100. 
FROM HARRY DEAM 
Here is a brand new shade that I have never seen in glads before. It is 
Penelope a sort of mauve or lavender. Very beautiful and will be a big seller in 
florist shops as it is a color the ladies will love and is a very fine addition to the list of gladi- 
olus colors suitable for florists’ use. 
PENLOPE grows 414-5 feet tall with a straight slender stem. 18-20 buds on a 24” 
head. Opens 6 wide open blooms that measure 4144-5’. The mauve or lavender color shades 
to a white throat with a slight peppering of mauve in the throat. Does not burn in hot 
sun. Opens well. It has won its share of ribbons in the shows but I think its greatest value 
will be as a commercial. Clarence Fortnam grew this the past season and said that next to 
Evangeline it was the best new thing he had. 
f AGS $5.00 each for any size, but the supply of large ones is limited. 1 bulb and 10 bulblets 
or $10.00. 
pee DONELLA is alright. It came very early, has a good color, not so large as some but it 
arly. 
“EVANGELNE is a wonderful variety.” 
ise 
—Wendell Wyman, Mass. 
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