BIRMINGHAM BEAUTY 
Rose Marte Pfitzer x Wasaga 
Winner of Grand Championship Trophy (Second Day 
Champion) at the 1943 Southeastern Michigan Gladiolus 
Show. 
Description — Heavily Ruffled Geranium Pink with a slight 
Cream tint on the lower petals. 16 to 18 buds with 
6 to 8 open. 5-inch blooms. Unusually heavy texture. 
Blooms in 75 to 80 days. 
Growing Habits — Medium tall grower with very strong stems. 
‘This variety is very robust in its growing and especially 
healthy. 
Propagation — Heavy producer of bulblets which germinate 
easily and well. 
Birminghm Beauty makes an especially desirable cut 
flower. ‘The heavy stem can supply the necessary nourishment 
so that it opens well right to the tip bloom. ‘The extra heavy 
texture gives it the outstanding keeping qualities needed by 
florists. ‘his is an outstanding cut flower variety since it 
produces marketable spikes from any size bulbs. Florists 
continually ask for more Birmingham Beauty. I never can 
supply their demand for this variety. 
Hybridizers want Birmingham Beauty too, since the heavy 
ruffling and extra heavy texture carries over to its offspring. 
Pricesssbarpe: 0c Vedi. 29c; ind ore 
Bulblets, 10 for 25c; 100 for $2.00. 
10 Bulbs eight times the single price. 
