Times and High Life are new ones of good color; High Life is taller 
and probably better. We haven’t tried Ravel, but have heard good 
reports on it. 
Our “big three” in the yellows are Crinklecream, Golden State, 
and Spotlight. All are good cutters and contenders for show honors 
as well, Vangold has fine color and is almost as early in its blooming 
season as Early Gold. Tahlahneka is a potential winner in the 510 
class with its very large light yellow flowers. One of the best nov- 
elties we have seen for some time is creamy yellow Sparks, with its 
large splash of color in the center. Grenadier is a grand orange-buff, 
but has not been a good propagator with us. We have heard fine 
reports about Palmer’s Patrol. Susquehanna, Helen of Troy, and 
Sunlight are good in various shades of buff and apricot, but our 
Sun Spot seems supreme here. Orange Gold is one of the very 
brightest spots in the garden, a glad that everyone likes and wants 
to own. Tuts Both is a beautiful burnished orange with a typical 
Picardy flower. All Glory and Delilah should be opened indoors; 
like many orange glads they will fade in hot sunshine. Gratitude 
is a good cutflower with nicely ruffled florets. Aleta is a tall strong 
grower, as is Kestrel. Glow seemed to be a very early bloomer; a good 
cutflower type in soft orange-buff. Crackerjack bloomed fairly 
early also; we like it. 
We consider flame scarlet Dieppe one of the finest of all glads. 
Gracie Allen and Red Cherry are surely coming commercial and show 
varieties in light red. Animation looked very promising in its initial 
blooming here. EHvrrey’s Scarlet makes marvelous spikes with its 
many open flowers. We didn’t see enough of J. Von Konynenberg to 
comment at length, although it bloomed quite well from the bulblets 
we had. Probably the finest red we had in our garden last summer 
was Mighty Monarch, which we consider one of the best glads from 
Canada in recent years. Surely a fitting name for this very tall 
strong grower. Mid-America may be even more of a giant; it made 
wonderful growth and bloom from No. 5 bulbs, with huge smoothly 
colored bell-like flowers, Other all-time favorites here: Gladness for 
its extra early blooming season; Firebrand for its fine color and 
florescence; Mountain Gem for consistent performance and good cut- 
ting qualities; Red Charm and King Click for all around perform- 
ance; Red Rascal and Crimson Tide for their ruffling; Kenwood and 
Birch Red for smooth clear coloring; and Tarawa, its beauty and 
brilliance more than offsetting its slightly short stem. Royal Robes 
could hardly be called a black red, yet it is much darker than most 
of the above varieties. Its stem is not too long, but for rich color 
and ruffled style it will be hard to equal. Danny Danton is very dark 
with a ruby-like sheen; its bulblets should be cracked before plant- 
ing. We still like Matoaka for its tall spikes and earliness but some 
of the newer black reds will probably soon crowd it out. We were 
particularly impressed with Mrs. R. G. Errey and Maurrie Trevan 
among the new ones. 
While the smoky varieties have limited commercial use, we have 
had quite a good demand for those of better color, such as Oklahoma, 
Pastel, Sandman, and Quaker Beauty. Flying Fortress is huge; one 
spike is a bouquet in itself. Robinson Crusoe, Rolla, and Voodoo are 
very odd; most people like them. Dusty Miller from first year’s trial 
seemed very promising; color, placement, attachment and substance 
were most satisfactory, and it is a fine propagator. 
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