Greeting 
Greetings and glad tidings to all gladio- 
lus lovers from our new home here in 
Columbus, Indiana. We undertook a big 
and costly job last fall when ten acres of 
gladiolus and all our possessions were 
moved 330 miles from Central Michigan 
to southern Indiana. We look back the 
twelve gladiolus years with great satis- 
faction. Wheel chair gardening is not 
easy so that progressing our business to 
its present point has been all uphill. It is 
significant, however, that progress has 
been steady and in the right direction. 
We have moved in a southerly direction 
for two reasons. First, to get away from 
some of the winter snow and cold. Second, 
to have a longer gladiolus season. 
ONLY THE BEGINNING 
Our gladiolus life since 1937 has center- 
ed around that most fascinating phase— 
hybridizing. In that period we have plant- 
ed over two million gladiolus seed. Over 
one million glad children (each one new 
and different) has bloomed for us. Every 
child was from a planned cross with a 
definite purpose in mind. You can seé 
that the very few introductions we have 
is ONLY THE BEGINNING. Las* year 
we had over six acres of our own seedlings. 
You will learn more about our hybrid:7 ng 
activities in our future GLALITERATUR#. 
WHITE CHALLENGE 1947 
Our pride and joy so, naturally, we are 
prejudiced. You should read what others 
who have grown it have to say about this 
blushing white. For instance, one of the 
leading hybridizers and catalogers puts 
WHITE CHALLENGE in the following 
lists: 1) “Best new commercial pro- 
spects”; (2) “Varieties florists like to re- 
ceive”; (3) “Best potential parents”; (4) 
“Waterless Wonders.” 
Knowing how the florists and public 
like White Challenge we predict that there 
won’t be anywhere near enough stock by 
1957 to supply the demand. Last summer 
we sold ONE SPIKE for THREE DOL- 
LARS. No, not a bulb. Just one single 
solitary spike. That indicates how the 
public want “WHITE CHALLENGE.” 
