FOREWORD 
It is always a pleasure to express our sincere thanks and apprecia- 
tion for your valued patronage and even criticism. It was our unfortunate 
experience to lose a small batch of orders last spring, but I trust they were 
all straightened out to everyone’s satisfaction. You certainly swamped 
us! Early ordering sure helps. 
The past season started out very wet and cold and from July on it 
was a very dry season. Consequently, we were able to harvest the cleanest 
crop of quality bulbs we have ever dug. I am sure the quality will please 
the most exacting buyer. We grow about 10 acres, mostly young stock 
and bulblets and have trebled our storage space and now have better facili- 
ties for handling all orders. 
We had exhibits at seven shows last summer. We naturally like to 
win a few prizes but our main idea is to spread the appreciation of the 
newer gladiolus and to assist the various Gladiolus societies in putting on 
their shows. Equally enjoyable is meeting and talking to the grand folks 
who compose the gladiolus fraternity. Where Gladiolus is the subject, 
hours just seem to dwindle to minutes and there just does not seem to be 
enough time to meet all the folks one would like to or to cover the many 
phases of gladiolus growing that seem so important. The Latch is always 
open either winter or summer and a “glad talk away an evening”’ is a com- 
mon occurrence with us. 
The descriptions of the varieties in the General List are Art, Jr.’s and 
he has put less emphasis on the faults and more on the good qualities. He 
says a pretty glad is like a pretty girl, and one does not speak of the faults 
but rather the good points. But as one gets older and perhaps more critical 
or discerning, we are prone to look for perfection. He always stumps me 
with the question, ““Name a perfect glad?” and I must confess I haven’t 
found one yet, but then why should I get discouraged, there are some 
thing's in life I’ve been looking for fifty years and haven’t found yet. Still 
living in hope! Maybe someday, we will have that perfect glad. 
We bloomed about 5,000 seedlings this past 
\ summer and are glad to report that we found some 
\) outstanding ones and if they continue to perform 
as they did last year, we should have some at the 
shows for your approval soon. 
As is our practice, we have added several new 
varieties to our list and discarded some varieties 
that we feel have been superseded by better ones. 
We spend lots of time and money and give careful 
consideration in acquiring new varieties. We do 
not claim to grow all of the good ones as this is 
impossible with so many being introduced each 
vear, but I am sure you will find our list contains 
a most comprehensive listing of the better ones. 
We believe — only the best is good enough. 

