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blooms open. Tall strong grower. A very 
charming medium size variety. 
Babs (Pruitt) (810) (45) (Early) Heavily 
ruffled light yellow with slight lines in 
the throat. Opens 6-8 at a time on a medium 
height plant. A beautiful medium sized variety. 
The stock is limited. Have made exquisite 
sprays of this in our flower shop. 
Beauty Clynic (Wilson) (430) (42) 
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ruffled wide open light salmon pink pastel. A 
beautiful variety but grows only medium 
height. Doesn’t make very large bulbs. 
Beauty’s Blush (Fischer) (400) (47) 
Rennes Geena IViC-Sedson) sascoo! 
soft blushing pink. Opens 7-8 5” round florets, 
well arranged on a tall straight wiry stem. 
18-90 total buds. A very nice variety for any 
purpose and an especially good commercial 
cut flower. 
Bengasi (Cave) (532) (43) (Mid-season) 
——_ _ A fine clear pink with white 
throat on which are a few inconspicuous 
darker lines. Blooms are nicely ruffled and 
open a lot at a time. As the stem is a little 
weak in hot weather it should be planted 
early so as to bloom early or else late for fall 
blooms. | had very few crooks in my garden 
last year at any time. But in extreme hot 
weather it is inclined to crook or bend over. 
Bernadette (Silva) (560) (47) (Mid- 
ivan aime season), Lightinose sport ot 
Picardy. Tall strong grower with all the good 
qualities of Picardy and some besides. The 
color is even more beautiful than Picardy and 
it has a clear white throat with no markings at 
all. This was especially fine with me this past 
season. 
Bernece (Gray) (390) (38) (Early) Deep 
—~ golden yellow flaked with 
orange giving the general appearance of 
bronze. The only variety | know of in this color. 
Opens 5 somewhat ruffled blooms. A rather 
short grower but for the florist who grows his 
own it is very nice. We have made many sprays 

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of this in our shop and they were very well 
liked. 
Betty Duncan New introduction. See 
page 22. 
Big Smoke (Hatch) (590) (45) A fine 
—_ deep smoky with many col- 
ors. | think one of the nicest smokies | have seen. 
Will open up to 8 6” florets with several more 
showing color. Has a long head with 18-22 
buds. Strong healthy grower and good 
propagator. If you like smokies am sure you 
will like this. Large bulbs sold out. 
Big Top (Rich) (541) (42) (Mid-season) 
———~_ Light pink with small carmine 
feather. Very tall strong grower with long 
flower heads and huge blooms. A good com- 
mercial for near-by use but a little bit loose 
on the stem for long distance shipping. 
Birch Red (Rich) (552) (45) (Late mid- 
season) Here is a medium red 
that | think is one of the very finest on the 
market. A clear satiny giant and strong 
vigorous grower. Always has a tall straight 
stem with 7 blooms open and 6 more in color 
with a total of 19 buds. Will grow 5 feet and 
over in height. A row of these in the garden 
is really something. One of the best and most 
regularly consistent varieties | know. 
Black Cherry (Rich) (554) (48) Deep 
Ta laste went olackzreasthat 1s.cnexol, 
the very best | have seen. Grows 50” or more 
tall with 19-20 buds on a 24” head. Opens 
up to 9 in the field. Some call this the best 
giant black red. A great show winner and a 
wonderfully fine variety. Healthy and good 
propagator. 
Black Opal (Errey) (354) (6) (Mid- 
lA. See NSECSON). . eDance glistening 
red. An old standard dark red. Opens up to 10 
well placed blooms on a long willowy spike. 
Black Panther (Lins) (54) (43) 
A Sis pe aes (LONY ae Onemocming 
darkest reds and a good one. Opens 5 or 
more wide open flat florets on a long flower 
head. Have had lots of good reports on this. 
“For eight years | have been raising gladiolus as a ‘‘hobby’’ and want to say the gladiolus 
| have purchased from you for the past two years are the most beautiful | 
have. 
—Mrs. A. L. Wilber, N. H. 
