1949 Descriptive List 
Mrs. C. W. Gannett (Chamber- 
aa. i lain) © (580) 
(39) (Mid-season) This is one of the largest 
smokies in existence but a difficult color to 
describe. The basic color is a medium rose and 
usually somewhat flaked and has a large red 
blotch. Opens 9 or more immense blooms 
which sometimes reach 8” in diameter. | shall 
never forget the first spike | saw of this. It Was 
the most wonderful glad | had ever seen up 
to that time and don’t think | have seen a 
bigger spike since. 
Some years ago a lot of the stock around 
the country was affected with virus but | have 
nice clean healthy stock now. 
Mrs. R. G. Errey (Errey) (554) (44) 
annem (\id-season). [his 
is a black red that can stand up with any of 
them. It is one of the best varieties ever intro- 
duced in Australia and will compare very 
favorably with any dark red ever produced 
anywhere. Have had wonderful spikes of this 
the past two years with huge flowers and 
plenty open at a time on very tall plants. 
Multipetal No. 1 (Koerner) (206) 
(47) (Mid-season) 
Cream with slight red feather deep in the 
throat. A double bloomer that is especially 
valuable for breeding where its chief value 
lies. It transmits its doubling to its seedlings. 
Myrth (Fischer) (440) (44) (Mid-season) 
A beautiful soft light pink blending 
to a large creamy throat. Opens 5-6 ruffled 
blooms with a total of about 20 buds. This was 
off the market for a year or two because the 
originator had some trouble with it. But we 
have nice clean stock now and anyone who 
likes the beautiful pastels for flower arrange- 
ments should ity it. 
Nadia (Leffingwell) (231) (37) (Mid- 
~——- season) An alluringly beautiful 
small flowered variety that will become more 
popular as soon as stock is available. Very 
useful for hybridizing. The upper petals are 
bright salmon and the lower ones yellow. 
Opens 6-8 well arranged blooms with plenty 
of space between them thus giving the ap- 
45 
pearance of airiness. One of the best for 
artistic decorations and small arrangements. 
Stock still small. 
Nancy New introduction. See page 21. 
Nila 
is another Pruitt variety that has sur- 
prised everyone. It was introduced as a 
purple but proved to really be a dark red. 
Opens 7-9 round well placed blooms with a 
total of 18-20 buds. Grows very tall with 
always straight slender stems. This was grand 
with me this past season. | knew it was good 
but | didn’t realize it was so good. Looks like 
the variety to replace Black Opal. Have had 
fine reports from other growers. 
(Pruitt) (454) (47) (Mid-season) This 

Ocean Spray (B8cerman) (306) (46) 
immer (EGY Mmid-secson) 
White with a beautiful amber spot on the lip. 
Opens 5-6 blooms that are well spaced thus 
giving a beautiful decorative appearance. | 
never realized the importance of this flower 
till this past season when we had enough so 
we could use the blooms in our flower shop 
where it proved very valuable as an early 
white. 
October Sunshine (Quackenbush) 
Maan sae (490) (47) Light 
orange shading to a yellow throat. Medium 
size but has such nice color and ability to open 
in water and good propagator that it has been 
increasingly popular the past two years. Its 
main fault is that sometimes the bottom floret 
faces poorly. 
Ogarita (Willson) (432) (42) This is an 
~~ __ immensely tall plant with 8 large 
blooms of heavy substance open at once on 
an extremely long head. One year on sandy 
soil but with plenty of water | had it 7 feet 
tall with a 45” flower head. Grand exhibition 
variety and good cut flower and | understand 
has produced some good seedlings. 
Ohio Nonpareil (Wilson) (550) (41) 
MMi aan Mal eae ier WAICESeasOn) Lande 
bright clear scarlet with up to 9 blooms open 
on a long flower head. Very nice light red 

“BLESSED DAMOSEL did very well for us from the trial you sent us.’ 
—|. L. Barnum, Pa. 
