1949 Descriptive List 
the florists call for. Reverts hardly any. Seldom 
see a Picardy in the field. 
War Paint (Kode!) (436) (47) (Mid- 
season) Exhibition scarlet 
opening up to 10 blooms on a 22” bud spike. 
Tall straight stem. Good propagator. 
Wax Model (Krueger) (400) (46) 
sees = (Eary) Pure white with 
small lavender marking in the throat. Opens 
up 5 on a 20” flower head. A very good 
commercial cut flower variety. 

Wayfa rer New introduction. See page 
22 
Wedgewood (fischer) (366) (47) 
mice sceary) tere-is a laven- 
der that is just about the ultimate in beauty. 
Not a large flowered variety but one that 
everyone, amateur and professional should 
grow. Wonderful for any kind of floral work. 
Opens 5 waxy ruffled blooms of a live blue 
lavender shade with cream throat. Good 
propagator and an all around topnotch 
variety. When this is plentiful enough for 
florists to use in quantity it will be one of the 
biggest sellers on the market. 
W. H. Hosmer New 
introduction. 
See page 923. 
White Camellia (8caerman) — (400) 
maa <(43)).  CV\id-season) 
Very beautiful medium size pure white with 
a charm all its own. Opens 5-6 always well 
placed somewhat cup shaped blooms. Not in 
the class with Leading Lady and some others 
but just as pretty and nice for uses where the 
large flowers would be out of place. 
White Challenge (Amett) (501) 
een cms enema (47) (Mid-season) 
| think this variety is misnamed as tho it has a 
white base it usually has a pink flush over the 
whole flower and a small light rose feather in 
the throat. Many large blooms of heavy tex- 
ture open at a time. Tall straight grower. Its 
one fault is that you get some irregularly 
placed florets. But in spite of this it is a heavy 
prize winner and will make a grand com- 
mercial. 
53 
White Goddess (Roberts) (500) (48) 
Witokiees pa -CEarly mid-season) 7= 
9 heavily ruffled well placed creamy white 
blooms on a 20-92 bud spike. Very tall strong 
rugged grower. Have heard a lot of good 
things about this this past season. Looks like 
one of the best of the new whites tho possibly 
not as pure a white as some others. Slightly 
creamy. 
White Gold (Sheer) (506) (41) (Early 
mame | mid-season), Large ‘clear. 
light cream shading to lighter throat. Opens 
4-6 huge well placed blooms. Very tall 
strong grower and is increasingly popular 
every year. Can be grown in wonderful shape 
for the shows. 
White Magic (Kuhn) (500) (47) (Mid- 
Mn ifenieeten Season) aleavily-rutied 
large clear white. Opens\6-7 with several 
more showing color on a 50” plant. One of 
the best and whitest of the new whites. 
Xanthia New introduction. See page 
94, 
Yankee Clipper (rake) (540) (48) 
Either a sport or 
open pollinated seedling of Picardy. Giant 
blush ivory, heavily fluted and of great sub- 
stance. Opens 8-9 well attached triangular 
blooms on an 18-22" bud spike. Strong 
grower and good propagator. Fine for shows. 
Yankee Lass (Gchenetsky) (440) 
(46) (Mid-season) 
Light shell pink without markings. Opens 8-10 
well placed 5”’ blooms in a double row. Tall 
straight plant with strong stem. Good show 
flower. 
Zylpha New introduction. See page 25. 
Zuni (Mitsch) (480) (37) (CMid-season) 
An old smoky variety that is still one 
of the best. Opens up to 10 massive somewhat 
ruffled blooms on a long head. Color is richer 
than some smokies, consisting of salmon and 
dark slate with an orangy feather. Tall strong 
rugged grower. 


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