
Focus the spotlight on the 
middle spike. This is Miss Chi- 
cago. Here's a variety which 
offers something new to the glad 
world . . . giant size, excellent 
coloring, a large, compact flow- 
er head which makes a mass of 
color, and a novelty inverted 
yellow crescent throat mark. 
Miss Chicago grows 6 inch 
florets of a light rose color with 
a lavender cast. The tall spikes 
carry 20 buds of which 8 to 10 
will open at a time. Spikes al- 
ways strong, straight and sturdy. 
Promises to be a great com- 
mercial. Produces bulblets in a 
conservative number, but they 
germinate readily and grow vig- 
orously. Winner of many fine 
awards including: Ist and cham- 
pion seedling, Kankakee, _Ill., 
1948; Ist in one- and three-spike 
section, Wisconsin 1948 Seed- 
ling Show; Ist and champion 
three-spike seedling, Wisconsin 
1948 State Show; two firsts, 
champion three-spike seedling 
and American Home Achieve- 


ment, Garfield Park, Chicago 
1948. 
Prices: Large, $5.00; Medium, 
$4.00; Small, $3.00 (no Bulblets) 
On the right is Tralee, a very 
fine light rose of excellent com- 
mercial qualities. As you will 
note, the florets have spacing 
near the top which permits the 
stem to be seen, but this is not a 
serious fault for commercial 
growing. The spikes all grow 
perfectly straight, making every- 
one a cutter. The color rates 
high for florists’ work. 
The spike on the left is Gold 
Medal, one of my favorite glads. 
This is not a typical spike, as it 
usually opens more florets and 
they are very large and fine. It 
grows very tall and makes fine 
exhibition flowers, as well as a 
most desirable spike for florists’ 
use. | highly recommend Gold 
Medal. Blooms a little early. 
Time your bulbs for show pur- 
poses, large sizes, at about 70 
days. 
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cent introduction 
show Dr. Graff's new 
yellow seedling was 
presented in a most 
impressive manner. 
The basket exhibited 
was beautiful, all 
spikes carrying many 
open florets, a choice, medium yellow. 
It is named Cynthia and is pictured 
elsewhere in this book. 
One of the most impressive of the 
1948 introductions was Connie G. 
This is a very large, ivory-cream 
colored glad, ruffled, of heavy sub- 


stance and almost impossible to beat 
at the show table. Stock is very 
scarce and there will be no better 
time to start growing this variety 
than now. Evangeline was one of the 
tallest in my garden, grown from 
pea bulbs. It was really beauti- 
ul. 
| forgot to mention Mountain Gem 
among the new reds. At our Wis- 
consin state show there were several 
winning spikes of this variety which 
really were outstanding and as fine 
as any show spikes | have ever seen. 
You will surely enjoy this giant of the 
