Selecting Varieties 
We believe each variety listed in our catalog is worthwhile and merits 
your consideration. You may or may not like a variety depending upon 
your personal tastes and the use you make of the flowers. Soil, climatic 
conditions, etc., will also cause varieties to vary in performance. This may 
make it necessary to try and discard varieties not suited to your conditions. 
Cutflower growers selling blooms to florists need to grow a large pro- 
portion of whites and pinks. Lavender, yellow, and red are colors that 
follow in demand. The florists usually do not care for too many of the 
dark colors. If you are growing blooms for roadside stands or home decora- 
tions the darker colors such as blue and smokies sell well. 
Price is not necessarily an indication of the merits of a variety. 
Newer kinds must be higher in price because of scarcity of stock. We 
do advise cutflower growers to get a start in some of the newer kinds 
such as Spotlight and Dieppe. While the price may be too high to make 
out on cutflowers in the first year or two, your original investment will 
pay handsome dividends by enabling you to work up a stock ahead of your 
competitor and will pay off in premium prices for blooms over a period 
of years. 
We are listing some recommendations to help you: 
EARLY VARIETIES—Adoration, Annamae, Blue Beauty, Early Gold, 
Gold Dust, Ethel Cave Cole, Gen. MacArthur, Huntress, Bridesmaid, 
June Day, Donella, King Lear, Rosa Van Lima, Snow Princess, 
Truelove. 
TRIED AND PROVEN CUTFLOWER VARIETIES — Snow Princess, 
Leading Lady, Margaret Beaton, Lady Jane, Gold Dust, Spotlight 
Harmau, Corona, Betty Nuthall, Ethel Cave Cole, Pink Radiance, 
Picardy, Rosa Van Lima, Jeanie, Chamouny, Stoplight, Elizabeth the 
Queen, Lavender Prince, Blue Beauty, Purple Supreme, King Lear, 
Algonquin, Red Charm, Jules Amott, Buckeye Bronze. 
NEWER PROMISING COMMERCIAL VARIETIES — Astrid, Betty’s 
Choice, Daisy Mae, Dieppe, Firebrand, Florence Nightingale, Huntress, 
King Alfred, Lady Marion, Nancy, October Sunshine, Patrol, Preview, 
Red Cherry, Salman’s Glory, Sparks, Spic & Span, Sun Spot, Tivoli, 
Trocadero, Truelove. 
BEST EXHIBITION VARIETIES—Boldface, Burma, Conn. Yankee, Daisy 
Mae, Dieppe, Elizabeth the Queen, Evangeline, Firebrand, Flying 
Fortress, Grand Opening, Ivy Robertson, Lady Marion, Lancaster, 
Leading Lady, Mid-America, Mighty Monarch, Patrol, Red Charm, 
Red Wing, Silver Wings, Spic & Span, Sun Spot, White Challenge, 
Yankee Lass. 
RUFFLED VARIETIES—White Goddess, Burma, Elizabeth the Queen, 
Glamis, King Lear, Susannah, Tecumseh, Janet Lee, Siboney, Wedg- 
wood. 
