APRIL (Dr. Chas. M. Evans, 1948) Class 430. A cool, pale peach, informal. An extremely 
vigorous grower. Triangular florets, 18-20 buds, flowerhead 26-28 inches. Field height 
64 inches; floret size 4%-6 inches. Opens 5-6; buds in color, 4-5. Blooms in 85 days. 
This year in our fields, we noted some crooking in some spikes. Last year was as straight 
as a ramrod. The color is quite pale, most attractive to many, others find it too pale 
to suit them. 
Price: Large $1.00, medium 75c, small 50c; bulblets, 10 for $1.00. 
SNOW MAID (F. C. Cave, 1948) Class 400. A whitest white informal glad, with great 
commercial possibilities. Vigorous; flowerhead 24-30 inches; buds 17-19; opens 8-11. 
Buds in color 3-5; height in field 52 inches; blooms in 90 days. Last year we classed 
this as a 300 size but as it bloomed for us this year, is 400 size. Good propagation 
qualities permits a reduction of last year’s price of $3.00 per bulb. 
Price: Large $1.00, medium 75c, small 50c; bulblets, 10 for $1.00. 
MARY ODELL (F. C. Cave, 1948) Class 400 formal. A great gladiolus. A sure winner 
at the shows, and will be a great commercial. Its performance in our test garden was 
superlative this summer. Flowerhead 26-30 inches; 20-26 buds; opens 10 with 4 in color. 
Field height 60 inches; blooms in 88 days. Priced last year at $3.50, its propagating 
qualities permit a substantial price reduction. 
Price: Per bulb, any size you prefer, $1.00; bulblets, 10 for $1.00. 
New and Recent Foreign Introductions 
This season we offer a very extensive list of foreign originations from Australia, 
Scotland and Europe. Please note carefully that we have had no opportunity to check 
their performance except as to their growth from bulblets in other than a very few 
instances. Consequently for the most part the descriptions used are those of the 
introducers or from foreign friends who have checked them for us. Our selections were 
decided by reports from our many correspondents — men like Jones, Foster and Pfeifer 
of Australia, MacKkelvie of Scotland and numerous others whose judgement may be 
relied upon — but always remembering that not all foreign importations perform as 
well when transplanted to new environment as they did at home. On the other hand 
some actually improve and all Glad fans like to have the fun of trying for themselves 
these new creations while they are still new. That is exactly why we bring them to you 
—we like to feel that both novice and advanced grower may find among our listed 
varieties nearly all that they might like to grow. 
PRICES OF THESE NEW FOREIGNERS 
Few of these have been offered in North America, and those few that we did 
see listed in catalogs of last year gave us no clue as to what 1949 pricings would be. 
Consequently we have solved the problem of pricing quite simply — we use our normal 
method of computing prices that we should ask by adding to our actual investment 
in the stock, the estimated cost of production, plus the moderate markup which we 
find necessary for operation. Some of these items we secured through exchanges where 
we could only charge the cost of our stock as the purchase price and it may be that 
we are too low in pricing many of them. We do know that of those we did find 
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