
Badger Beauty, Eliz the Queen and Lavender Prince. Abigail, also, offers much com- 
petition for leadership. Lucky a near duplicate of Badger Beauty is also a contender 
in the smaller floret size group. 
The rugged growing conditions of the past season brought forth additional evidence 
that my opinion, expressed last year, was correct, namely that Spic & Span, Tralee, 
Texas, White Challenge and Venida made up the ‘‘big five’’ of 1947. One can not 
help but pay tribute to these rugged performers and beautiful flowers of commercial 
importance. 
Redwing again distinguished itself as a fine performer and superb spiker. Considering 
year of introduction it deserves the rank of ‘‘right behind’’ Mauvie Rose in commercial 
importance. Hiawatha deserves mention in this honor roll comment series. 
A new ‘“‘blue’’ is always news, and Blue Bonnet, of medium shade and red blotch, 
is both attractive and consistent in performance. 
Evangeline, Deborah Sampson and Phantom Beauty constitute a fine trio in almost 
the same shade of pale pink. Evangeline is a bit the larger of flower. Phantom Beauty 
the most ruffled. Deborah Sampson with its recurved floret offers a charm of its own, 
though both of its competitors will open more florets at one time. Each of the three 
is a fine introduction. 
Hearts Desire earned its spurs here this past season, and I can heartily recommend 
this beautiful pink as a top exhibition and commercial variety. 
Hiho, intense pink with a large white throat area, distinguished itself with its 
performance here. 
Two white gladiolus appeared to offer strong competition to Annamae. They are 
Silver Court and White Wings. 
Noteworthy for earliness is June Day, a variety of easy growing habit. 
Sun Spot deserves mention for its trait of opening many florets and for its fine 
holding power. 
Dream Girl must like its acid home soil. In the ‘‘Sahara conditions’’ of ’48 it spiked 
a foot higher than any competitor save Ogarita. What a glad! 
Glads that have been named most resistant to Florida growing conditions include 
Diane, Spic & Span, Tarawa, Pink Charm, and Miss Wisconsin. 
Fuchsia Queen appeared to be a fine commercial variety. 
Tivoli and Truelove seem unstopable as fine cut flower greats. Treasure Island 
has rere beauty and may with further testing give competition to the other two mentioned. 
Miss Wisconsin is in a class by itself in rose as Lancaster is in the purple color class. 
Elaine with a color like Aladdin is a fine introduction. 
Klondike is noteworthy for its fine color. 
From an exhibitors and fanciers point of view the following are exceptionally 
important, Redwing, Gold Medal, Hearts Desire, Red Cherry, Golden Beauty, Boise 
Belle and Connecticut Yankee. 
The most beautiful colored variety is Miss Chicago. 
To save space added comments have been grouped into summaries designed to be 
of real help to buyers. 
Best new commercial prospects: 
Golden Beauty, Hearts Desire, Kelsey, Mauvie Rose, Miss Chicago, Patrician, Red 
Cherry, Redwing, Spic & Span, Sun Spot, Texas, Tivoli, Tralee, Venida, Wax Model, 
White Challenge. 
Best bets for exhibitions wins: 
Boise Belle, Connecticut Yankee, Gold Medal, Golden Beauty, Hearts Desire. Hiho, 
Lancaster, Miss Chicago, Queen Charlotte, Red Cherry, Redwing, Spic & Span, 
Sun Spot and Tivoli. 
Varieties florists like to receive: 
Connecticut Yankee, Dieppe, Dream Girl, Mauvie Rose, Miss Chicago, Miss Wisconsin, 
Spic & Span, Spotlight, Tivoli, Tralee, Variation, Venida, White Challenge. 
Best potential parents: 
Bonnie Jeane, Miss Chicago, Miss Wisconsin, Queen Charlotte, Reliant. White 
Challenge. 
Most open florets: , 
Golden Beauty, Miss Chicago, Queen Charlotte, Red Cherry, Redwing, Spic & Span, 
Sun Spot. 
‘‘Waterless Wonders’’: 
Dream Girl, Spic & Span, Texas, Tralee, Venida, White Challenge. 
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