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THE GLADIOLUS FANGIER'S 



500 SNOW CRUISER (Evans ’43) E. An 
immense super giant, with round, smooth, 
wide open, snow white florets of 7 inches 
or more, holding their size with very 
little diminution up the spike. 7 open is 
normal but is has been shown with 11. 
Good propagator, makes grand blooms 
from the smaller sizes and frequently 
from bulblets. Considering its immense 
size, the attachment of all florets with 
occasional exception of bottom floret is 
reasonably satisfactorv. Has proved its- 
self to be a potential section or grand cham- 
pion for any show. We have concrete 
evidence, many times confirmed, that 
Snow Cruiser imparts giant size to its 
seed progeny and the resultant color when 
used as a pollen parent strongly favors 
that of the seed parent. Mid-America is 
a currently published example. 
Each L .25 M .20 S .15 Blts (100, $1.50) 
(1000, $10.). 
“Met. Kosciusko is probably the largest and tallest white in 
commerce. Florets are huge, perfectly round and without 
any artificial help will grow 81% inches across.’ C. J. 
Coates, Victoria, Australia. 
”’This was my 26th year of growing gladiolus. Withour 
any doubt the biggest thrill I ever had was the morning in 
August when I found Mt. Kosciusko in bloom. SUCH a 
giant. First bloom was 814”, 65” tall: on second day after 
cutting 7 open out of 19 buds and a 34” flowerhead. The 
texture was remarkaole for so big a bloom. How much 
better did you have it?’’ W.J. Dittman, Mich. 
“A bouquet of Snow Cruisers which I sent to the President 
created a sensation. They had never seen anything like it 
and they all wanted the bulbs.’’ Dr. J. J. Marek, Honduras. 
“Snow Cruiser—what a glad. I had only bulblets but one 
bloomed like a million dollars, the spike had 13 buds, held 5 
open at atime, the first bloom was 534 inches dia. and the clean- 
est and finest white I ever saw in any glad. It was really out- 
standing and I had a lot of comments on it.’’ 9-12-’43. 
Ip ESI eG Vos dates 
“A bulblet of Snow Cruiser gave me the largest growth I 
ever saw from a bulblet—nearly 5 feer tall with 14 buds 
(taller than the bloom from the 2 bulbs I had). It sure is a 
giant and beautiful.’’ 12-1-44 G. T. B., Shelbyville, Ill. 
500 STRATHNAVER (Peattie) (our ’47 
import release) M. This is the most 
sensational dead white gladiolus we have 
ever seen. Can easily be grown without 
expert care 66 inches tall, 0-7 inch florets, 
9-11 wide open, pure, hard, glistening 
white from No. 3 medium bulbs. Power- 
ful, straight, self supporting spikes. This 
is not only the best white we have seen, 
by a wide margin, but we are also inclined 
to believe it is the world’s most out- 
standing exhibition gladiolus of any color 
with no crowding for the position except 
by Mid-America. This variety is. only 
a medium propagator though bulblets, 
once obtained, grow well and there is 
little hope, for years to come, that all of 
us will have all the Strathnaver we want. 
Spikes from large bulbs carry 21-28 buds. 
Our seed crosses on Strathnaver form the 
largest pods we have ever seen, only those 
on Grand Opera approaching them. 
In our color value-prize winner tabula- 
tion we have awarded it color value the 
nearest to perfection of all. The spikes 
from small bulbs are breath-taking, truly 
magnificent. The plant and spike growth 
from small bulbs, together with that of 
Mid-America, is definitely in a class by 
itself, the foliage being heavy, 3-4 feet 
tall with giant spikes towering above, 
almost the full equal of those from 
medium and large bulbs. The attach- 
ment is a bit below the satisfactory level 
and this, together with medium propaga- 
tion, will hinder its use for mass cut 
flower production but with ordinary 
reasonable care and attention the small 
cut flower grower with local markets will 
stun their buyers with Strathnaver for 
years to come and in the shows Strath- 
naver will become a standard of perfection 
difficult to beat. 

Bulbs priced per each. 12 sold at 10 rate. 6 at 5 rate. 25 at 100 rate. 
Blts any amount at rate offered. Delivered Prepaid in U. S. 
