GUIDEBOOK FOR .1949 
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560 GENERAL EISENHOWER (Salman) 
(our ’48 import release) M. A medium- 
light rose in the general depth range of 
Leeuwenhorst, Rosea, Festival Queen, 
Sensation and the like. Relatively clear 
color, bright hydrangea pink but with 
variable amount of deeper feathering. 
The variety is powerful in every respect, 
with excellent cut flower habits. It 
makes flowerheads with 7 inch florets 
double-row placed in such fashion that 
the width of the tremendous flower spike 
is the greatest of any variety we have 
yet seen. ‘Tremendous is the word, even 
from medium bulbs. We gained firsts 
with it at the Cleveland and Chagrin 
Falls shows. Other firsts at Pittsburgh, 
Tri State and Delaware. This is one of 
the 4 varieties to rate “AA” among the 
125 Dutch sorts tested by W. Virginia 
Test Gardens, all ’48. 
L .50 M .30 Bits (100, $2.) 1000, $15.). 
560 PROSPERITY (Silva ’47) M. Claimed 
to be a sport of Picardy. That has to 
mean both a color sport and a form sport 
for the color is a medium-light rose and 
the florets are very heavily ruffled. We 
are not sure of the 500 size classification 
as our blooms from large bulbs averaged 
5 inches, but the plants were tall and 
strong, the floret texture heavy, the color 
very good and the ruffling nothing short 
of perfection. The only win we have 
recorded was one right here at Solon 
(Ohio) show °47 but many more will 
follow when bulbs get around. 
Each L $1.25 M .75 S .50 Blts .10. 
4600 TIVOLI (K & M) (our ’47 import 
release) LM. This is the coming pink. 
Not just the best light rose pink, by the 
widest of margins. We judge it the best 
color value of any pink now on the market, 
that includes the salmon pinks, light and 
dark pinks and rose pinks. And that is 
just part of the story. Further, we judge 
it to be the best commercial pink, at 
least for the northern states, as we have 
no personal experience with its ability to 
withstand humid Florida and_ similar 
conditions along the west coast. This is 
a lovely salmon-rose pink of great char- 
acter. The clean rose blends into a 
lighter throat. Florets around 5 inches. 
8-10 open in faultless double-row outline. 
8 open easlily in the field on strong, 
straight, tall spikes. 18-20 buds. Inside 
of two years Tivoli will have gained such 
a foothold over the entire current light 
rose group that we doublt it its top 
rating can be dislodged in the next ten 
years. So, if you pay more than sixty 
cents for a bulb of any pink without 
buying Tivoli for appraisal and compari- 
son, at least you understand our thoughts 
on the subject. We carry an illustration. 
Firsts at Toledo, Cleveland, Tri State and 
at Solon our first in a large 560-460 joined 
563 HILLCREST (Brown 
group, our top scoring 3 spike entry 
(show-wide), beating much bigger spikes 
of Strathnaver, the runner up and gaining 
the Color Champion award. Tivoli 
gained an ‘“‘A”’ rating at W. Virginia Test 
Garden, A. M. by RHS-London Test 
Gardeneall: +o tase te. taariem. 
L .60 M .45 Bits .08 (100, $6.) 1000, $40.). 
DEEP ROSE—62 Series 
562 GRAND MONARCH (Salman) (our ’48 
import release) LM. Color is bright and 
glossy. To us it appears the brownish 
red base has such a definite rosy violet 
cast, together with a vivid purple throat, 
that a change in classification from 554 
to 562 is indicated. We saw entries at 
many shows, all seemed oddly placed but 
their gigantic size enabled some wins. 
Round florets, 6-8 inches, 6-8 open on 
spikes too tall for self support, the stem 
appearing somewhat weak at the ground 
for the heavy load. 
Firsts at Chagrin Falls (ours), Empire 
(Rochester), Tri State and 2 at Cleveland. 
L .50 M .35 Bits .05. 

INEZ lou A8 
import release) M. There is such an 
over-all depth of color to this glad that 
the numerous entries we saw in the shows 
all seemed out of their natural environment 
in 561 and they suffered in the judging 
accordingly. Now we class it 563. 
Shining and exotic, a rich, medium-deep 
rose rather heavily feathered and flecked 
deeper, increasing towards the edges of 
the petals. It has a vivid throat mark 
of deep cerise. 6-7 inch, wide open 
florets making grand exhibition spikes of 
gigantic size. Splendid propagator. Very 
healthy. Color improved when cut and 
bloomed indoors. 
L .50 M .30 S .20 Bits .05 (100, $3.). 
462 H. R. HANCOCK (Both) ( our °43 
import release) M. Color hard to place 
on Fischer Color Chart. A point some- 
where between R4-5 and VR5. Clear, 
medium deep, violet cast, cherry rose, 
with clear, creamy white throat. Very 
clean colors. Perfect, double row place- 
ment of 5 inch florets, even from No. 6 
small bulbs. 8-11 open, balance in color, 
a bit crowded on a flowerhead not as 
stretchy as we would like to have ordered 
it. Substance excellent. Cut in bud, 
opens well to tip with very little diminu- 
tion of size up the spike. A wonderful 
color break for the cut flower growers and 
it is a prolific propagator, as well. Award 
of Merit by So. Australia G. S. and first 
“Color Champion” (as term is used in 
U.S.) on this continent. One of the most 
popular glads we have ever offered and 
now at very reasonable price. 
L .25 M .15 S .10 Blts (100, $1.) (1000, 
$8.) (Pint, $15.). 
