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usually much leter, smaller, often not quite up to par 
in color and ruffled varieties sometimes fail to show 
much ruffling. The advantages of buying medium or small 
bulbs are; 1st in price as they usually sell for 3/% to 
4 the price of large bulbs. 2nd they produce more bulb- 
lets per bulb than larger sizes where the bulk of the 
strength goes to produce a fine flower. 3rd purchasing 
yearling bulbs enables the grower to have young vigor- 
ous bulbs of good size for the next year. BULBLETS (B) 
are the tiny fellows clustered in the roots. These grow 
into planting stock or larger with good care but seldom 
bloom the first year. Germination of bulblets not 
always sure. 
DESCRIPTIONS of most varieties sre our impressions 
of the way they grow here in Utah. Blooming. dates were 
tabulated for several years with the conclusion that 
they were not accurate enough to use in timing for a 
future show date. Some varieties varied as much as three 
weeks in our variable Utah weather. Usually most variet= 
ies bloom in from 80 to 100 days. Those frequently © 
blooming in less than 80 days are designated as early 
and those taking over 100 days as late. 
PARENTAGES AND PROGENY: A leading feature of our 
catalog is the listing of the parents, if known, and 
the more famous progeny. Parents are listed on the next 
line below the variety name and the progeny list follows 
the description. The numbers following the progeny's 
name, thus Minstrel 6 is the complete known winnings 
since 1940 for this variety. 
It should be realized, some varieties that are excep-= 
tional on the show bench may be good parents or may not. 
Also some varieties are able to pass to their offspring 
fine qualities that are not apparent in their own make- 
up. It has been quite definitely proven by livestock 
breeders and others that the ability and value of a 
parent is best proven by the records of the progeny of 
that parent. Or as the Bible states "By their fruits ye 
shall know them", Except for the few varieties that are 
the result of self pollenization (natural or artificial) 
we Imow tha all glads have two parents, even tho. 
one or both may be unlmown. 
