Florets - Very large - up to 6” and over, attachment, placement, and spacing excellent; 8-11 open, 
4-5 buds in color, on a very long flowerhead with up to 22 buds. 
Spike ~ Tall and straight, 60” and up. 
Plant - Strong and healthy, with lush, broad foliage. Bulblets produced freely and germination 
excellent. 
Prices for 1949 — 
Large i= “l= $9.75 Medium - 1] - $ .50 Simtall “al eeoe.co Bulblets - I = $ .10 
10 - 6.00 10 - 4.00 LOg 2200 10 =e 30 
MARSEILLAISE - ( Aida X Pelegrina ) 
Strangely enough, this large, intensely red glad is the offspring from a cross of two blues. 
Marseillaise is a late variety, blooming in 95-105 days. Its late season is considered an advantage 
in many sections. 
Marseillaise is rated well near the top among reds. It is a very tall grower, with very large 
florets, well placed on long flowerheads on straight spikes. Its brilliant color, giant flowers, and 
tall spikes makes it a veritable beacon in any planting. If you like red you will like Marseillaise 
and, with the price now within everyones reach, it will be grown very extensively. 
Description — 
A very large red of exceptionally rich color. 
Color’ - Brilliant, glowing crimson-scarlet, with pencil lines of cream in the throat petals, which 
intensify the color effect. 
Florets - Very large, up to 7”, 6-7 open, 5-6 showing color; petals plain, florets well attached and 
placed on a long flowerhead of up to 26 buds. 
Plant - Strong, vigorous, healthy grower, with very tall, straight spikes with long flowerheads. 
Height 65” and over. Bulblets are freely produced and they germinate and grow very 
well. Bulbs are clean and healthy. 
Season - 90-105 days. 
Prices for 1949 — 
ardem=) Leth aZo Medium - 1 - $ .20 pial’ =))l= $e5 Bulblets 
10° =) 2:00 10 - 1.60 L052 81220 10 - $ .35 
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PLEASE NOTE — Two of my older varieties, White Gold and Gardenia, are not listed, as you 
will note. That does not mean, by any means, that these are no longer popular varieties, well worth 
growing, for both of them are among the most widely grown varieties in commerce - and both 
are still winners at the shows. What it does mean is that, because of their great popularity, they are 
now grown and offered by every large grower on a scale with which I am unable to compete, 
and are therefore offered by these growers, as well as by the leading seed houses, at prices with 
which I cannot compete. You will have no trouble whatsoever in procuring stock of both varieties 
from those sources. 
Several other Scheer varieties also are not offered for sale this season: Burgundy, Calypso, 
Nanette, and shooting Star - but for a very different reason. Because of the heavy demand for 
these varieties, my stocks of them were very low at the end of the 1948 selling season. With any- 
thing like a normal growing season in 1948 there would now be sufficient stock of these varieties 
to permit of at least limited sales this season. But the 1948 season was one of severe drought, even 
worse than that of 1947. Because of the drought, returns from plantings of both planting stock. and 
bulblets were very poor so that it will be necessary to use all available stock of those varieties 
for propagation in 1949, which is the reason why they are not offered for sale this season. 
