1949 RELEASES 
GLORIOUS 
Mrs. RicHARD McGovERN X FRANCES M. 
IRWIN 
(About 85 days)...Sdlg, No. 230:K. Your one best bet 
for a blue ribbon or better in its color class and section, 
showing in the 332 or deep salmon class. Floret size runs 
right up to 4!4inch, wide open, not hooded, cream blotch 
with small rose feather in throat barely noticable. <A 
standout under artifical light. Substance not so heavy but 
lasting and stands rough handling without petals cracking. 
Very strong attachment. The past summer we had sev- 
eral spikes with 29 buds, 30 inch flowerheads, 60 inches 
overall. All straight stems and only one spike of which the 
tip six florets turned backwards, all others had excellent 
facing and spacing. We had our most bloom during a long 
dry spell and when the temperature was 92 to 94 in the 
shade for three days running, Glorious stood wide open 
in the sun with no sign of wilt or discoloration. Always 
a top performer with us. Bulblet production very good 
and germination easy and excellent. If you can’t win with 
Glorious then you just can't grow glads. Altogether we 
have made only seven entries of Glorious at various shows 
the past three years, winning seven blue ribbons, three 
sectional champ’s, one division champ’, one runner up for 
show champ, as follows. Ohio State (Cleveland) first. 
Chagrin Falls, first both one and three spike, the 3 spike 
for a sec;, champ. 1946. East Liverpool first both one and 
three spike, the three spike entry was sec, champ; divi- 
sion champ; and champion three spike of the show, 1947. 
Ohio State (Solon) first; East Liverpool first, section 
champ, three spike and runner up for show champion 1948. 
To secure 14-15 open one must have a young No. 1, 
bulb. 
On front cover illustration the first few florets are a 
trifle crowded and show a slight fading of color, but no 
sign of wilt. We had only two young number one bulbs 
in 1947, the Jorets from the other bulb were not so crowded 
and had 14 open. 
Make no mistake, secure a start with Glorious this year’ 
Many reservations and orders already in for both Glori- 
ous and Gorgeous, mostly from parties who have seen them 
in the shows or in our gardens and indications are that 
our present stock of these two fine glads will be way short, 
unless possibly in blts. Per each, No. 3, $6.50; No. 4, 
$5.00: No 5, $3.50: No. 6, $2.00; Blts, each .40 or 10 for 
$3.50. 
