AOS. GUMBO = ee SS een 3-25 3-20 5-25 50-25 
Hatch, 84 days 
Light pink striped dark pink, novelty 
59 ODEO NG Ye Slee eee, Rts, een eee 
Wilson 45, 90 days 
Light chocolate with orange blotch, 
cream edge 7 
SOOM MEUNTA SeATOMIGs BURG ees 1.50 41.00 75 .20 
Both 48, 85 days 
Huge bronze red, smoky overcast 
AO 20 6-30 
yO (mee ING Aces ee Bylo Rigg cee, Stee ee Bi) 50 DO 3-25 
Both 47, 80 days : 
Giant bronze orange, red throat mark 
59 (mele N Ole Eat ©) Ve et a ee eee 50 OO 4-25 
Salmon 49, 90 days 
Glistening brown red 
Slee VAGABOND  BPRINCH 2 22.7" 3-50 3-20 3-15 50-20 
Palmer 34, 80 days 
Bright brown velvet, scarlet blotch 
AO meee Wah 1) Dl GER ee HD 50 OD 5-25 
C. M. Evans 49, 80 days 
Reddish orange with brown stripes 
ES) (REZ NON Zi Lh A ce geet tee ae ee oe 30 20 15 10-25 
Wilson 43, 110 days 
Huge plant, smoky salmon 
The GLADIOLUS is easy to grow and responds well to man’s efforts. 
DDT and similar chemical derivatives are giving thrips a hard time. 
Diseases are now our number one enemy. 
Diseases most active in the field are: 
Fungous Diseases—Fusarium Yellows, Basal Dry Rot, Botrytis, Stem- 
phylium Leaf Blight (Red Spot), Sclerotinia Dry Rot, Septoria Leaf Spot, 
Septoria corm Rot. 
Bacterial Diseases—Scab. 
Virus Diseases—Mild Mosaic, White Break Mosaic. 
Diseases of undetermined cause—Ink Spot. 
Diseases most active In storage are: 
Fungous Diseases—Fusarium Dry Rot, Penicillium Rot. 
FUSARIUM YELLOWS is one of the major field diseases of gladiolus. 
This disease has been responsible more than any other factor, for the 
virtual disapp2arance from the recent catalog list of many excellent vari- 
eties, because of their susceptibility to it. It is caused by a soil invading 
fungous, can continue to and thru storage, reaches its maximum destruc- 
tiveness in dry seasons with abnormally high soil temperatures. 
(1) Effective control thru growing resistant varieties. Some of these 
are Fair Angel, King Click, King Lear, Lake Placid, Maid of Orleand, 
Purple Supreme, Snow Princess, and White Gold. 
(2) Sanitation, which includes clean stocks, rotation of ground, careful 
handling, burning of residues, rapid drying and storage. 
(3) Use of protective corm treatment. 

