1951 Descriptive List 
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Marjorie (Hatch) (542) (Midseason) 
—— Pink shading darker on the 
edge with the upper throat lighter and a 
darker feather on the lip. Opens 8-10 huge 
blooms with a total 18-20 buds. A very strong 
husky grower and propagator and should be 
a good commercial variety where extreme 
clarity of color is not demanded. Fine opener 
in water. 
Marlene Both (8oth) (430) (Early) 
Brilliant tut delicate 
creamy salmon pink with a deep salmon buff 
throat. One of the most beautiful pastels. 
Marshall Montgomery (Salman) 
(554) 
(Midseason) Very dark glistening velvety red 
with orange scarlet shadings. Slightly ruffled 
and with up to 8 well placed heavy textured 
blooms open. Very nice deep red. 
Mary Dee (Vasaturo) (300) New for- 
~~ mal white in the medium 
size class. Opens 8 creamy white blooms with 
6 more showing color on a 20 bud spike. Tall 
strong plant. 
Mauvie Rose (Wesselman) (462) 
(aan ecry) Deep rose on 
the edge shading lighter toward the throat 
with a rose lavender blotch. An unusual color. 
Good early cut flower variety. 
Maxa (Pruitt) (530) (Early midseason) 
~~ Buffy pink shading to light salmon. 
Opens 5-6 huge wide open flaring blooms on 
a long head. Have had blooms over 8” across. 
Very tall strong grower and good propagator 
and a beautiful color. 
Max Reger (Pitzer) (377) Medium light 
~~ blue with white lines on 
the lip. One of the prettiest of the blues but 
not a fast propagator. 
Meg (Pruitt) (412) Clear medium yellow 
~~ shading to darker lip, ruffled, rolled 
and fluted petals. Tall strong grower with 5-6 
well placed blooms open. Very fine and ap- 
pealing variety. Marion Rich, a well known 
breeder, had it in his garden last year and was 
very enthusiastic about it. Said it was one of 
the very best yellows he ever saw and one of 
the best new things in his garden in 1950. 
Good propagator and fine commercial. 
Mellow Moon (Snyded (420) Beauti- 
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well placed and attached blooms on a tall 
strong plant of 18-90 buds. A nice one. 
Memoir (Palmer) (441) (Midseason) 
~~ Snowy white blushed a very 
light pink with an exquisitely beautiful and 
distinct large crimson blotch. Opens 5 with a 
total of 16 buds. Medium height plants. The 
color tho of somewhat the same description as 
some others is really distinct and entrancingly 
beautiful. Don’t miss it. 
Message of Song Webster) (485) 
(Late) One of 
the best smokies. Salmon pink overlaid with 
mahogany and deep lavender. Opens 8-9 
round ruffled and well placed and attached 
blooms with more showing color on an 18 bud 
spike. You will make no mistake in getting this 
one if you like smokies. It is really nice. 
Mighty Monarch (81) 652) (Mid- 
season) Huge tall 
strong plant. Opens 6-7 large blooms of 
heavy texture. If you like the big he man type 
of glads this is it. However it being so tall and 
making such a heavy head it sometimes bends 
over if allowed to open in the field. Plant it 
deep. 
Minstrel (Palmer) (566) (Midseason) 
—— Huge lavender sometimes 
flecked darker. This is the largest and most 

“If you are interested in the results of Blue Giant here in lowa this past season here it is.— 
The small size bulb put out a nice spike of about 52” in height. It produced the largest floret 
of any blue | have ever seen, placement very good but spike crooked slightly. Planted about 
the Middle of May it came into bloom July 27th. All the bulblets bloomed which was quite a 
surprise to me. These spikes | allowed my wife to cut but the bulb bloom had to stay in the patch 
as | wanted to check it thru to the last floret. It is a heavy producer of bulblets of good size. All 
told it is a fine gladiolus and should go over big.” 
—Bernard A. Hauber, lowa 
