MY PERSONAL TRIAL GARDEN 
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During the 1949 season, I was fortunate in having upwards of 300 
new and recent introductions, plus some seedlings on trial in my 
trial garden. Perhaps you would like to hear about them, as they 
performed for me. ; 
WHITES: Florence Nightingale still rates tops as a commercial 
for me and I predict it will be grown by every commercial grower 
in quantity in the very near future. White Magic, White Christmas, 
and White Goddess, easily the most heavily ruffled whites. Violet 
Dickinson, the prettiest white, and one you will eventually buy. 
Stratosphere, a grand creamy white: Summer Snow, pure white, 
a grand addition to the 300 class, and Freedom, a tall white with 
rose throat. White Challenge, tall and straight, and winning 
Champion Spike in many shows, and one you must have to get 
Champion spikes in white. The new Easter Morn, is really new 
and a different white. 
YELLOWS: Robert Alan, tops the list for clear yellows, and looks 
like a real comer. Golden Arrow is going places as a grand com- 
mercial, Perdita, grand again; Sparks fine, with it’s red throat 
darts; Yellowbird, finest of yellow miniatures, almost large enough 
for a good commercial; Spotlight, better than ever, but this class 
is still in need of more good yellows. 
REDS: Skyrocket still the most brilliant, Red Cherry grand again, 
Rhett Butler will top the list for an early scarlet cutter and a 
must-have for the commercial cut flower grower. Velvet Mantle 
and Regal Red grand, Nancy another grand commercial dependable 
cutter, and the new ROYAL FLUSH is the finest in it’s color. 
Big Joe, Champion seedling at the big Canadian National Show 
will leave you breathless, while the older dependable Red Charm, 
Algonquin, etc., can still hold their position among the reds. 
PINKS: Still our largest class, and it takes a great pink to break 
into the ranks these days. Evangeline, tops in it’s class, Jini Marie 
outdoing itself, Regal Lady winning most beautiful spike, Heart’s 
Desire, most heavily ruffled, Citation, tallest pink ever introduced, 
Yankee Lass, Pink Lady, Joyce Beverly, Gaylore, Seashell, Cleo, 
all grand. The new Pink Satin, the new salmon pinks, Fraser, and 
Dolly Varden, all grand. In Rose Pink, Darla the finest early cutter 
in commerce. Phantom Beauty still our best blush pink. Carl 
Fischer’s Friendship stands out at the top of the baby pink ruffled 
class, and is easily the prettiest, most dependable pink in this class. 
Grace Darling, Lovely Lady, Truelove, Complexion, all grand, and 
Rose Plume, between a rose and red, a very unusual and pleasing 
eolor; Boise Belle, a most unique glad, to say nothing of the older 
and weil krown pinks in comnierce, makes this class, a real toughie 
to break into with new ones. 
