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Ca rnival (Butt) (452) (Early midseason) 
———_ Bright scarlet with clear white 
throat. Opens up to 10 well placed blooms 
on a tall straight spike. 18 total buds. Good 
exhibition variety. 
Carrara (Baerman) (500) (Midseason) 
—————_ Huge creamy white with slight 
lines in the throat. 8 well placed blooms open 
on a long head. Tho of a creamy shade it is 
at least as white as Leading Lady and passes 
for a white. Very tall strong grower and good 
propagator. 
Cashmere (Klein) (466) (Early) Blush 
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large soft lavender throat. Tall strong husky 
grower with 5-6 well placed blooms open 
and 6 showing. Very nice color. 
Cathay (Palmer) (421) (Midseason) Beau- 
——___ tiful clear medium yellow of the 
decorative type. Large ruffled blooms but opens 
only 4-5 on a head of 14-16 buds. Good 
substance. 
Chamouny (Baerman) (460) (Midsea- 
SO). Cerise Lose Withmd 
silver line on the edge of all petals. Opens 
10 or more. Beautiful cut flower variety. In 
big demand. 
Charlotte Russe (Barrett) (506) Tall 
i aaa Tuhede croam “with 
rose tints. Opens 8 large blooms on a tall 
husky plant. A beautiful richly colored cream. 
Charm O’Luck (Wilson) (416) (Mid- 
season) Clean ruf- 
fled orange buff with creamy yellow throat 
surrounded with an inconspicuous picotee 
edge of violet. Opens 9, 5’” blooms, on a long 
head. Very tall straight grower. Beautiful 
color and good for exhibition and for cut 
flowers. 
Cherry Jam (Zimmer) (443) (Early) 
Ruffled salmon pink witha 
cherry blotch. Opens 8 well placed blooms. | 
like this very much and think you will. 

Chief Pontiac Gnyder) (24) (Mid- 
season) Bright orange 
scarlet blending slightly deeper in the throat. 
Very tall husky grower with 6 or more huge 
well placed blooms open on a long flower 
head. This is really good. Good doer and 
propagator. 
Choctaw (Wilson) (491) (Late) Beauti- 
——_ we ful. light chocolates withramed 
orange blotch. An unusual combination. Tall 
strong husky grower with 10 open on a long 
head. Very heavy foliage with up to 12-13 
leaves. If you like the odd colors you certainly 
will fall for this one. Heavy propagator. 
Christine (Cave) (500) (Early Midsea- 
son) Large pure white variety. 
Opens 6-8 round blooms. This was very nice 
in our garden this past season. 
Chungking (Wilson) (23) (Early) 
Huge orange with cream 
markings and a yellow lip on which are fine 
crimson linés. Opens 8 blooms that often reach 
7” in diameter with up to 21 buds on a 30” 
head. An unusual and distinctive variety for 
the home garden or exhibition. 
Citation (Beaton) (542) (Midseason) 
> = Clear geranium pink witha 
creamy white throat. Very strong tall plant 
with several 6’’ blooms on a long head. This 
was one of the best new things tried in my 
fields this past year. Should be a grand cut 
flower variety. 
Cleo (Youmans) (441) A distinctively beau- 
tiful light pink shading to a peach red 
feather on cream ground. Colors are har- 
monious and not too bold. Opens 8-10 or 
more 5” blooms, always well placed and at- 
tached. | think this is a coming variety either 
for show or for cut flowers. Magnificent spikes 
were shown at Binghamton two years ago. 
Has been fine with me. 
Coachman (Woods) (430) Deep sal- 
i = = mon pinkes@pensm 10.12 
with the rest showing color. Stem is not quite 

“Your bulbs did fine for me again in 1949 and that BURMA | like better than ever. It is a 
real glad and so different. The large bulbs that you sent me as an extra of ALPINE really made 
one of the best spikes | had and was fine and beautiful. It is a beautiful white. SANDMAN was 
really a healthy grower and made nice spikes of bloom.” 
—W. H. Robertson, No. Car. 
