1950 Descriptive List 
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Fair Angel (Hatch) (400) (Early mid- 
~~ season) Cream white shad- 
ing to darker cream in the throat. Opens 8 
large round somewhat waxy blooms. Had 
beautiful spikes of this this past season. Very 
valuable as an early cut flower variety to 
precede Leading Lady or other later varieties. 
Faleon (Woods) (566) (Midseason) This 
~~ is one of the most unusual and 
most beautiful lavenders | have seen. Opens 
5-6 large blooms with a total of 22 buds. 
Florets are rolled, ruffled and recurved and 
needlepoint. A beautiful seedling of Elizabeth 
The Queen. One of the best. Tho in dry soil 
doesn’t get too tall. 
Fandango (Pruitt) (483) White tinted 
~~ ink ~with a smoky blotch 
shading out to scarlet around the edge. Two 
dark reddish lines on the lip. Opens 4-5 large 
well placed blooms on a tall plant. 
Fay (Jack) (460) (Early) Ruffled pink with 
~~ cream throat. Opens 7 or more well 
placed blooms. This can be very nice and use- 
ful for an early cut flower pink. 
Firebird (Kuhn) (436) Early clear bril- 
——~__ fiant scarlet. Opens 6-8 blooms 
out of a total of 20-24 ona tall strong plant. 
| consider this the best early red | have grown. 
Firebrand (Butt) (452) (Midseason) 
Glistening medium red of a 
distinctive shade blending to a slightly darker 
throat. Opens up to 10 or more well but rather 
closely placed blooms with very firm attach- 
ment. Tall slender straight spikes. This is dif- 
ferent from any other scarlet and | consider it 
especially good. Makes beautiful dark red 
bulbs. 
Firegleam (Jsck) (436) (arly) Large 
— exhibition type fiery scarlet 
with a heavy white line on the darker lip. 
Heavily ruffled. Tall strong grower with 8-10 
blooms open. Fine exhibition variety. 
Florence Nightingale (Harris) 
Eee 2... (500) (Mid- 
season) Opens 6-8 well placed ruffled blooms 
on a long head. Tall straight grower. This has 
been generally considered as about the best 
white that is not related to Picardy. 
Flying Fortress (Wilson) (586) (Late 
ia Gols Meese  midsadson) About 
tops in smokies. Light smoky gray with an 
enormous head of bloom. Opens up to 12. | 
think this can beat anything on the show table 
in the smoky section. A spike is a bouquet in 
itself. 
Folklore (Butt) (466) Early dark pink 
~~ with a creamy white throat. 
Medium tall plants with straight spikes on 
which are 18-20 buds with 7-8 open. This 
looks to. me like a coming cut flower variety. 
A shade that has been badly wanted by the 
florists. Should become extremely popular. 
Fort Ga rry (Glass) (452) (Late mid- 
“~—  gseason) Deep velvety red. 
Opens 7-8 slightly waved 5” blooms on a 20 
bud head. Heavy texture and good place- 
ment. It is a shade somewhat like the old 
Rewi Fallu which everyone liked. Very heavy 
propagator. Its main fault is that occasionally 
the bottom floret is misplaced. A healthy one. 
Freedom (Fischer) (401) White with a 
brilliant rose red blotch. 
Opens 7-8 ruffled 414". blooms of heavy 
substance and strong attachment. Medium 
bloomer. Tall straight stem. It is not so large as 
Margaret Beaton but does have its good 
points over that variety. Good shipper. 
Friendship (Fischer) (442) This is one 
— of the most beautiful pink 
varieties | have ever seen. It is of the decor- 
ative type combining beauty and charm with 
first class growing habits as hardly any other 
variety does. Opens 6-7 round ruffled 414’’ 
blooms on a slender but strong spike. Nothing 
like it in pink. Blooms not always well placed 
but usually are. Blooms in about 75 days and 
at that time it is the finest thing | know of in a 
pink. 
Frosty (Pruitt) (483) (Midseason) Smoky 
salmon orange shading to a light 
smoky edge and with a fiery red blotch. The 


“The gladiolus | received from you this year were very satisfactory.” 
—Willard L. York, Ohio 
