
GREETINGS! 
Another season has rolled on and is now history, and it is with pleasure we 
express our sincere appreciation for your fine patronage the past year. We especially 
desire to thank all those who have written us letters of recommendation for the 
excellent results from growing our bulbs. The good will of our customers inspires 
us to greater effort to serve you better in the future. 
In presenting to you our 1950 catalog we begin our 28th year growing glads. 
We have gained a world of experience during this time—some of it the hard way. 
Our expert knowledge along this line in the selection of varieties, their faults and 
merits, diseases and cultural methods is of great value to our customers as we 
discard those varieties that do not meet our critical judgment. Varieties listed are 
those that have been tested and found to merit our recommendation. Our prices 
have been greatly reduced this year, due primarily to our keeping our overhead 
expenses to a minimum. These savings we are passing along to our customers in 
lower prices. Our bulbs are all grown in rich black loam soil, not over-fertilized 
nor over-grown, assuring our customers of healthy bulbs, full of vigor and vitality. 
From our experience and from reports sent to us from our customers the medium 
sized bulbs (size No. 3 and No. 4) give very satisfactory results, and we especially 
recommend planting these size bulbs. Give this size a trial and be surprised at 
the beautiful spikes you will have. 
Glads predominate in the cut flower market in season. They are as easy to 
grow as any vegetable, and are indispensable as a cut flower. There is every color 
imaginable, will take a lot of abuse, easy to handle, can be beautifully arranged 
in corsages, wreaths, vases and baskets. The entire spike will bloom from the 
first floret to the last terminal bud. In fact they have beauty, with plenty of 
poise and grace. 
Today’s modern glads are the results of many years of hybridizing and cross- 
hybridizing from which has been developed and created varieties of excellent 
propagating qualities, healthy growth, immunity from disease, good shape of floret 
and all around beauty. 
Frequently we have been asked what varieties were our best ten performers 
the past season. This is a very difficult question, as some folks would not admire 
the same varieties that we do. However, we will list the ten varieties that were 
our best performers. If we grew only 10 varieties, here they are in order: SPIC 
and SPAN, BURMA, CONNECTICUTT YANKEE, SPOTLIGHT, MISS WISCON- 
SIN, WHITE CHRISTMAS, SUNSPOT, PHANTOM BEAUTY, WEDGEWOOD and 
ELIZABETH the QUEEN. The past season was one, if not the longest cut flower 
seasons we have ever experienced—July 5 to October 10. In general the rainfall 
was adequate, marred only by an exceptional, unseasonable, severe heat wave the 
first three weeks of August. We will briefly mention some of the varieties that 
gave us near perfect performance in their color classes: 

WHITE Anna Mae 
White Challenge 
CREAM— Leading Lady 
Oriental Pearl 
White Christmas Lady Jane 
Mt. Index ORANGE— Daisy Mae 
Casablanca Trocadero 
YELLOW— __ Spotlight ROSE— Burma (dark) 
Crinkle Cream (light) 
Miss Wisconsin 
Van Gold SALMON — Spic & Span 
BUFF— Sunspot Connecticutt Yankee 
RED-— Nancy Phantom Beauty 
Birch Red SCARLET— Valeria 
Red Charm SMOKY— Bolero 
LAVENDER— Wedgewood Butterscotch 
Huntress Buckeye Bronze 
Myrna Fay 
Elizabeth the Queen 
