SELECTING VARIETIES 
We believe each variety listed in our catalog is worthwhile and 
merits your consideration. You may or may not like a variety depend- 
ing upon your personal tastes and the use you make of the flowers. 
Soil, climatic conditions, etc., will also cause varieties to vary in per- 
formance. This may make it necessary to try and discard varieties not 
suited to your conditions. 
Cutflower growers selling blooms to florists need to grow a large 
proportion of whites and pinks. Lavender, yellow, and red are colors 
that follow in demand. The florists usually do not care for too many 
of the dark colors. If you are growing blooms for roadside stands or 
home decorations the darker colors such as blue and smokies sell well. 
Price is not necessarily an indication of the merits of a variety. 
Newer kinds must be higher in price because of scarcity of stock. We 
do advise cutflower growers to get a start in some of the newer kinds 
such as Spic & Span and Dieppe. While the price may be too high to 
make out on cutflowers in the first year or two, your original invest- 
ment will pay handsome dividends by enabling you to work up a stock 
ahead of your competitor and will pay off in premium prices for blooms 
over a period of years. 
We are listing some recommendations to help you: 
EARLY VARIETIES—Abu Hassan, Adoration, Annamae, Astrid, Big 
Top, Bridesmaid, Color Marvel, Cracker Jack, Early Gold, Ethel 
Cave Cole, Friendship, Gene, General McArthur, Geraldine, Glow, 
Gold Dust, Gratitude, Huntress, Intercepter, Invictus, June Bells, 
June Day, King Lear, Margaret Wood, Mauvie Rose, Merry Maid, 
Mt. Index, Radiance, Red Cherry, Rhett Butler, Rose Delight, Rose 
O’Day, Rosa Van Lima, Rose Charm, Salman’s Glory, Skyway, | 
Snow Princess, Truelove, Vangold, Wedgwood, W. R. Reader. 
TRIED AND PROVEN CUTFLOWER VARIETIES—Algonquin, Anna- 
mae, Big Top, Buckeye Bronze, Burma, Chamouny, Corona, Dieppe, 
Early Gold, Elizabeth the Queen, Ethel Cave Cole, Firebrand, Gay- 
lore, General McArthur, Gold Dust, Harmau, Huntress, Jeanie, 
Jules Amott, Lady Jane, Lav. Prince, Leading Lady, Marg. Beaton, 
Mother Kadel, Orange Gold, Pandora, Picardy, Pink Radiance, 
Purple Supreme, Red Charm, Rose O’Day, Rosa Van Lima, Silver 
Wings, Snow Princess, Spotlight, Truelove. 
NEWER PROMISING COMMERCIAL VARIETIES — Astrid, Betty 
Duncan, Boise Belle, Chief Pontiac, Conn. Yankee, Evangeline, 
Florence Nightingale, Friendship, General Eisenhower, Genghis 
Khan, Ladrone, Lady Marion, Nancy, Margaret Wood, Mt. Gem, 
