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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 


CONFERENCES 
The fifth International Conference 
meeting of the North American Gladio- 
lus Council will be held January 19-22, 
1950 at the Chalfonte-Haddon Hall Hotel 
at Atlantic City, N. J. 
The Michigan Gladiolus Society and the 
Short Course department of Michigan 
State College at East Lansing again 
sponsor a grower’s conference, open to 
amateurs, February 24-25, 1950. 
Lectures, discussions, color _ slides, 
banquet, bulb auction, etc. The lectures 
will be on bulb and plant diseases, insec- 
ticides, fertilizers, weed control, tools, 
trial grounds, judging, etc., by state and 
federal horticulturists, entomologists and 
pathologists. 
THE OHIO ANNUAL 
EXHIBITION, 1950 
The Ohio state show, again at the 
wonderful Higbee Co., Auditorium on 
Cleveland’s Public Square. Under same 
roof the R. R. Terminal Tower, the Cleve- 
land Hotel and the Terminal Garage 
(largest in the world). Monday and Tues- 
day, August 28 and 29, 1950. No other 
shows scheduled to interfere with your 
coming. The world’s quality show as well 
as one of the largest. 
THE CHAGRIN FALLS (Ohio) SHOW 
Conducted by the Chagrin Valley Men’s 
Garden Club. At High School Gymna- 
sium, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, on State Route 
422 about 20 miles east of downtown 
Cleveland. Saturday and Sunday, Septem- 
ber 2-8, 1950. 
Ohio society participation, both in ex- 
hibiting and judging. 
THE OHIO RECENT INTRODUCTION 
AND SEEDLING SHOW 
AT NEW LOCATION 
Note the new location. At the Vallee- 
vue Farm where the Test Garden is 
located. Seven tenths of a mile east of 
State Route 91 on Fairmount Blvd. 
(About 2 miles north of intersection of 
91 and US 422). (Our farm is 2 miles 
south of the Same intersection, on 91). 
The date is Sunday, September 10, 1950. 
The facilities for show purposes are far 
Superior to those at our farm. For picnic- 
Ing, as well (bring your own basket). 
Full access to the Test Garden, where for 
instance, will be found all the projected 
1951 K & M varieties, ete, 

COLOR AND SIZE CLASSIFICATION 
The color separations as used by the 
New England Gladiolus Society, coupled 
with reference to the “Fischer”? Color 
Chart and the size and color classification 
of a 1944 national gladiolus conference 
adopted by the North American Gladiolus 
Council in 1946 and now used by most 
of the 40 or more gladiolus societies in 
the U. S. merit your attention. We brief 
them here because it will enable you to 
understand our show and symposium 
tabulations and enable you to make 
judicious use of our method of catalog- 
ing varieties in their own color groups 
where the variety descriptions and prices 
may be readily compared. Our catalogs 
for a full twenty-two years have offered 
their varieties by color groups. This brief 
will also give you a rather complete 
understanding o7 any gladiolus show you 
may visit in the U. S. 
Over the years we have participated in 
the development of these systems and 
with standards for scoring, five years 
while executive chairman of the Ameri- 
can Gladiolus Society, five more as execu- 
tive chairman of the Ohio State Gladio- 
lus Society and this is our seventh year 
on the National Classification Commit- 
tee and one year for the Valleevue Test 
Garden. 
SIZES 
Giant 500 series 5% inches and up 
Small 400 series 4% to 5% 
Medium 300 series above 3% to 4% 
Large 200 series 2% through 3% 
Miniature 100 series under 2% 
Thus the first digit of the 3 digit 
number indicates the size range of the 
floret of the gladiolus in question. 
COLOR SEPARATIONS 
These are the 2nd and 38rd digits of 
the 8 digit numbers. The first of these 
represents the color group. The second 
denotes the depth of color within the 
group. If the color is without conspicuous 
marking this last number will be even. 
If the color has conspicuous marking the 
next higher odd number will be used. The 
color variations refer to the revised 
Fischer Color Chart which is further 
mentioned on our “Society” pages at the 
end of our catalog. 
00 White 00 (without conspicuous 
marking) 
01 (with, etc.) 
Cream 06 paler than Y6 and GY6 
10 Yellow 10 Light. (Y5-6) 
12 Deep. (Y2-3-4) 
Buff 16 (OY6, Y06 and 
paler) 
20 Orange 20 Light. (05-6, Y05 and 
paler) 
22 Deep. (Oe Y03-4, 
24 Red O. (RO02-8) 
30 Salmon 30 Light (R05-6 and paler) 
32 Deep (OR5-6, R04) 
36 Scarlet 36 (OR3-4) | 
40 Pink 40 Light. (R6 and paler) 
42 Deep. (Rd) 
