GUIDEBOOK FOR 1950 

50 Red 50 Light. (R4) 
52 Deep. (R3) 
60 Rose 54 Black. (R1-2, 0R1-2) 
60 Light. (Nearest Rd, 
trace of V) 
62 Deep. (Nearest R3, 
trace of V) 
66 Lavender66 (VR3-4-5-6, 
RV38-4-5-6) 
70 Purple 70 (RV1-2, VR1-2) 
76 Violet 76 Light. (V4-5-6, BV4-5-6) 
78 Deep. (V1-2-3, BV1-2-3) 
80 Smoky 80 Containing gray. (Can 
subdivide) 
82 (Orange smoky) 
83 (Salmon smoky) 
84 (Pink smoky) 
85 (Red smoky) 
86 (Lavender or rose smoky) 
90 Any other color. (mostly brown shades) 
Glads now readily fall into place. The 
giant, unmarked white Snow Cruiser is 
500. Boldface 533 being a giant deep 
salmon and blotched. Kittyhawk 366 be- 
ing a medium sized lavender, etc. 
CANDID 
The greater part of our 1950 prices are 
approximately half of those of 1949. 
We have close-up Kodachromes of 200 
or more recent introductions of very high 
color fidelity, we believe the finest size- 
able collection of recents extant. These 
may be borrowed free of any charges for 
winter gladiolus society meeting's. 
We ask our regular customers to read 
our variety descriptions from year to 
year. They are not static ‘“originator’s 
descriptions.” We keep them up-to-the- 
minute in light of additional growing 
experience and other facts collected from 
world-wide sources. 
After selling items 2-3 years (Tivoli, 
Mid-America and Salman’s Glory are ex- 
amples), type space devoted to a variety 
must reduce. So, if you have waited 
several years for price reductions or the 
corroboration of other catalogers before 
getting interested to purchase, let us 
suggest you refer back to our earlier 
catalogs for more complete descriptions. 
The most vigorous growers in our list 
(able to make 5-6 ft. blooming plants 
from number 5 small bulbs: Mid-America, 
Strathnaver, General Eisenhower, Orchid 
Giant and Evangeline. Closely followed 
by Joe Stalin, Mighty Monarch, Boldface 
and Grand Monarch. 
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Among the 20 odd newcomers to our 
1950 offerings—the most outstanding, 
those most surely, in our opinion, to 
stand the test of time: Polynesie and 
Silcherlied. 
Most spectacularly, yet harmoniously 
blotched: Boldface, Carnival, Dutch Mas- 
ter, Pactolus, Salman’s Glory. 
Top Color Ratings (over 90): 96 
Strathnaver, 95 Luxury, 94 Calvary, 93 
Firebrand, Silcherlied and Swing. 92 
Boldface, Bouton d’Or, Circe, Gray Sum- 
mit, Hugh Price, Salman’s Glory and 
White Christmas. 91 Mrs. E. Both, Necia, 
New York, Silver Wings, Stralia, Tivoli 
and Tunia’s Delight. 
25 candidates for the world’s best 25 
glads (on 1949 performance): Boldface, 
Circe, Conn. Yankee, Dieppe, Evangeline, 
Firebrand, General Eisenhower, Helen of 
Troy, Hugh Price, Leading Lady, Luxury, 
Menelik, Mid-America, Pactolus, Poly- 
nesie, Salman’s Glory, Silcherlied, Stralia, 
Strathnaver, Sunspot, Tivoli, Tunia’s 
Delight, Tunia’s Mahomet, Tunia’s Mas- 
terpiece and World Beater. No doubt, a 
few years from now as values establish, 
you may get quite a kick out of compar- 
ing the above list with a number of 
amateur symposiums currently found in 
gladiolus society literature and national 
garden magazines. 
As orders come in we keep a running 
inventory of sales vs. stocks, in order to 
be aware when a size or a variety is 
sold out. About May 1st we abandon this 
safeguard because of press of shipping 
work and preparation for our own plant- 
ings. On these late orders it is often 
difficult to know offhand if an item 
will hold out to the order number until 
reached. 
It takes substantial money, time, 
travel, field and show study and wide 
knowledge of current offerings and 
ability to correctly assess their char- 
acteristics of growth and color harmony 
to separate the “sheep” from the ‘“‘goats”. 
The satisfaction we get in thus assisting 
the industry and our customers in the 
wise spending of their money for new 
material transcends our modest monetary 
gain and keeps us issuing new Guide 
Books. 
“Let me first tell you that I think your catalog 
is a masterpiece. I don’t suppose that any of us, 
who have come to look forward for tt each year, 
yealize the vast amount of headaches involved in 
collecting and tabulating the data. To me tt is an 
important part of the Glad cycle each year and, ts 
sincerely appreciated.” D. W. M., Bradford, Pa. 
