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430 MARLENE BOTH (Eoth) (our ’43 
‘mport release). Very early. Easily 
Bae of the most beautiful of all glads. 
A glorious, brilliant yet delicate, 
creamy salmon pink with perfectly 
blended deep, creamy buff throat. 
Color never blemishes. Beautifully 
ruffled, adding to its outstanding 
decorative qualities. Long stretchy 
spikes. Has had several top honor 
awards such as best recent introduc- 
tion, best Australian introduction, 
grand champion and “most beautiful 
bloom in the show.” All habits well 
above the “satisfactory level’ except 
an occasional small amount of crook- 
ing under extremely bad conditions. 
Fast eae aay 
Our rating, , 
Each L .25 M .20 Bits (100, $1.50) 
(1000, $8.) (Pint, $12.). 
530 MRS. E. BOTH (Both) (our 743 im- 
port release) E. Until the advent of 
Tunia’s Wizard and Tunia’s Aristo- 
erat, the most sensational super exhi- 
bition glad ever sent out of Australia, 
where it received the first First Class 
Certificate ever issued by the S.A.G.S., 
’40, with a top rating of 95. A perfect 
color blend of liquid clear, light orange 
pink with harmonizing, clear, deep 
cream throat. Shows a _ wonderful 
saturation of color. Florets round 
petalled, wide open, from 6-7% inches 
in diameter, rigidly held on flower- 
heads that range from 30-42 inches. 
9-12 open, 24-26 buds. When well 
grown and forced with heavy water- 
ing, assisted perhaps with a “shot-in- 
the-arm” type of fertilizing only be- 
tween bud and bloom stage, you have 
a chance of producing the largest bulk 
of bloom yet produced on one spike. 
A Division Champion and best spike 
foreign origin at Washington, 748. 
Color Champion, So. Austr. G. &., 
winter ’48-49. 
Our rating, A 91. 
Fach L .50 M .35 S .20 Bits .05 (100, 
Soule 
430 POLYNESIE (K & M ’49) (our 1950 
import release) LM. Lively pure sal- 
mon approaching perfection. Deeper 
than Picardy. Slight lghtening of mid- 
ribs, a few soft scarlet lines in throat. 
No feathering (deepening) of color 
in 48. A slight amount during the 
hottest week of September, 749. 
8-12 florets, 5% inches _ diameter, 
slightly ruffled at petal edges, open 
with ease on long heads of perfect, 
tapering, championship caliber out- 
line. Cut flower qualities appear per- 
fect and its stamina as a cut flower 
was well evidenced by the 3 spikes we 
carried a long distance to the Boston, 
N.E.G.S. show 748, being in perfect 
condition at the close of the show and 
THE GLADIOLUSSsRAn GIES 
so reported in numerous publications 
around the world. 
For Polynesie we have “fallen” in the 
grand manner. Currently, before sales 
begin, we have reason to believe we 
have the largest stocks in the hands 
of any cataloger in America. 
We gave Polynesie our ’48 test rat- 
ings in our 749 catalog tabulation as 
AA 89. The Valleevue Test Garden 
ratings are AA 90, being one of the 
8 varieties to rate their AA. 
Though without mention in the 
N.A.G.C. prize winner tabulation of 
45 shows, in just 5 shows we saw 7 
firsts (83 Manley’s, 1 Beardmore’s and 
3 ours) (4 in R.I. sections, 3 in open 
sections) (2 at Binghamton, 2 at 
Wheeling, 1 at Tri State, 1 at Toledo 
and 1 at Pittsburgh, all well reported 
shows). 
See illustration on front cover. 
One well known cataloger, probably 
with a small amount of stock and 
smaller knowledge of the value of 
this variety, has listed Polynesie well 
below the current wholesale import 
price. Since our interest is substantial 
and our prices always competitive on 
valuable new items, the like benefit 
accrues to our customers. 
Each L $5.00 M $3.75 S $2.50 Bits .60 
(10, $4.80) (100, $38.40.). 
DEEP SALMON—232 Series 
432 BLAIRE MARGUERITE (Both °47) 
(our 49 import release) M. The color 
salmon pink, feathered deeper. White 
midribs. The depth and quantity of 
feathering in ’49 (more than in ’48), 
if continued would classify 432. 
Test rating, C 84. 
Each L $1.50 M $1.00 S .50 Bits .10 
CLOO Fale ds 
533 BOLDFACE (Evans 747) M. Color is 
brilliant and very attractive. Very 
deep salmon pink with an almost black 
red brush on*clean white throat, very 
spectacularly blotched. Ruffled florets 
that run a bit over 5% inches though 
we were amazed to see a floret grown 
by Mrs. Kidd of Newmarket, Ont., over 
714% inches. Opens up to 8 in field, 9-11 
when cut, 20-21 buds. Plant growth 
is vigorous and foliage stands 30-36 
inches high, height 66 inches. Florets 
well attached, make uniform, double 
row placement. Propagation is good. 
Even before dropping into the reason- 
able price range this spectacular glad 
has achieved world wide fame and is 
listed in British and Australian cata- 
logs. Prior to 749 won American Home 
Achievement Medal, two Ohio Awards 
of Merit, one champion bloom and a 
number of firsts. 
In ’49 firsts at Binghamton, C.G.S., 
Chagrin Falls, Chicago, Hamilton 
Dist., Solon, Wash. state,» W. Va. 
