GUIDEBOOK FOR 1950 
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DEEP VIOLET—78 Series 
378 ABU HASSAN (Holland) (our ’47 
import release) E. Medium size florets 
of velvety deep violet blue. Unlike 
Pelegrina, this variety stands erect 
on strong, slim stems. Seldom beaten 
now in the shows. 
Our ratings, A 86. 
ieee le. 10. Bits (100, $1.) 
SMOK Y—80 Series 
586 FLYING FORTRESS (Wilson-Evans 
43) LM (about 93 days). With great 
consistency, it produces the biggest 
bulk of flowerhead in our fields. A 
lavender toned smoky with carmine 
throat. Florets 6-8 inches, ribbed, 8-13 
open on tall, extremely long flower- 
heads. Award of Merit by Ohio 
Society. Seven firsts noted, ’48. 
N.A.G.C. notes Jf in 749. 
Our rating, B 8 
L .30 M .20 Bits (i00, $2.) (1000, $12.) 
(Pint $20.). 
582 FRED PARKER (Both) (our ’48 
import release) LM. A super giant 
deep orange smoky, ticked with light 
yellow stripes. The color has an etched 
effect. A new color in smokies and 
has produced 91% inch florets from 
field grown stock with no special help. 
7 open. 
Our rating—The etching holds the 
color down to 82. A very weak stem 
holds the over all rating down to C. 
Pacwias.20 M25 S .15 Bits .05. 
486 GRAY SUMMIT (Butt) (our 1950 
introduction) E. Very clean, smooth 
gray with equally clean creamy white 
throat. The only smoky to come with- 
in a country mile of its color rating 
(92) is Tunia’s Mahomet (89). Pastel 
trailing at 84 but well ahead of the 
others. Grown in good quantity for 
rating purposes 3 years. Tested in 
several other locations 2 years. And 
by the largest acreage cut flower 
grower in one state 2 years. At ex- 
cessive temperatures of 105-110 about 
1% of the spikes will do some slight 
crooking. Otherwise, its cut flower 
habits appear perfect. Very fast prop- 
agator, which fact is reflected in our 
original pricing. Vigorous, healthy 
plants and bulbs. Good blooms are 
had from the smaller sizes. 62 inches 
tall, opens 8 florets 4%4 inches dia- 
meter easily, 20-24 buds on 28 inch 
flowerheads, good cutting stems. 
A first at Pa. state (Greenville), ’48 
and an A rating at Binghamton, ’49. 
Test ratings, A 92. 
ae each, any size (no dozen rate) 
Blts (10, $1.00) (100, $8.) (1000, $50.). 
Grower units sized to suit, to cata- 
logers, discount 50%. 
486 PASTEL (Both) (our ’42 import 
release) L. This is the perfect pastel 
blend smoky. Rosy, velvety gray, with 
petals widely edged steel blue. Color 
is soft, smooth without glitter. 414-5 
inch florets, round petalled, wide open. 
In the excitement over the larger 
Tunia’s Mahomet, this grand variety 
should not be overlooked. Few persons 
expect to find real quality of color in 
the ‘“‘smokies,” with their gray tones. 
However, we rate the color quality of 
Pastel very high. 
Our ratings, B 84. 
en2o) M205 S15 SBlis (1005 St.) 
(10007-56:) <CPint,. $12:)2 
586 TUNIA’S MAHOMET (Both) (our 
748 import release) E. Probably the 
most popular dark colored variety we 
have ever marketed. A color descrip- 
tion sounds variegated, whereas, in 
fact, the colors smooth out in ex- 
tremely dark, velvety fashion. We 
would call it very deep, velvety, 
smoky plum rose with orange scarlet 
in throat. Seven inch florets, 7 open 
with almost no diminution in size up 
the stem with relative ease. Habits 
consistently good everywhere. Two 
color and one grand championships, 
Tasmania and N. Z. Award of Merit 
Ohio Society and First Class Certifi- 
eate by So. Australian Society. 
Our ratings, AA 89. 
Dee ecOr bits: (100, $22): 
582 TUNIA’S WIZARD (Both ’47) (our 
’48 import release) M. Here it is. ““The 
12 inch gladiolus.” The glad to stop 
all who behold it—including the 
judges selecting the grand champion 
spikes of the shows. Society members, 
visitors to Mr. Both’s fields, found 
spikes of Tunia’s Wizard with blooms 
full 10% inches diameter, growing 
under normal field conditions and 
without any artificial aid. With show 
bench treatment, Mr. Both says 12 
inch florets are well within its com- 
pass. The color is not very far re- 
moved from that of Tunia’s Mahomet. 
The throat is lighter and more orange, 
the scarlet on lip petals more promi- 
nent. The size of floret is substantially 
maintained up the spike to the 8th 
open floret. All of the florets appear 
to be of the preferred “inverted” type 
(single lip, top petal to rear). 
Plant growth very powerful. Though 
having no bulbs over size 4 unsold to 
plant, we had a spike with 8% inch 
floret for largest floret at Tri State. 
Largest also at Toledo, ’49. 
Test ratings, B 84. 
Each L $3.00 M $2.50 S $2.00 (no 
dozen rate) Blts .50. 
