TUNIA’S 1942 RELEASES OF THE BOTH FAMILY 
Our 1936-39 crosses in Gladioli brought forth some really start- 
ling exhibition and commercial varieties. 
Nine of them in par- 
ticular just seemed to dwarf their rivals in the test plots. Well, 
could it be otherwise but to name them after the happy Both family. 
BILL BOTH. M.I. 
Exhibition. xxxx. 
A larger, brighter, and more perfect Vagabond Prince. 
Has the same striking blotch, but a perfect velvet brown. 
BOB BOTH. M.I. 
Exhibition. xxxxx. 
Champion, Tasmania, 1946. 
B. Sec. Champion, Kilburn, 1947. 
A tremendous strawberry pink, heavily ruffled, with 
wide open florets held rigidly on a tall, perfect exhibition 
spike. The best spikes are produced from large plump 
yearlings. Medium propagator, but with extremely 
vigorous foliage. 
D. BOTH’S MEMORY. E.I. 
Exhibition and Commercial. xxxxx. 
Grand Champion Spike, S.A.G.S., 1941. 
Champion Bowl, S.A.G.S., 1941. 
Grand Champion, S.A., 1946. 
Grand Champion, Loxton, S.A., 1947. 
Grand Champion, Huntly, N.Z., 1948. 
Champion Bowl, W.A. Royal, 1948. 
Tall, erect, perfect exhibition spikes, that are also 
commercial. The florets are wide open, and_ nicely 
ruffled. The extreme vigor of this variety may be 
gauged by its remarkable performance, when the S.A. 
Grand Champion was picked from a plant with 3 shoots. 
Green bud opening to a beautiful ruffled cream merged 
with green. 
HELEN BOTH. M.T. 
Decorative. Commercial. xxx. 
The super sheer beauty Glad. Ruffled rose pink Glad., 
with a beautiful throat marking. Tall commercial spike. 
LES BOTH. M.I. 
Exhibition. xxxx. 
A tall, strong spike of salmon pink in a _ perfect 
delicate tone. Is one of the most beautiful in the plain 
petal class. 
MARLENE BOTH. M.T. 
Decorative Commercial. xxxxx. 
Grand Champion, W.A., 1944. 
Champion, N.Z., Dec., 1947. 
Most beautiful and best recent release, U.S.A., 1946. 
A glorious delicate salmon pink, with perfectly blended 
deep cream throat, that will assuredly mark this ruffled 
giant one of the best of the super sheer beauties. 
MRS. E. BOTH: MI: 
Open Champion, S.A. Gladiolus Show, 1938. 
Runner-up for Grand Champion, S.A. Gladiolus 
Show, 1938. 
Grand Champion, S.A. Gladiolus Show, Spring 
Fixture, 1940. 
Grand Champion, W.A., 1945 and 1946. 
Grand Champion, St. Peters, S.A., 1947. 
Grand Champion, Gosnell, W.A., 1948. 
Grand Champion, Napier, N.Z., 1948. 
Open Champion, Poverty Bay, N.Z., 1948. 
The sensational super exhibition, giant flowered exhi- 
bition spike of “Mrs. E. Both,’ which won the Grand 
Champion at the S.A. Gladiolus Spring Show, 1940, 
created quite a sensation. Its popularity amongst the 
S.A. Gladiolus fans can well be gauged when it headed, 
by a vast majority, the S.A. Gladiolus symposium as 
the most popular Glad., all colors, and again easily topped 
the all popular pink classification. 
Two weeks later an even more perfect massive spike 
was placed before the seedling committee of the S.A. 
Gladiolus Society, and had the pleasure in receiving the 
first “First Class Certificate’ issued by this Society for 
what these specialists unanimously considered the most 
perfect exhibition spike ever to have been placed before 
them. The perfect color blend of a deep salmon pink, a 
perfect harmonising deep cream throat, with 9-10 perfect, 
wide open florets, up to 73 inches across, rigidly held in a 
36-inch flower-head, bids well for the future of our 
masterpiece. 
MRS. D. BOTH’S MEMORY. M.I. 
Exhibition. xxxxx. 
Grand Champion, N.Z., 1945. 
Stocks of this super beautiful ruffled exhibition white 
are extremely limited. 
TUTS BOTH. M.T. 
Exhibition Commercial. xxxxx. 
Grand Champion, N.Z., 1945. 
Won Award of Merit and was judged Color Champion, 
Cleveland (Ohio), also R.I. Sec. Champion, Chagrin Falls, 
1944, and Reserve Champion, 1945. 
Grand Champion, Pittsburgh, U.S.A., 1947. 
Day and Night Champion, W.V.A., U.S.A., 1947. 
A deep pastei orange, with a small blue tongue. The 
florets are huge, wide open, and held rigidly on a tall 
stiff spike. Spikes grown in the field are tall and magni- 
ficent. Heavy propagator. 
