

COLOR CLASS COMMENT 
(Limited to varieties grown in our fields.) 
WHITE—00 
Creamy-white FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE is definitely a good commercial and show flower. 
RELIANT, although not a fancy white, is the best late blooming one. SILVER WINGS 
is an A-l commercial and wins regularly at the shows. It is a very fine Glad. We are 
enthusiastic about WHITE CHALLENGE. It gives us such fine long spikes even from No. 5 
bulbs. Florets are occasionally misplaced. WHITE CHRISTMAS is very temperamental. It 
can be very nice or very poor but a good spike is really something. The floret formation is 
beautiful. WHITE GODDESS, while not fault-free, is a good variety. It makes vigorous growth 
from bulblets. FREEDOM consistently produces good spikes and should make an excellent 
commercial. Older MT. INDEX grows extremely tall and has excellent habits. The whitest 
Glad I have seen is SILVER COURT. An outstanding variety is SPINDRIFT. Lavishly ruffled, 
and with a fine show record, it did not disappoint us. However, I would class it as 
cream instead of white. VIRGIN has pure white recurved florets. It is a rather slow 
germinator. WAX MODEL is a tall healthy grower. Beautifully ruffled SUMMER SNOW 
seemed to thrive on our extreme heat of August. 
CREAM—06 
CONNIE "G" is different from any other cream. The floresence of its beautifully ruffled 
florets is something to behold. LA VELLE is one of the best of the 1949 introductions; it 
gave us sensational spikes. In one year’s growing it appeared much better than SALMAN’S 
GLORY, though, of course, it is much higher in price. Very unusual is SPARKS with its 
attractive red blotch against pale yellow. I have seen fine spikes of LA BELLE but it didn't open 
more than 4 for us. This observation was from a limited number of large bulbs. It is a very 
healthy and a vigorous grower from bulblets. LADY JANE consistently makes such fine spikes 
year in and year out that it deserves mention even though an old variety. 
LIGHT YELLOW—10 
The lemon-yellow florets of GOLDEN ARROW are beautiful. Large bulbs split badly but we 
cut excellent spikes from small and medium bulbs. CRINKLECREAM likes plenty of moisture. 
The color value of CYNTHIA is fine and it blooms early. It has a richer color than LEMON ICE 
although the latter is an excellent grower. KATHY LEE probably has the most beautiful 
individual florets but the flowerheads are not long. 
DEEP YELLOW—12 
PERDITA, almost a buff, is very attractive with its bright red throat marking. It is very pretty. 
VANGOLD cannot take hot weather; it must be planted for early bloom. GOLDEN STATE 
blooms later than most yellows. SPOTLIGHT has perfect growing qualities. It was an 
excellent investment for those who bought stock of it early. 
BUFF—16 
PACTOLUS is different. It is very consistent and a rapid increaser. I saw some wonderful 
blooms of PATROL this past summer, both at the shows and in our field. It is a beautiful 
Glad. SUNLIGHT is aptly named. It will stand rough handling too. Flowerheads are rather 
short. SUN SPOT is still increasing in popularity and is an excellent commercial as well as a 
show flower. Blooming rather early, GOLD MEDAL gave us nice spikes. Floret attachment is 
not too good. 
LIGHT ORANGE—20 
Everyone likes OCTOBER SUNSHINE with its beautiful blending of autumn shades. In spite 
of an occasional misplaced floret, it will become one of the very top commercials. It is an easy 
grower and cutter. GLOW is a nice tall grower and it blooms early. One of the most 
beautiful orange varieties is JANET LEE. Like Kathy Lee, flowerheads are rather short. 
DAISY MAE is an easy grower and rapid propagator. 
DEEP ORANGE—22 
BETTY DUNCAN looked very good. It is a beautiful shade of orange blending into a golden 
throat. BITTERSWEET has an unusual blending of orange into a purple throat. For health 
and vigor, ORANGE GOLD is hard to beat. TROCADERO is unusual in color being a rich shade 
of orange-scarlet. 
