
BIRCH RED (552) Rich ‘45 (90) 
A deep sparkling red of a shade that is not found 
in other varieties. It opens up to 8 round florets of 
double row placement on a tall wiry stem. Un- 
fortunately the flowerhead is somewhat short other- 
wise it is hard to find fault with Birch Red. Its rich 
smooth color and fine growing habits more than 
make up for this fault. A variety that will even- 
tually be widely grown. 
BITTERSWEET (422) Troyer ‘43 (85) 
An unusual color combination of orange and purple. 
It opens up to 7 firmly attached florets on a well 
balanced tlowerhead. Growing qualities are ex- 
cellent and it is a good seller. 
BLACK CHERRY (554) Rich ‘48 (85) 
A aiant black red that always attracts attention of 
garden visitors. Its 8 open florets measure up to 
6 inches and we have observed no burning in the 
sun. Black Cherry is a fine exhibition variety — one 
that is admired whenever shown. Last season's 
sales almost depleted our stock but we hope to 
have enough to last well into the season. It is a 
good increaser and germinates well. 
BLESSED DAMOSEL (440) Baerman ‘44 (95) 
A lively shade of glowing pink that is an all around 
good performer. It opens up to 8 round florets of 
heavy texture on a medium height stem. It increases 
and propagates satisfactorily but is a poor bulb 
maker. Fine cut-flower. 
BLUE BEAUTY (476) Piitzer ‘36 (75) 
Medium violet, shading darker toward the edges. 
It opens 5 or 6 large wide open blooms on a medium 
height stem. Although an older variety it is still 
very popular 
BLUE BONNET (576) Beardmore ‘48 (80) 
A clear medium shade of blue with a rosy red throat 
mark. It opens up to 7 florets of regular placement 
on a well proportioned spike. The color is pure and 
clean and, blooming in extreme heat, showed no 
flecking. Blooming from a limited number of large 
bulbs, it was very impressive. At this writing 
(9-5-49) bulklets of Blue Bonnet are in bloom and 
making vigorous growth. It is a promising variety 
—one that we are looking forward to growing in 
larger quantity. This should be a heavy winner 
on the show table. 
BLUE LAGOON (478) Snyder ‘46 (70) 
Tall vigorous growing Blue Lagoon makes an ex- 
cellent commercial. It usually blooms too early for 
most shows. It is dark violet, just a shade darker 
than Blue Beauty but much taller and healthier than 
that variety. It opens up to 6 well placed florets on 
a nice long flowerhead and makes good spikes from 
small bulbs. It is a heavy increaser and the 
bulblets make nice looking bulbs the first year. 

From Camp Hill, Pennsylvania— 
Your bulbs last year were of excellent quality and size. 
Large 
1.00 
8.00 
.30 
80 
20 
60 
3.00 
24.00 
75 
6.00 
Bulblets 
Medium Small Per 
1 10 
75 .90 10 -70 
6.00 4.00 100 5.00 
15 10 10 .20 
1.20 80 106 1.60 
1 29 
2.00 1.09 10 2.09 
16.00 8.00 100 16.00 
29 15 100 40 
65 40 
15 10 =100 29 
40 25 
2.50 2.00 1 .30 
20.00 16.00 10 2.40 
100 19.20 
90 35 10 90 
4.00 2.8) 100 3.75 
I won 8 blue ribbons with 11 
entries last year at the Keystone State show at Lebanon, Penna. 
