
VARIETAL COMMENTS. 
Again this year, ATLANTIC was our most satisfactory all around glad and we grew 
over 600 named varieties. We grew ATLANTIC by the thousands from all sizes, and found 
that the larger bulbs consistently produced spikes of exhibition quality. Florists are asking 
for it by name and we cannot produce enough of it to supply the demand. The small 
bulbs seem to be charged with dynamite. In many cases, they produce fat giant size 
bulbs from even the smallest number sixes. In fact, it is difficult to produce many small 
sized bulbs even from bulblets, the energy is so great. We agree with the Laruses that 
there must be two ATLANTICS on the market... One is very inferior to the other. Two 
years ago we bought a small quantity of this variety from another grower just for trial 
and discarded all of it. Our present basic stock, which is so satisfactory, came from the 
originator and is the true superior type. The extreme earliness of this variety is just one 
of its outstanding features. 
Appassionatia (K&M) is a stunning white with a spectacular large lavender throat. Few 
<a one DulbSs Of this unusual variety have been distributed in this country yet. 
ALJECHIN (K & M), another variety from Holland, is pure glistening purple, with a deeper 
throat. Its fame was established last season when it was rated A-Excellent at the Squire 
Valeevue Test Gardens in Cleveland. We know of only one other grower who is offering this 
variety in this country this year. Our stock is very limited. 
Black Cherry was again impressive as one of the finest heavy-textured, ruffled black 
—_— reds we have grown. CHERBOURG was greatly admired by visitors to 
the garden. Its vivid, clean deep purple rose color has great appeal. CONSOLER (K&M) is a 
good blue with a heavy blotch. We were quite impressed with this variety. Only a few 
bulbs are available. FIRMAMENT, a very early light blue violet, is grabbed up quickly 
by the florists. GENERAL EISENHOWER is one of the greatest pink varieties in commerce. 
It makes tremendous spikes. A variety from Holland available for the first time in any 
quantity last year is GOLIATH. It is a very husky grower with rigid tall spikes that bloomed 
all at the same time and could be cut straight down the row with every spike perfect. 
We can find no one else listing this variety and feel we have a find here. It is classified 
as 540. It lives up to its name thoroughly. 
Harry Hopkins is a fine wine-red with 8 open. A very nice color. We wish that ILE 
Snes FYE FRANCE would always come straight. It would then be a top-notcher. 
It is buff with pleasant throat markings, has immediate appeal, and produces nice spikes, 
except for occasional crooking. JUNE BELLS has become our standard early commercial 
white. We have seen no replacement in sight yet. LOUIS MAYER is a fine early flowering 
glowing orange. 
Mansoer has become another standard florist and exhibition variety. Again, in a few 
years, it has acquired the distinction of being asked for by name by the average 
florist. Its unusual dark brown-red color has left an impression on the florist trade. 
MORNING KISS has huge spikes of white flowers and takes over where JUNE BELLS leaves 
off. Both varieties are in great demand. When huge blazing spikes of orange-red are 
needed, it is hard to replace NEW EUROPE. This variety has swept into tremendous popu- 
larity. Though OBERBAYERN is in the 300 class, no other variety of gladiolus deserves 
the name “spectacular” more. Visitors at exhibits where hundreds of spikes of huge 
exhibition varieties are on display, will make a bee-line to OBERBAYERN and marvel 
at its rich blue color and incredible huge pure cream white blotch. Some of the seedlings 
of this variety are going to make names for themselves soon. ORIENT EXPRESS has 
seven rich violet red blooms open at once. This is another worthwhile Holland variety 
that should be better distributed. 
The praises of PACTOLUS and POLYNESIE are being raised in all directions. All we 
need say is that everything you have read is true about these two wonderful varieties. 
We have grown REG. LEAHY for two years and consider it by far the largest and huskiest 
of the so-called “green” varieties. Deep in the throat are a few markings we could do 
without but nothing even approaches it in this color. It is a medium to slow increaser, 
but well worth fussing with. This year the price has dropped to where nearly everyone 
can try it SALMAN’S GLORY is a standard with us as with most growers. It produces 
consistently fine spikes in this very desirable color combination and excellent growing 
habits. 
Wedgewood (K & M) in violet blue and WORLDBEATER (Pfitzer) are two fine varieties 
—————— from Europe. The former should become popular in this color class, which 
is still in need of improvement, and the latter, which must be from the same line of 
descent as PACTOLUS, is in such demand that growers have found it difficult to keep 
in stock. 

