ruffied variety, VELVET MANTLE, very tall and with a long flowerhead, 
BLACK CHERRY, altho the stem is rather weak, makes large very deep 
red florets, CAPTAIN KIDD also looked very promising after 1 year’s trial. 
BLACK PHANTOM also produced some exceptional spikes. This is now 
a strong class with fine varieties. 
In the rose class, NOWETA ROSE stands out as the best newcomer 
and is destined to become a heavy show winner because of its ability to 
open 10-12 blooms on a tall straight spike. KASHMIR has very beautiful 
color and appealed to us very much. MACUSHLA, MADELINE HEFTY, 
and MISS CHICAGO all looked promising. For sheer beauty TOPFLITE 
is still tops for us. MISS WISCONSIN still the No. 1 commercial. Of 
course, no list of rose glads can omit such favorites as BUENA VISTA, 
BURMA, a top show winner, CHAMOUNY, GIANT CYCLAMEN, a rival 
of MISS WISCONSIN, MODERN TIMES, PREVIEW, TIVOLI, gave us 
wonderful spikes of large rose-pink blooms last summer and VENIDA, an 
exceptional commercial prospect when price comes down. LILA WALLACE 
is a beautiful 300 glad ard unexcelled for arrangements or baskets. 
BRIDAL ORCHID is probably the most talked about new lavender. 
When it comes clear, it is very beautiful but some of the spikes bloomed 
with heavy flecking which greatly detracts. It is, however, a strong robust 
growing variety and will undoubtedly become a leading show winner. 
SUNDAY BEST has been placed in the lavender class. It is a question 
whether it is a lavender rose or a rose lavender. I think it is a light rose 
with a lavender shading. However, it produces magnificent spikes of clear 
coloring and grows tall and straight. Strong, healthy, robust grower and 
above average propagator, and judging the way our florists like it, destined 
to become a leading commercial. ORCHID MARVEL gave us beautiful, 
clear, lavender spikes and impressed us as being a variety of great merit. 
ORCHID LADY is a fine commercial prospect. LAVENDER LACH, a 
most beautiful ruffled light lavender was also very fine. Of the older ones, 
PARTHIENA is still a heavy show winner. BENJAMIN BRITTEN, a fine 
deep lavender. SIBONEY, tho it has a rather short handle, has the depth 
of color and lasting qualities to make it a valuable florist’s variety. LAV- 
ENDER PRINCE and PEGGY are fine commercials. WEDGEWOOD, a 
300 glad, about the nicest, clearest color in the lavenders, is tops for ar- 
rangements and accepted as a useful glad by the florists. PATRICIAN, 
good clear color, but makes short flowerheads. ABIGAIL, ELIZABETH 
THE QUEEN, HUNTRESS, LAVENDER QUEEN and MINUET are all 
fine commercials and also win at the shows. 
SHERWOOD seems to be the best of purples and with DOROTHY 
ARMSTRONG and PURPLE SUPREME combines a trio hard to beat. 
ELEANORA usually wins at the shows as the one with most open florets. 
RIDGELEY is the largest purple) MARGARET WOOD, KING LEAR and 
VULCAN, are other purples used commercially. 
BLUE BONNET, still the best in the so-called blue or violet class, has 
some misplacement and hard to germinate the bulblets. RAVEL opens 
more and has nicer color than BLUE BEAUTY but does not seem as healthy. 
LIBRETTO is a beautiful light violet but only opens 5 of rather scraggly 
placement. ABU HASSAN, the best of deep violets. BLUE LAGOON, the 
tallest blue. For commercial use, we like BLUE BEAUTY, HIGH LIFE 
and MAX REGER. Think this is our weakest class that certainly could 
stand some improvement. 
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